The Beauty Glossary: R is for Rice

Our Beauty Glossary is your definitive guide to every important beauty term ever. From A – Z, we’ll regularly fill you in on beauty ingredients, personalities, products and treatments, so you know exactly who or what to look out for in the beauty space.

As an ingredient rice needs no introduction, but since we decoded what oats and quinoa can do you for your skin and hair, let’s discuss the role this kitchen cupboard staple plays in your beauty routines too.

For velveteen skin, load your arsenal with products containing rice bran oil. This is a beauty secret that hails from Asia. Japanese ladies apply rice bran oil directly to their skin and hair because it’s rich in vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants. It’s a great source of vitamin E and fatty acids, and will penetrate deep into the skin’s layers, improving elasticity and giving you a youthful plump.

Rice proteins can help improve your skin’s moisture barrier, just what it needs to guard itself from environmental aggressors.

Muse over a couple of our favorite products containing rice extracts.

1. 

   The Lancer Skincare The Method: Polish & Glow

   Train your skin with the Lancer Method, a product designed to remind your skin how to rejuvenate itself, because it starts to forget after 25.

   The Lancer Skincare Cleanser and Polish contain rice proteins, giving your skin a hand in retaining moisture for a healthy, youthful glow. You may as well get the polish too, which is acclaimed by Hollywood’s finest, in this handy set.

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   Juara Sweet Black Tea and Rice Facial Moisturizer Duo

   Juara harnesses the power of rice bran in the Sweet Black Tea and Rice Facial Moisturizer. The featherweight formula is a holy grail for make-up artists, and women concerned with dull, mature skin.

   100% vegetarian, this moisturizer will ‘wake-up’ tired-looking skin and show reveal its youthful capacity.

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3. 

   WEI Five Sacred Grains Rapid Glow Liquid Milk

   WEI beauty holds the rice as sacred. The Rapid Glow Liquid Milk, like the rest of the product line, is based on the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This lightweight milk is fast absorbing, and delivers an immediate boost of hydration to the skin. It’s drenched in skin-softening coconut water and will illuminate the skin’s texture and tone with the ‘Five Sacred Grains’ complex, made up of rice, millet, sorghum, Job’s Tears and black soybean.

   Designed for twice daily use after toning and before applying serum, this is the best step towards ultimate renewal and balance.

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4. 

   Briogeo Curl Charisma Rice Amino + Quinoa Frizz Control Gel

   Briogeo is the friendly haircare brand. The Curl Charisma Rice Amino + Quinoa Frizz Control Gel will help you win the battle against frizz with rice amino acids and nourishing quinoa. Tomato fruit ferment enhances your curl pattern, shaping and defining them without any sticky or crunchy after effects.

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5. 

   B. Kamins Bamboo and Rice Facial Polisher

   When your skin is feeling super-stressed, choose the B Kamins Bamboo and Rice Facial Polisher. This super-gentle, textured cleanser helps to clarify and refine sallow, thickened, sun-damaged, mottled or acneic complexions with the help of natural, finely-milled powdered bamboo and tiny rice beads.

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