Rosehip Oil

Rosehip Oil is truly a miracle natural skincare ingredient. It contains up to 80% essential fatty acids that maintain healthy skin and repair tissue damage, including oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids.

It imparts vitamins C and E and the antioxidant lycopene, well known for their ability to promote skin repair, rejuvenation of skin cells and protection against free radical damage.

Rosehip oil is excellent in natural skincare products for dry, mature and aging skin. It soothes, softens and regenerates skin and has been very successfully used in natural skincare products to treat scar tissue.

Here's a summary of the powerfully beneficial ingredients in Rosehip Oil:

• Vitamin A. In its synthetic form, this ingredient is commonly known as retinol however, the vitamin A in rose hip oil is naturally occurring and may help with oily skin, skin dehyrated from overexposure to the sun, fine lines, wrinkles and uneven skin tone.
  
• Linoleic acid. Omega 6 oils help preserve the cell’s natural barrier to environmental conditions and are critical in the structure of our cell membranes.
  
• Oleic acid. Also known as Omega 9 fatty acid. Helps produce supple and moist skin and improve skin condition.
  
• Linolenic acid. Omega 3 essential fatty acids may help dry skin by softening and moisturising. They are critical in forming the structure of our cell membranes.
  
• Lycopene. This powerful antioxidant, found in tomatoes, is also found in the skin of the rose hip and is responsible for giving rosehip oil its beautiful amber colour. Helps protect the skin from daily free-radical damage (which causes cancer) and helps the skin fight against the signs of premature ageing.
  
• Beta-carotene. A source of pro-vitamin A and an antioxidant to help sun-damaged skin. It also helps prevent the signs of ageing.