The original vegan replacement

AUSTRALIAN WADI-WADI JOJOBA

Whale Oil VS Jojoba

Jojoba is seen as the original vegan skincare ingredient and to this day is still marked as the ‘oil that saved the whales’. Hunted for thousands of years, whales have been slaughtered for the use of many things and in the cosmetics industry, their oil or blubber was highly valuable for use in soaps, lipsticks and other products. A special kind of oil obtained from the head cavities of sperm whales, called sperm oil was highly sought after as its properties and applications differed from those of regular whale oil so it was sold for a higher price.
The uniqueness of this spermaceti (or sperm oil) is that it is composed mainly of liquid wax and was used as a wax ester in skin care products due to its great skin affinity. As a result of this high demand, Sperm Whales were relentlessly hunted and killed until the late 1980s when commercial whaling was banned. Finally, science caught up and discovered that Jojoba and spermaceti (sperm oil) have remarkably similar molecular structures, both made of wax esters and both mimic our own skins sebum and play a similar role in skin care products. We saw a decline of sperm oil use and an incline in Jojoba (Don't believe us? Check out your current skincare stash).
Jojoba is the only known natural, botanical, sustainable and cruelty free source of wax esters in the world and has given the world an alternative to slaughtering whales for their spermaceti. We believe that awareness is the most powerful weapon against the risk of a return to commercial whaling. And now as we learn more about the structure of Jojoba, it has been recently discovered that TJC’s Australian Wadi-Wadi Jojoba is clinically proven to have more omega 9 than other varieties! Making it even BETTER for your skin again.