Van Toen - Plant Vaseline

Plant Vaseline:

Protects and softens the skin
Prevents moisture loss from the skin
Helps dry, cracked skin prevent drying out
100% plant-based
NCS / EcoControl certified
Vaseline needs no introduction, of course, because everyone has used it by now and it can still be found in many households. But okay, in the run-up to an explanation of this Plant Vaseline, a short explanation.

What is Vaseline?

Vaseline (petroleum jelly or petrolatum) is a white to yellow substance that is ointment-like or balsam-like. It is a mixture of solid and liquid hydrocarbons. The color varies from yellow to white. The whiter the color, the more purified the petroleum jelly is.

Although Vaseline is a residual product of petroleum extraction, it was originally made by nature. After all, Vaseline comes from petroleum, or fossil oil. And fossil actually gives it away: it originated from remains of plant and animal life (such as plankton and algae). Deep inside the Earth, these remains are exposed to the extremely high pressure and temperature of the Earth.

What are the properties of Vaseline for the skin?
Vaseline has become best known for the good care of dry skin and eczema. But why is Vaseline so good at this?

Vaseline is an occlusive substance. Occlusive means that petroleum jelly covers your skin so that the moisture that normally evaporates from your skin cannot now escape. Your skin is also protected by this layer against external influences.

Because Vaseline naturally has a very oily structure, it also stays on your skin well after you apply it.

If you have very sensitive or dry skin, or you have skin problems where the barrier function of your skin is damaged (such as eczema), Vaseline helps enormously: by covering your skin, it gives its skin the chance to repair itself properly without external disturbances. The vaseline also hydrates your skin so that it combats dryness (such as dry spots on your skin) in a very effective way.

Vaseline seals the skin so is bad for the skin
Not true! As you have read above, Vaseline works so well because it seals your skin. And shutting down is really something different from suffocating. Vaseline helps your skin to recover because your skin is not hindered by external effects because of the layer. Various studies have shown that shutting down promotes skin repair, so don't be bothered by blogs written with poor knowledge.

Why a plant Vaseline and what are the properties of Van Toen Plant Vaseline?

The use of petroleum jelly (petrolatum) has decreased because more and more people are looking for care products with only natural ingredients. And that is exactly what Van Toen stands for: old remedies in a 2.0 version, so the old remedy but in a plant-based version.

Making a plant-based petroleum jelly is not the same as melting random fats together and pouring them into a jar. Fats such as coconut oil and olive oil have none of the good properties that petroleum jelly (petrolatum) does have for promoting skin repair. The development of the Plant Vaseline from Van Toen has taken more than a year and we can now really conclude that this combination of plant ingredients approaches not only the structure but also the effect of Vaseline (petrolatum):

Supports recovery of dry and damaged skin
Protects against external influences
Helps improve a damaged skin barrier (such as eczema)

Plant Vaseline Instruction Manual
Use your fingertips to apply the desired amount of Plant Vaseline to dry or broken skin. Apply well. Feel free to use several times a day.

Warnings: For external use only. Also, do not use Plant Vaseline on open wounds.

Plant Vaseline ingredients
The basis of this vegetable oil and fat mix consists of Castor oil, Japanese fruit wax and Macadamia oil. This combination ensures the same effect as the petroleum jelly (petrolatum), really, you will be amazed!

INCI: Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Rhus Succedanea Fruit Cera, Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil*, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Glyceryl Rosinate, Tocopherol, Olea Europaea Oil Unsaponifiables

* From organic cultivation