Cochineal is introduced into the world of cosmetics.

Aloe Plus is a pioneer in the Canaries to launch the cosmetics market with natural carmine cochineal from Lanzarote.

from, Yaiza, Teguise, La Graciosa would and already part of the natural cosmetics industry.

Those towns of Lanzarote and the largest of the islands of the archipelago Chinijo give name to the five references that sells nail polish for a few months the company Aloe Plus Lanzarote.

In its manufacture it was used the carmine from the transformation of cultivated cochineal tuneras Mala and Guatiza, in North Island.

Traditionally, It was in these two villages which have been cultivated cactus plantations to extract the historical cochineal. This activity is resurface with initiatives such as that launched the company Lanzarote.

A product made with aloe vera, wine and salt, gels, creams, oils, bath salts, Eau de cologne, sunscreen or toothpaste, the five proposals makeup nails are now joined with porcelain colors (La Graciosa), fuchsia (from), Garnet (Would do), coral (Teguise) and red (Yaiza), of which were developed 5.000 each reference units, Caraballo said Raquel, Aloe Plus Lanzarote manager. The complete line is called Lanzarote Network.

It is a pioneer launch Canaries already launched a new production, advanced Caraballo. Each boat costs the consumer 8,50 EUR.

Since the creation of business, eight years ago, “Innovation has been part of our DNA and as such we were the first in the Canary Islands have a range of vinotherapy and cochineal”, Caraballo said.

The choice of names of areas of the island to name each color of this new business venture becomes “in a tribute to Lanzarote and our working women”, said the manager.

The colors were chosen, fundamentally, “based on technical and commercial criteria as they are included in the range that has higher turnover among the female audience and, on the other hand, cochineal was imperative that form an important part of its composition, which it was achieved using the present range”, Aloe Plus point from Lanzarote.

Caraballo said that “carmine is one of the most popular colors, Preferred sensual in the current cosmetics, as a result of the boom of organic products”.

The salt (de Janubio) aromatic produced from cochineal is another creations with carmine. said composition, to which olive oil is added, activates the circulation and release skin dead cells.

Aloe Plus Lanzarote is Lanzarote's capital and is selling almost one hundred own or specialized products of the island shops and via the Internet worldwide.

Currently they have clients in Dubai, Brazil, Russia and the European continent. The template integrate 36 workers, the 98% of them women.