Mother Earth Essentials Berry Seed Renewing Facial Oil ingredients (Explained) (2024)

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Antioxidant: Vaccinium Corymbosum (Blueberry) Seed Oil, Rosa Rubiginosa (Rose Hip) Seed Oil, Fragaria Ananassa (Strawberry) Seed Oil, Tocopherol

Other Ingredients

Vaccinium Corymbosum (Blueberry) Seed Oil

What-it-does: antioxidant, emollient

Rosa Rubiginosa (Rose Hip) Seed Oil - goodie

The oil coming from the seeds of the wild rose bush most common in the southern Andes in Chile (btw, Rosa Rubiginosa, Rosa Eglanteria and Rosa Mosqueta all refer to the same oil, however, the more commonly used Rosa Canina is a bit different). Similar to many other great plant oils, it is a nice nourishing and moisturizing oilloaded with fatty acids (linoleic acid - 44%, linolenic acid - 34% and oleic acid - 14%).

What makes rosehip oil aspecial snowflake among all the plant oils out there is that it also contains the miracle active, trans-retinoic acid, aka tretinoin. It is the main bioactive component of the oil and has all kinds of magic abilities including restoring and regenerating tissues (the oil is great for scars and burns), decreasing wrinkles, helping acne and even normalizing pore size.

Just one more note: a study found that the tretinoin content of rosehip seed oil greatly depends on the extraction method. The oil coming from cold pressing contained seven times more tretinoin (0.357 ml/l) than the oil from organic solvent extraction. Alwaysgo for the cold-pressed version!

Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil

Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil - goodie

Ayellow-greenish oil coming from the seeds of Cranberry. Similar to other emollient plant oils, it is loaded with nice fatty acids. It contains a very balanced 1:1 ratio of anti-inflammatory omega-3 (aka linolenic acid) and barrier repairing omega-6 (aka linoleic acid) (30-38%), and also a decent amount of skin-nourishing omega-9, aka oleic acid. It also has high vitamin E content and significant antioxidant properties.

Other than being a nice emollient plant oil, we also found a research showing that cranberry oil has wound-healing potential.

Fragaria Ananassa (Strawberry) Seed Oil

Tocopherol - goodie

• Primary fat-soluble antioxidant in our skin
• Significant photoprotection against UVB rays
• Vit C + Vit E work in synergy and provide great photoprotection
• Has emollient properties
• Easy to formulate, stable and relatively inexpensive

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Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract

What-it-does: antimicrobial/antibacterial

Fragrance - icky

Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).

If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.

Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).