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Rosehip oil

October 7, 2025December 18, 2009 by Susan Barclay-Nichols

Rosehip oil (INCI: Rosa canina (Rosehip) Fruit Oil) is what I’d call an exotic oil, something you don’t use as the main base of a lotion or other creation but as a wonderful addition. Its fatty acid composition is interesting – 3.8% palmitic acid (C16), 1.9% stearic acid (C18), 15% oleic acid (C18:1), 43.5% linoleic…

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