TLL Magazine July/August 2017 | Page 8

Lifestyle & Beauty chool Beauty S is for Emu oil From anti-inflammatory properties to anti- ageing, we delve into beauty’s new discovery. 8 | thelifestylelibrary.com S earch for emu oil on Amazon and a quick read of some of the reviews (‘best decision of my life’, ‘this is great stuff’) will make you think it’s a genie in a bottle. But emu oil is still something of a relative unknown to the mass beauty market. So what is it exactly? And what are the benefits of using it? Where does emu oil come from? Put simply, emu oil comes from the fat of an emu and contains a whole host of essential fatty acids, plus the highest concentration of omega 3 found in nature. Emus are raised all over the world as livestock, primarily for their