Editor’s Picks: Best in Beauty for National Mango Day

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It’s National Mango Day! Yes, there’s actually a day in the U.S (and other countries) to celebrate the this fruit that was first cultivated in India 5000 years ago. Here are a some fun facts about mangoes:

1. Mangoes are one of the most popular fruits in the world.
2. Mangoes were first cultivated in India 5000 years ago.
3. 20 million tons of mangoes are grown annually.
4. The paisley pattern developed in India is said to be based of the mango’s shape.
5. Mangoes are related to cashews and pistachios.
6. Mangoes provide 100 percent of your daily vitamin C.
7. Most mangoes sold in the U.S. come from Mexico, Guatemala, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru
8. Mangoes are related to cashews and pistachios.
9. A basket of mangoes is a gesture of friendship in India.
10. Mango trees can grow as tall as 100 feet!

Mangoes also have some fabulous properties that make them efficacious in skin, body and hair care. Mango butter contains moisturizing essential fatty acids which makes it an ideal ingredient in skin care. It’s rich in oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated omega-9 acid; and stearic acid, a saturated fatty acid. These are ingredients that the skin readily recognizes and utilizes.  According to www.annmariegianni.com, here are some of the other ways mango benefits skin:

• Plumps the skin: Because it’s rich in vitamin C, mango butter can help encourage a more plump and tighter look. It also promotes a firmer appearance on skin.
• Natural source of vitamin A: Vitamin A is one of the natural ingredients that encourages a revitalized, glowing look. Since mango butter is a natural source of vitamin A, it helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and increasing skin’s overall youthful look.
• Treats dry skin: Dry patches, flakiness, and even sensitive skin can benefit from daily application of mango butter, which goes to work deeply moisturizing. Oh, and don’t forget your lips—mango butter works great as a lip balm.
• Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles: Mango butter provides a more lasting type of moisturization, which can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles down the line.
• Protects from environmental stressors: This is a great perk with mango butter—when you apply it to your skin you carry around an extra bit of protection. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t wear sun protection, though!
• Soothes: Mango butter helps soothe skin.
• Calms insect bites and poison ivy: If you got bitten or were exposed to poison ivy on your last outing, reach for your mango butter. Its properties can help calm the itching and stinging so your skin can relax.

Check out our favorite mango infused products for National Mango Day!

MANGO BODY CARE

Being Chilli Mango & Tonka Bean Body Scrub $15

Unleash a mouth-watering cocktail of exotic mangoes sprinkled with a cheeky kick of warm spice. Jam-packed with skin friendly exfoliating sugar and salt grains, Being’s Chilli Mango & Tonka Bean Body Scrub leaves skin feeling soft, outrageously smooth and smelling good enough to eat.

Being Chilli Mango & Tonka Bean Body Butter $15

Being’s Chilli Mango & Tonka Bean Body Butter is packed with exotic mango and warm spices blended with rich, hydrating shea and cocoa butters for luscious hydration – with a kick! Jam-packed with moisture and drizzled with mango seed oil, this utterly brilliant butter leaves skin feeling deliciouslymoisturized for 24 hours and smelling good enough to eat.

Being Chilli Mango & Tonka Bean Bubble Bath $6

Up the sass factor of your bath and plunge into our perfectly unexpected blend of sweet and spicy scents with Being’s Chilli Mango & Tonka Bean Bubble Bath. Unleash a mouth-watering cocktail of exotic, plump mangoes sprinkled with a cheeky kick of warm spice. Plunge into the bubbliest of baths with our lovely crème packed with mango and tonka extracts to leave you feeling super calm and smelling good enough to eat.

Nubian Heritage Mango Butter Bar Soap $4.99

Nubian Heritage’s tropical Mango Butter Soap is an ultra-moisturizing, cleanser blended with rich and nourishing Mango, Cocoa and Shea Butters to provide supple, rejuvenating moisture for the appearance of firmer, healthier looking skin.

Nubian Heritage Mango Butter Body Lotion $12.99

Nubian Heritage Rejuvenating & Firming Body Lotion Mango Butter contains rejuvenating, firming and moisturizing properties with Shea Butter and Vitamin C. Mango Butter, Shea Butter and Cocoa Butter work with Aloe Vera and Vitamin C to boost skin healing, regeneration and flexibility. Jojoba Oil and Vitamin E nurture skin and help restore its natural moisture barrier.

Nubian Heritage Mango Butter Hand & Body Scrub $12.99

A fragrant ultra-moisturizing sugar scrub with Shea Butter, tropical Mango Butter and nutrient-rich Cocoa Butter hydrates and exfoliates to reveal healthier looking, smoother skin.

MANGO HAIR CARE

Not Your Mothers Naturals Tahitian Gardenia Flower & Mango Butter Curl Defining Combing Cream $8.99

A luscious blend of Tahitian Gardenia Flower & Mango Butter preserves the natural curl so your hair moves with a beautiful bounce. This Curl Defining Combing Cream will aid in detangling, ensure intense softness, create frizz-free curl retention and prepare hair for a definitive, vivacious style. Tahitian Gardenia Flower soothes and softens to enhance the shape of natural curl. Mango Butter reduces frizz, restores hair’s elasticity and creates shine.

Klorane Mask with Mango Butter (hair) $26

A mango butter-infused mask that deeply nourishes dry hair.
As a result of a superficial deterioration, dry hair can experience excessive water loss at its core and the keratin fibers can become damaged. Hair becomes dull, coarse and difficult to style. This mask provides lasting nourishment and hydrating care without weighing hair down. Hair becomes softer and suppler for easier styling and less breakage.

MANGO SKIN CARE

Clarins SOS Comfort Nourishing Balm Mask $34

A 10-minute reset to soothe skin that is rough and lacking suppleness. This ultra-rich cream mask with nourishing wild mango butter softens, soothes, and renews radiance, leaving skin looking velvety smooth and feeling incredibly comfortable.

Kiehl’s Buttermask Lip Smoothing Treatment $24

An overnight lip mask with coconut oil and mango butter that helps repair the lips’ moisture, providing intense hydration for soft, supple lips by morning.This rich, luxurious balm blankets dry, flaky lips with moisture, helping to restore a smoother texture and uncover softer, healthier-looking lips.

MANGO MAKEUP

Laura Mercier Crème Smooth Lip Colour in Mango $28

This cream formula envelops lips in rich color with a semi-lustrous finish that lasts six to eight hours. The cushiony, lightweight texture feels comfortable, while pure olive oil and vitamin E nourish lips. Color glides evenly onto lips without skipping, dragging, feathering, or setting into fine lines. You’ll have the appearance of visibly fuller- and younger-looking lips in just one swipe.

First Aid Beauty Hello FAB Mango Butter Multi Stick $20

This must-have cream-to-powder complexion finisher imparts a natural, gorgeous glow. With the help of superfood mango butter, it glides on easily over skin leaving behind a soft, luminous finish that’s never dry or cakey. The versatile multi stick is available in three universally flattering shades that can be used anywhere—including the cheek, eyelids, lips, and décolleté—to capture the light and warm the complexion for a custom finish. The lightweight formula provides buildable coverage to create your desired look, from subtle illumination to intense strobing.

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick in Chili Mango $25

SHIMMER Skinsticks highlight, blush, and enhance—so you can mix and match, magnetize and multiply. Match Stix SHIMMER Skinstick lets you highlight, blush, and enhance with its sick rainbow lineup: 10 universal colors that catch light in ways you never dreamed of. From low-key tangerine sheen to all-out violet iridescence, the longwear cream-to-powder formula is weightless, blendable, and LIVES to be layered.

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