Borago Officinalis Seed Oil
Borage Seed Oil, Starflower Seed Oil
Characteristics
- INCI
- Borago Officinalis Seed Oil
- Ru.
- Borage Seed Oil, Starflower Seed Oil
- CAS
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225234-12-8
This is the substance number in the Chemical Abstracts Service registry. The CAS number uniquely identifies a substance regardless of language, trade name, or synonyms.
- Functions
- emollient, skin conditioning
Who it's for
Description
We feel that this one is a bit under the radar probably because the Borage plant is not very well known. Maybe because its name isn't as cool as some others, it's hard to compete with kukui or baobab, not to mention murumuru. But let us tell you when it comes to skin care, borage seed oil is one of the best oils that can happen to your skin. Especially, if it's dry, sensitive, easily irritated, often itchy or eczema prone.
So what is so special about it? It is the richest known plant source ofthe super important essential fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). GLA is soothing and nourishing, and can repair even severely dry and irritated skin, but it's pretty rare and borage contains by far the most of it (17-28%). Next to GLA, it also contains more common fatty acids, like linoleic (36%), oleic (18%) or palmitic acid (10%).
If your skin is dry and sensitive, this one is totally for you.
Products with Borago Officinalis Seed Oil (1 480 total)
Most often found in AA products (30 items)
