Shadowing Practice: Castor Oil for Your Face (Nature's Botox) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I want to talk about castor oil and what it can do for your face.
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It's definitely nature's natural Botox.
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It's really stood the test of time.
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It's been around for thousands of years.
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Egyptians used it.
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The Romans used it.
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Many other civilizations used it for certain healing properties.
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Most importantly, should we be concerned about the toxin ricin in castor oil?
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It's actually 6 ,000 times more poisonous than cyanide.
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This compound is 12 ,000 times more poisonous than rattlesnake venom.
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Let's dive right in and talk about castor oil.
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It can give your skin that soft, glowing, elastic, and firm look.
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Whether you have these little fine wrinkles or bigger wrinkles or dry skin, you need to use castor oil.
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The main phytochemical that's behind all these amazing effects is called ricinoleic acid.
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It's a deep penetrating moisturizer.
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Kind of traps the water in there and it keeps you super hydrated.
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This is why a lot of people actually put this oil on their face at night.
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And then when they wake up in the morning, they're like, wow, my skin looks significantly different.
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You can also put this on your hair.
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And I'm going to show you how to apply it on the hair in a little bit, as well as on your scalp.
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If you have split ends or you have dried out hair, you can definitely see a huge change very quick.
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This plant -based chemical also has very powerful anti -inflammatory effects.
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Applying castor oil onto a face that's inflamed, it's a very effective remedy.
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Castor oil also has an antimicrobial effect too.
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You have to understand that there is an entire microbial life on the surface of all of your skin.
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Those microbes are there to protect you against all sorts of bad things.
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You have to realize that there's a lot of skin -related problems
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that are an overgrowth of either bacteria or yeast or even of fungus.
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Castor oil is the perfect antidote to that.
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There's also a bacterial component to acne.
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Castor oil also has a good amount of vitamin E.
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Vitamin E can give you protection against things like UV radiation and pollution.
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Some of the properties in castor oil, you can put on a wound to heal it.
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It also has other properties of fading the darker spots on the skin as well.
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This can overall give you a nice even complexion.
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In castor oil, there's a vitamin A precursors, beta carotene, which can help support the skin.
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You also have a good amount of magnesium and potassium, which the skin could benefit from as well.
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And there's even some evidence that castor oil can help stimulate collagen synthesis,
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which is actually very important in the anti -aging process to keep that collagen as full as possible.
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You would definitely want to apply castor oil to any scars
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that you have acne scars scars from stretch marks
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which happen to be in your abdomen any scars in the
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body you want to routinely rub a few drops into a
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scar for a period of maybe 30 seconds as far as
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the potency of this anti -inflammatory effect it can be comparable
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to something like ibuprofen how do we apply it a lot
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of people cut it with other oils coconut oil olive oil
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and there's hundreds of different types of oils you can also cut it with other people don't cut it.
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They use it as is because one of the challenges with this oil, it's thick and a little bit sticky.
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You simply take a couple drops, put it on your fingertips and rub it into your face in areas that are dry, wrinkled or reddened or irritated.
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You just apply a little bit more of that into those areas.
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If we're talking about a couple drops, we're talking about like three cents a day it's going to cost you to create these effects.
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I recommend applying this before you go to bed.
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When you wake up, it has a chance to really penetrate and soak into the tissues.
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I would be careful putting it around your abdomen or pelvis area
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if you're pregnant and you're not ready to deliver because it could induce labor.
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Another application is some women use it to take off makeup from their face.
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They might mix it in with other types of lotions as a makeup remover as well
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because it gives you some additional benefits.
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If you're going to put it in your hair, What I would recommend, especially if you have hair loss, is to rub it deep into the scalp.
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What it could potentially do is stimulate the growth of hair, especially if you have alopecia.
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You really want to rub it deeply and really scrub into the scalp any areas where you want to grow hair.
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I'd also put like four drops into your fingertips
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and run it through your entire hair as well before you go to bed.
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That way, when you wake up, you're going to notice that your hair is just so hydrated.
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As far as the type of castor oil I would recommend, I would definitely spend the extra money for something cold pressed, something without hexane.
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That's a solvent.
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You want organic, they use hexane and a lot of the seed oils to extract certain things as well.
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So if you're consuming soy oil, canola, cottonseed, corn oil, you're getting potentially some hexane.
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And a lot of people use the Jamaican black castor oil.
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It seems to have some amazing properties that are even better than the regular castor oil in other parts of the world.
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If you want to grow your eyelashes.
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Castor oil is a great remedy.
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Just on a daily basis, rub just a little bit into the roots of the eyelashes
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and watch things start to change in a positive way.
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Lastly, what about this toxin in castor oil?
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You don't have to worry about it.
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That specific toxin is eliminated in the production of creating this oil.
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The manufacturer companies that make this know about this poison, and so it's tested to make sure there's no poison in there. Of course,
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if anyone is exposed to this unfortunately there's not a simple
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antidote you just need to go to the hospital to see what they can do
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and if you have certain amounts
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which is not a lot you have like 36 to 72 hours before you die can be very dangerous
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but of course you do not have to worry about that
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if you're using the oil it's quite a paradox to have something
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so poisonous to be also be so therapeutic to
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so many parts of your body it's quite fascinating thanks for watching
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and if you haven't seen my video on the number one nutrient deficiency behind all types of skin disorders, okay, and we're talking about dermatitis and a lot of other skin problems.
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If you haven't seen the video, you might want to watch it.
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I'll put it up right here.
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Check it out.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Castor Oil for Your Face”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: oil, castor, skin, hair, scar. This video has 91 sentences and 1176 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:10. The speaker talks fast, about 191 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| scar noun | /skɑɹ/ | A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound. |
| vitamin noun | /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ | Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found… |
| poisonous adjective | /ˈpɔɪzənəs/ | Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest. |
| potentially adverb | /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/ | In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way. |
| heal verb | /ˈhiːl/ | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| poison noun | /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. |
| remedy noun | /ˈɹɛmədi/ | Something that corrects or counteracts. |
| inflammatory adjective | /ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/ | Tending to inflame or provoke somebody. |
| stimulate verb | /ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt/ | To encourage into action. |
| acne noun | /ˈækni/ | A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands… |
| abdomen noun | /ˈæb.də.mən/ | The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac… |
| penetrate verb | /ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/ | To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce. |
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| acid noun | /ˈæsɪd/ | A sour substance. |
| deeply adverb | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | To a deep extent or degree; very greatly. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| dry out verb | To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry. | |
| take off verb | To remove. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Let's dive right in and talk about castor oil.
- You don't have to worry about it.
- I'll put it up right here.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | It's been · have split · haven't seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · is eliminated · is exposed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, therapeutic /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/, synthesis /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, radiation /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, inflammatory /ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/, radiation /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/, manufacturer /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəɹə/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like scar, vitamin, poisonous.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.