castor oil
noun
: a pale viscous fatty oil from castor beans used especially as a cathartic and as a lubricant and plasticizer
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There also is no recommendation on what type of castor oil to buy.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Key Ingredients: Passion fruit oil, castor oil, aloe vera
Size: 0.7 oz., 2 oz.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
Infused with castor oil, an ingredient known to reduce breakage, strengthen and grow hair, reach for TGIN’s Miracle Styling Smooth And Sleek Wax Stick for quick slick backs and laid edges.
—Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 27 Feb. 2025
Luckily, Air Brow is full of other good-for-brow-hair ingredients, like castor oil, panthenol, and peptides, to keep hairs conditioned while coating them with a natural-looking tint.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Key Ingredients: Passion fruit oil, castor oil, aloe vera
Size: 0.7 oz., 2 oz.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
Infused with castor oil, an ingredient known to reduce breakage, strengthen and grow hair, reach for TGIN’s Miracle Styling Smooth And Sleek Wax Stick for quick slick backs and laid edges.
—Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 27 Feb. 2025
Luckily, Air Brow is full of other good-for-brow-hair ingredients, like castor oil, panthenol, and peptides, to keep hairs conditioned while coating them with a natural-looking tint.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Castor oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/castor%20oil. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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