Your 5 Best Face Oil Friendly Plant Oils for Dry, Sensitive Skin
Make your life easier. Care for and nourish your skin in an honest way
Dry sensitive skin? This is the number one complaint amongst my customers.
Often exacerbated by other skin conditions such as acne, eczema, and rosacea, it's just another unwelcome addition to midlife shenanigans.
Dry, itchy bits around the hairline? (My absolute favourite… not) Sore, bumpy bits on your cheeks. Flushed cheeks?
And to top it all, dry skin leaves you looking older, parched and stressed and depleted of any glow factor.
But there are plenty of natural helpers available that make a real difference, with plant oils being my favourite way of delivering high concentrations of active ingredients to your skin.
And you don't have to wait forever to see a difference.
These are five of my favourites that I use in my facial oils for dry and sensitive skin that pack a punch and hydrate & soothe naturally.
The Best Oil For Dry Skin
1 - Jojoba Oil For Your Face
One of my top choices, jojoba is a true multi tasker in the world of natural skincare. It's absorbed extremely easily by the skin and because it is a wax and not an oil, it's non greasy and great for hydration but without giving that too-rich feel.
Because it's deep penetrating, it's also super-stable; some of the botanicals we use are potent but fragile, and it's always a balancing act between fabulous benefits of an ingredient versus its' stability.
Jojoba reduces wrinkles, helps to treat psoriasis, acne, and dermatitis, and brings the skin back to its normal vitality and gives it a healthy glow (read pretty amazing).
You can find it in our Deep Nourish Facial Essence, and it's also a key ingredient in our organic Body Oils. Look out for it in its inci format, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil on the label.
2 - Rosehip Fruit Oil For Your Face
Rosehip is one of the best oils for seeing a visible difference with your skin, helping both acne, rosacea prone skin, and countering dry, itchy and inflamed skin.
It's full of essential fatty acids and vitamin A - both of which give a clue to its effectiveness in reducing lines and wrinkles. The essential fatty acids hydrate the skin and help smooth out wrinkles plus they are crucial for maintaining healthy skin. And it's these same fatty acids which give a rejuvenating and regenerating effect to the skin.
It also feels great on the skin; it is known as a 'dry' oil because it does not leave any sort of oily feel on the skin, instead it is hydrating and fast absorbing.
Best of all there have been a number of clinical trials carried out which does bear out its reputation. In trials, it has been found to have a positive effect on the skin of people with wrinkles, UV damage and even scars, regenerating the skin, slowing the down the signs of ageing and improving the skin's natural colour and tone.
3 - Blackcurrant Fruit Oil For Your Face
Vitamin C packed and GLA rich, this is a superb skin hydrating oil, softening, smoothing and texture improving.
For stressed skin, this sexy purple little number does the business. Dull, chapped, too much time in the sun?
Eczema, dry itchy skin? Due to its essential fatty acid content and anti-inflammatory properties blackcurrant can help sort all of these.
These potent little berries, that you can still find in British hedgerows if you look hard enough, are seriously good for skin. You can find it in our Deep Nourish Facial Essence, and it find it on the label under Ribes Nigrum (Blackcurrant) Fruit Oil
4 - Argan Oil For Your Face
Argan Oil has seen a huge jump in popularity, and with good reason. It is Vitamin E and fatty acid rich making it great for treating skin topically.
It pumps and smooths skin , restores skin tone and elasticity and protects skin from environmental impacts. It is sebum regulating, and can help with acne prone skin.
The nuts from which argan oil is produced are hand dried for days in the sun before being smashed by hand to get the oil out, an ancient technique still sued by Morocco's Berber women.
You can find it in our Deep Nourish Facial Essence, and our Intensive Balm. Look out for Argania Spinsosa Oil on the label.
5 - Avocado Oil For Your Face
Rich and soothing, this is one of my favourite oils for dry an sensitive skins. It particularly helps to hydrate parched skins, to add glow and revive tired skin.
Rich in vitamins A, D and E, it is rich in oleic acid, deeply penetrating and hydrates nourishes and softens. Because it is such a rich emollient, it's great for dry, itchy and thirsty skin.
You can find it in our Radiance Facial Essence with Rose & Marula. It appears on the label as Persea Gratissima Oil.
Dry, sensitive skin can be managed.
It's all about finding the ingredients and products that suit your skin, and choosing plant oils that suit your skin type.
Have you tried any of these ingredients in your skin care routine?
