A Snapshot and The Scoop: Jojoba

Did you know that jojoba oil, commonly used in cosmetics and sometimes as a machine lubricant, is sourced from a desert plant that grows right here in the United States? While I'm not saying all jojoba wax/oil comes from the desert southwest, the fact that the plant grows here is pretty awesome. The wax is produced from the jojoba nut, and then further refined into oils for lotions, hair care products, and whatever else might be on your cosmetic shelf. While I knew jojoba was a plant, and I have used products with jojoba oil in them, seeing the plant right in front of me while exploring Saguaro National Park somehow drove home the point that we get a lot of what we used daily from the plants around us. Talk about an eye-opener!