COMMON USES: A good source of tocotrienols (an antioxidant), more effective than Vitamin E. A mild oil for dry, flaky, sensitive, mature, and delicate skin where additional moisture is required. Gamma-oryzanol adds sheen while moisturizing and conditioning the hair without weighing it down so uniquely suited for hair sunscreen products, shampoos, conditioners. Use in lipsticks to provide mild lip conditioning plus strong molding stability. Use in nail polishes to provide smooth spreadability. An annual grass thriving in Asia and parts of Africa in moist, boggy soil. Most rice is grown in a flooded field "a paddy" which prevents weeds overtaking the rice. The Rice can tolerate wet conditions while the weeds cannot. Waterlogged soil is not essential. The labor-intensive aspect of rice is after harvest: grains must be seaprated from the plant, threshed, de-hulled, and winnowed. Winnowing is a process removing the inedible papery hull "the chaff" from each grain to produce brown rice. ODOR AROMA: characteristic like other carrier oils, COLOR: golden yellow to brown which may appear cloudy in cooler temperatures, to remove the cloudiness and provide clarity: gently warm via a bain marie, a hot water bath, place in a warm location such as in the sunshine, etc. PHTHLATE FREE Yes, PARABEN FREE: Yes, FLASH POINT: 250 C. RICEBRAN OIL, VOLUME: 1 kg (approx 2.2 lbs), COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: India, BOTANICAL NAME: Oryza Sativa, PLANT PART: from the bran of milled Brown Rice, EXTRACTION METHOD: solvent extraction, refined.