Less is more - a little simplicity
The idea behind The Rose Tree is grown up beauty. Less about looking 10 years younger and more about feeling amazing. The best ingredients for the job, not the cheapest. The finest natural and organic plant oils and butters, selected for their effectiveness.
I am all about being small, because small means personal, and comes with great service. I want finding beauty that works to be easy. I am passionate about manufacturing in Britain, sourcing ingredients ethically and being able to give a little back to the world.
My customers tend to fall into two groups.
They're either in their 30s and 40s juggling kiddies and jobs.
Or they tend to be in the 40s, 50s, and upwards - and are juggling busy lives with and adapting to their skin's changing needs, perimenopause, menopause and beyond.
I'm all about ignoring the rules, must have products, must have ingredients, it's exhausting. Let's ditch this idea that you need tens of products and a 10 step skincare routine.
Simplicity is good.
My face oils, balms and creams are all designed to nurture and protect.
For skin that is dry, dehydrated, or mature pick my Facial Essence with Rose & Blackcurrant. It's all about feeding your skin, nourishment, and satiny plumped up skin with generous amounts of Argan, Blackcurrant, Baobab, Camellia and Cranberry oils but no heavy or greasy feeling.
For skin that is prone to oiliness, breakouts and rosacea, or just a little fiddly pick my Facial Essence for Rose & Marula. Think super soft skin. Clear skin - with the hand selected essential oils which are inherently anti-bacterial and particularly suited to oily, combination skins. Plumped up, cushiony, comfortable skin. It helps keep breakouts under control. It's perfect if you suffer from red-ness or rosacea.
Deep Nourish Facial Essence with Rose & Blackcurrant
Carrot & Mango Cleansing Butter
Radiance Facial Essence with Rose & Marula
I'm Olga, founder of The Rose Tree, and I'm more about making your life easier, to care for and nourish your skin in an honest way.
Nurturing and coaxing tricky into looking the best it can.
I use flower and plant oils with therapeutic benefits, to relax your mind and body, de-stress your mind, energise you.
To my mind radiant, glowing skin and a relaxed happy you will never go out of fashion. I think beauty is about feeling good.
I'm in my 50s now, and I've been fascinated by plant oils since I was a child.
Today I run my very small but multiple award winning business and am all about serving my lovely customers.
I used to have a 'proper' job commuting in and out of London, working crazy hours for a big blue chip organisations. I was a tad stressed, and my skin was not very happy,
I still works crazy hours but for herself, creating beauty and wellbeing goodies. Grown up beauty designed to make your life easier, that's a little clever, and that's a little easy.
The Rose Tree is a multiple award winning British beauty brand with a focus on grown up beauty. The finest natural and organic plant oils and butters, selected for their effectiveness. A small boutique producer which offers great service, who manufactures in Britain with a focus on sourcing ingredients ethically and giving back through it’s partnership with Buy1Give1.
"A British-made, luxurious, organic brand that particularly suits sensitive skin. Perfect for the mum who likes her beauty all natural."
The Independent
What women are saying about us...
"As if it wasn't bad enough that the menopause and lack of oestrogen has dried my skin to the point of reptilian , I was horrified to keep having outbreaks of spots too - talk about insult to injury . Was sceptical that an oil would help - but on a friend's recommendation tried this oil and it clears any outbreaks overnight! Amazing!" Justine
"I have tried many other products - top of the line products - none of which accommodated the change to my maturing skin. How I wish I'd found The Rose Tree products years ago. My skin looks and feels wonderfully nourished." - Kara Joy
"I I love using the Radiance Facial Essence, it makes my skin feel fabulous. I have been using this for a number of years now and would definitely recommend it." Laura
At The Rose Tree, I believe that grown up beauty means being responsible. This includes sourcing ingredients ethically, manufacturing in England, and giving a little back.
I care about making my products safe and healthy for you—and our planet. I package the majority of products in glass. I am extremely picky about my ingredients. We never test our products on animals.
I also partner up with Buy1Give1 (B1G1), a social enterprise and non-profit organisation with a mission to create a world full of giving. Unlike conventional giving models, B1G1 helps small and medium-sized businesses achieve more social impact by embedding giving activities into everyday business operations and creating unique giving stories.
That means, with your help, we can make a small but positive difference.
Deep Nourish Facial Essence with Rose & Blackcurrant
Carrot & Mango Cleansing Butter