Ingredient In Focus: Sea Buckthorn For Skin
Not coming out of a sea, but definitely having a ‘sea-full’ of benefits for your skin, sea buckthorn oil is the latest ‘it’ ingredient in skincare. Even with a new oil, extract, or juice hitting the shelves every week, this ingredient deserves all the attention. It’s something that you didn’t know your skin needs. This tall claim will suddenly make sense once you know everything about it. Let’s delve in!
What is sea buckthorn oil?
The first thing that will grab your eye is its bright yellow colour. Sea buckthorn fruit also known as Siberian pineapple is a berry that comes from a flowering shrub, and is grown across Europe, parts of Asia, Siberia, China and Tibet. The reason why it has gained crazy popularity recently is because it carries 10x more vitamin C than oranges and is the third-highest source of vitamin E among plants. It’s actually one of the best glow-giving natural ingredient you will ever come across.
The benefits of sea buckthorn fruit oil for skin
Being super high in antioxidants, sea buckthorn fruit oil offers an array of benefits for most of the skin types.
Moisturizes skin + regulates oil: It contains linoleic acid, which is a component naturally found in sebum. So, this helps to add a ton of moisture and regulate the production of oil in the skin.
Protects skin from free radicals: A natural source of vitamins C, E, B1, B2, and B6, as well as omega 3, 6, 9 and rarest omega 7, and essential fatty acids and 190 bioactive compounds, sea buckthorn offers solid protection against those pesky free radicals that cause your skin a great deal of harm.
Evens out skin tone: Sea buckthorn oil improves the overall skin tone as well as helps fade hyperpigmentation and acne marks. It also improves skin texture and elasticity to give you healthy-looking skin.
Prevents moisture loss: If you have dry skin, your skin will particularly love sea buckthorn. It can effectively prevent moisture loss and maintain its lipid barrier. This also helps if you have dehydrated skin, as sea buckthorn will perfectly quench your skin’s moisture requirements.
Reduces fine lines and wrinkles: Because of its high fat, vitamin and antioxidant content, sea buckthorn can help reverse early signs of ageing and keep skin firm and glowing.
Does it work for your skin type?
Even though it is particularly safe to use for most skin types, there is one skin type that should proceed with caution – acne-prone skin. It is not uncommon for oils to be a big deal with people with acne, but one reason why sea buckthorn can be a problem is because it contains linoleic acid. But even then, it is not the villain. Sea buckthorn oil does not directly cause or trigger acne, but you must make sure that your product’s formulation is totally non-comedogenic, so that it does not clog your pores and lead to acne.
Quench bestsellers infused with sea buckthorn
Birch Please Intense Glow Gel Mask
It is a unique cooling gel mask that gently exfoliates to revive dull and clogged skin to make it softer and brighter. Brimming with the goodness of sea buckthorn, this mask maintains skin elasticity as well as boosts hydration.
Birch Please Intense Hydration Water Sleeping Mask
It’s an overnight moisture treatment that leaves you with soft, glowing skin in the morning. Being light-weight and high on hydration, this sleeping mask delivers intense doses of moisture to stressed and parched skin. Carefully formulated with birch juice, passionflower and sea buckthorn that hydrates, nourishes and calms skin.
Birch Please Sheet Mask For Intense Hydration
A biodegradable sheet mask to boost skin hydration and add glow. It is pre-soaked in serum, which is enriched with 3% birch juice, sea buckthorn, glycerine and damask rose oil. It makes skin plump, smooth, as well as helps improve skin texture and tone.
Birch Please Skin Soothing Clarifying Serum
A unique skin clarifying serum that is infused with actives to exfoliate, brighten and hydrate skin. It contains nano biodegradable beads that gently dissolve all dirt, grime and impurities from skin, unclogs pores and boosts glow.
Birch Please Moisturizing Face Mist
Rely on this refreshing facial mist to tone, hydrate and brighten your skin. It balances skin's pH levels, minimizes pores, controls excess oil and even gently exfoliates. It’s perfect to revive dull and dehydrated skin instantly.
Let your skin drink in all the goodness from this incredible ingredient!
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