Cold-Pressed Face Oils, Unrefined and Organic
Herbal Face Oils
Cold-Pressed Face Oils, Unrefined and Organic
Cold-pressed means the oil is extracted by mechanical pressure without applied heat, usually below 40°C. Heat and solvent extraction produce far more oil from the same seed, but strip out heat-sensitive compounds along the way. The trade-off is yield against character. Cold pressing gives less oil and a more distinctive one.
Colour comes from carotenoids in the seed, and they survive cold pressing but not heat extraction or refining. A deep golden-orange rosehip oil is unrefined; a pale or clear one has been processed. Colour is the most reliable thing a buyer can judge without a lab.
Three to five drops warmed briefly in the palms, then pressed into slightly damp skin rather than rubbed. Damp skin helps it spread and absorb. Oil goes on after any water-based product and before or instead of a moisturiser, since oil is the heavier of the two and seals what's beneath it.
Before, as a general rule, thinnest to thickest is the usual order, and a moisturiser is an emulsion of water and oil, which makes it heavier than a pure oil. Some people prefer oil last, as a seal. Both work; the order matters less than doing it consistently.
Yes, and lighter oils suit it well. Stripping oily skin often prompts it to produce more, so a light oil can be less counterproductive than an aggressive cleanser. Lighter options include jojoba, camellia and rosehip. Heavier ones like coconut sit on the surface longer.
Sea buckthorn oil comes from the bright orange berries of Hippophae rhamnoides, a thorny shrub that grows on coastal dunes across Europe and Asia, including parts of the English east coast. It's among the most intensely pigmented plant oils there is, which is why it's almost always used as part of a blend rather than alone, undiluted, it stains.
It depends on the formula. The full ingredients are on each product page, and our Medical Herbalists are happy to talk it through.