Specific oils to turn to if ageing and dry skin is the priority include argan oil, squalene, baobab and camellia oil which are all known for their anti-ageing benefits. If skin is quite dry, then adding oil such as rosehip, argan or jojoba will add extra hydration to the skin. In addition to jojoba and other rich oils to help wind back the clock, our Ultimate Youth Potion contains a patented active ingredient called L22 which mimics the lipid profile of a healthy 22-year-old to bring the skin back in the perfect balance that it had at the age of 22. It does this by providing all of components of the skin such as triglycerides, squalene, wax esters and sterols as botanically identical ingredients to mimic the skin exactly, making your skin believe that you have in fact added healthy skin oil to it. The components include olive oil, macadamia oil and jojoba.

It is a myth that oily or acne-prone skins can’t handle oils and oils will make the skin more oily or breakout. Oily skin is usually oily because it is dehydrated and low in linoleic acid. When not enough oil is in the skin, the skin actually goes into overdrive to produce more oil as it thinks there is not enough in the skin. By adding the right face oil into your skin care regime, you are treating your skin like the intelligent organ that it is, feeding it what it needs and stopping the cycle of the over production of oil, regulating the skin, balancing oil production and preventing clogged pores. Not all natural plant oils are non-comedogenic (which means some oils can actually clog your pores and result in breakouts or pimples) and not all oils will work for all skin types. Some oils such as coconut, hazelnut or sunflower oil are not ideal for acne prone skins along with synthetic oils such as mineral oil and lanolin as they can clog the pores and can cause breakouts due to their comedogenic nature. Choosing an “oil” like jojoba which is high in linoleic acid and technically not an oil but a liquid wax ester which is the closest botanical match to our skin’s own natural oil will not only help the skin to reset itself and activate its natural intelligence to fix itself by stopping the cycle of the over production of oil, it will also balance and normalise it and the skin will become less oily with less breakouts.
Equally, if your skin needs something more healing, adding parsley seed oil or juniper oil to jojoba can help bring skin back to balance over the winter months. Try our Skin Balancing Oil which is rich in jojoba wax esters complimented with parsley seed oil, anti - aging natural retinol alternative Bakuchiol and juniper.