oils

One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil – the summary

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What have we learned over the last little while about using sunflower oil in our products? We’ve learned that sunflower oil contains linoleic acid, which helps repair skin’s barrier mechanisms and helps prevent transepidermal water loss (TEWL); oleic acid, which softens and moisturizes skin; and phytosterols, which reduce inflammation and itching as well as TEWL.We’ve learned sunflower oil feels light...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in solid perfume

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As we saw on Friday, sunflower oil is a great addition to a lip balm. And it’s a great addition to a solid perfume because it offers no odour and is light in colour and skin feel. Solid perfumes are very basic in nature because the main goal is to keep them solid in all...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in balms

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Why should you choose sunflower oil for an oil based balm? Because…oh, I’ll just let you read this post on sunflower oil to find out more as I’m sure you’re sick of hearing me go on about the linoleic acid, oleic acid, and phytosterols already! What is a balm? (From this post: Back to Basics:...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in oil based scrubs

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Making an oil based scrub is incredibly simple – it doesn’t require heating, just pouring and mixing – and sunflower oil is a fantastic choice for such an appplication. Yeah, I know, I keep going on about the awesome linoleic acid and how it is great for repairing skin’s barrier mechanisms and reducing transepidermal water...

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One ingredient, ten products: Sunflower oil in a zinc oxide cream

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Sunflower oil is a great inclusion in any lotion or cream you might be making to help with broken skin thanks to all that lovely Vitamin E and linoleic acid, so I’m including it in my zinc oxide lotion. My lotion is based on this one – a light lotion with pumpkin seed oil –...

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