| In the northeastern region of Brazil, near the Amazon, indigenous women harvest nuts from babassu palms. |
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| The shampoo cleanses fine hair with organic coconut and babassu oils and contains calendula, honey and marshmallow to give life to limp strands. |
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| The rubs harness the soothing properties of babassu oil and essential oils. |
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| The babassu is one of the most important representatives of Brazilian palms. |
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| This organic Cleansing Milk with babassu extract from south America rich in fatty acids and sterols is recommended for the most sensitive skins. |
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| Many people consider the babassu palm to be the tree of life and the nuts are reputed to be the hardest to break on the planet. |
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| Some genera, such as the coconut and babassu palms, are pollinated by both insects and wind. |
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| Fats from fruits of many members of the palm family, notably coconut and babassu oils, contain large amounts of combined lauric acid. |
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| One partnership is with the Maranhao tribe of northeast Brazil, who harvest babassu nuts, which are used as a cleansing agent in some Aveda shampoos. |
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| Twenty per cent of the power for Virgin's Boeing 747 was supplied from a fuel made from a mixture of coconuts and Brazilian babassu nuts. |
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| Color Conserve has ingredients like babassu betaine, which will clean gently without washing colour away. |
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| For example, the Amazon pupunha-a is a fruit that can yield twice as much starch as Iowa corn, and the Amazonian babassu palm gives the world's highest yield of vegetable oil. |
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| Nourishing jojoba, olive and babassu oils and antioxidants vitamin C and E take care of lips, while the added bonus of 'Maxi-Lip' plumps up your pout and makes it look fuller. |
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| Exclusive natural lipids and oils such as cocoa butter, coconut palm oil, cupuacu butter, babassu oil, andiroba oil, buriti oil, murumuru butter and passion flower oil provide it with suppleness, comfort and elasticity. |
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| Mild amphoteric surfactant derived from organic babassu oil, Mackam® BAB is ideal for high-foaming, mild formulations that require naturally derived surfactants. |
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| Tests using blends of conventional jet fuel with alternative biofuels began in 2008 with a Virgin Atlantic Airways flight that used coconut and babassu palm oil. |
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