What is Baobab) Seed Oil and why use it
Adansonia digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil is a luxurious botanical oil pressed from the seeds of the baobab tree, one of Africa's most iconic trees, famous for its enormous, swollen trunk and relatively small crown of branches.
🌿 Benefits for skincare
- Highly moisturising – helps soften and condition dry skin without feeling excessively heavy.
- Rich in fatty acids – contains oleic, linoleic and palmitic acids that support the skin's lipid barrier.
- Nourishing – naturally contains vitamins and antioxidant compounds.
- Improves skin suppleness – useful in products designed for dry, rough or mature-feeling skin.
- Soothing and conditioning – can help leave skin feeling smoother and more comfortable.
- Haircare – helps condition dry hair and can add softness and shine.
🧴 Why I use it
Baobab seed oil is particularly attractive for natural, premium and sustainable skincare formulations. It works well in:
- Face and body oils
- Cleansing balms *
- Moisturisers and creams
- Body butters
- Lip products
- Hair oils and conditioners
- Anhydrous formulations
INCI (International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient): Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
I use it in my new Silk Ceramide Cleansing Melt – Marigold Charms.
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