Emollient (Antioxidant-rich botanical oil)
Seabuckthorn Fruit Oil
INCI name
Hippophae Rhamnoides (Seabuckthorn) Fruit Oil
Function
Emollient (Antioxidant-rich botanical oil)
Pregnancy
Suitable
UV sensitivity
Not photosensitising
A deep-orange oil pressed from seabuckthorn berries, distinctive for its high content of palmitoleic acid — omega-7 — a fatty acid also found in skin’s own sebum.
How it works
Research associates omega-7 and the oil’s carotenoids and vitamin E with support for skin softness and barrier comfort. Its fatty-acid profile is unusually close to skin’s own surface lipids, which is why it features in richer moisturisers for dry skin.
Tolerability
Well tolerated. The colour is natural — at moisturiser levels it does not tint the skin.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
No established concerns at topical cosmetic levels; conventionally considered suitable.
