'New old ingredients': Natural trend driving beauty to embrace Africa's traditional oils
The cosmetics industry is seeing a rising appetite for traditional oils that have been used for centuries by Africa's indigenous people as the demand for new, powerful, and efficacious natural ingredients booms.
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