Plant-Based Oils for Eye Contour Care

Caring for the delicate area around the eyes remains crucial to prevent the appearance of signs of skin ageing and to maintain a youthful, radiant look. This area, which is particularly thin, lacks sebaceous glands and is exposed to external aggressors, is prone to dehydration and the development of fine lines over time.

By regularly incorporating specific products such as plant-based oils, moisturisers, or nutrient-enriched serums into your beauty and skincare routine, you can improve the skin’s elasticity and reduce the signs of ageing and fatigue.

Furthermore, protecting the eye area from damage caused by UV rays and pollution helps to preserve its youthful appearance. Adopting a dedicated eye care routine can therefore help to prevent visible signs of ageing around the eyes.

Thanks to their moisturising, nourishing, and smoothing properties, plant-based oils provide deep hydration, alleviating dryness, and helping to restore the elasticity of the skin around the eyes. Plant-based oils can help to preserve this delicate area of the face by:

• Maintaining Hydration: Lacking sebaceous glands, the eye area is often prone to dryness, which can lead to the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. Plant-based oils, rich in essential fatty acids and active ingredients, help maintain the skin’s moisture levels, thereby helping to reduce dryness and improve the elasticity of this fragile area

• Deeply Nourish the Skin: Plant-based oils, such as sweet almond oil, rosehip oil, prickly pear oil, hemp oil, grapeseed oil and rice bran oil, contain numerous active ingredients such as vitamins and antioxidants that nourish and protect the delicate skin around the eyes

• Preventing the Signs of Ageing: Plant-based oils can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles thanks to their nourishing and moisturising properties. For example, argan oil, avocado oil, and prickly pear oil are renowned for their anti-ageing benefits

• Reducing Inflammation: Certain plant oils, such as calendula oil (oily macerate) and Calophyllum inophyllum oil, have anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce puffiness and dark circles around the eyes

• Protecting Against External Aggressors: Certain plant-based oils, such as jojoba oil, can form a protective barrier on the skin, helping to prevent moisture loss and protect the skin from external aggressors

The eye area deserves special attention in our skincare routine, and plant-based oils can help nourish, soften, and smooth this delicate, thin, and sensitive area.

Quality Criteria for a Plant-Based Oil for the Eye Area

Always choose a virgin oil, which is pure, unprocessed, 100% natural, extracted by first cold-pressing (extraction method), and sourced from plants grown using organic farming where possible. Opt for high-quality plant oils with a light texture so as not to weigh down the thin, delicate skin around the eyes.

Avoid refined oils, which, unlike virgin oils, are extracted using chemical processes, most commonly involving solvents. Indeed, after refining, these refined oils lose almost all of their active ingredients.

Anti-Ageing Oils

Organic Chilean Rosehip Oil

Rich in carotenoids, this oil is known for its exceptional anti-ageing action. It is the ideal active ingredient for nourishing dry and sensitive skin, combating wrinkles and caring for skin affected by stretch marks and scars. It is particularly renowned for improving the appearance of skin marked by the passage of time or sun exposure.

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Colombian Cacay Oil

Three times richer in retinol than rosehip oil and twice as concentrated in Vitamin E as argan oil, it works wonders in anti-wrinkle and anti-ageing skincare. It restores suppleness and elasticity to the skin and effectively reduces dark spots. A powerful regenerator, this rare and precious oil, sourced from a sustainable and ethical supply chain in Colombia, is also ideal for dry, sensitive, or damaged skin, which it repairs, soothes, and protects.

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Organic Evening Primrose Oil

A restructuring and anti-ageing properties par excellence, evening primrose oil combats the signs of skin ageing and restores the suppleness of the skin. It also has soothing and revitalising properties.

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Nourishing Oils

Organic Avocado Oil

Extracted from avocado pulp, this oil is an excellent anti-ageing active ingredient, nourishing, protective and restorative. It works wonders when used to formulate skincare products for dry or mature skin.

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Organic Sweet Almond Oil

Sweet almond oil, which has been known for a long time, is widely used for its soothing and moisturising properties on delicate and dry skin. It is used to prepare nourishing skincare products for all skin types, particularly skin that feels tight and uncomfortable.

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Organic Jojoba Oil

Balancing and softening, this oil is a popular ingredient thanks to its penetrating texture which leaves no greasy film. It protects the skin from dehydration and is ideal as a base for creating massage oils and make-up removers.

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Oils to Combat Puffiness and Dark Circles

Organic Italian Helichrysum Floral Elixir

Toning and anti-ageing, this organic and 100% plant-based floral elixir gives the skin a real boost. Infused with organic Italian Helichrysum flowers, known for their regenerating and toning properties, and rich in organic safflower oil, which is antioxidant and restructuring, this concentrated treatment is a true elixir of youth that can be used as a facial serum.

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Organic Calophylle Inophyle Oil

With exceptional circulatory properties, Calophylle inophyle plant oil is ideal for making serums to massage around the eyes. It promotes drainage in delicate areas to reduce dark circles and puffiness under the eyes.

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Organic Linoleic Safflower Oil

Extremely rich in essential fatty acids, safflower oil is perfect for brightening the eyes. Nourishing and restorative, it helps to maintain the elasticity and suppleness of the skin and reduces puffiness and dark circles.

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Oils for Eyelashes

Organic Castor Oil

This oil can be used in your homemade beauty products to strengthen nails, hair and eyelashes. Thanks to its Vitamin E, omega-9 and omega-6 content, it boosts eyelash growth as well as their thickness and shine. It can be used undiluted as an eyelash treatment for a 3-week course, applied using a cotton bud or an eyelash brush, once a day to clean, dry eyelashes.

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Organic Sweet Almond Oil

Sweet almond oil, which has been used for a long time, is widely used for its soothing and moisturising effects on delicate and dry skin. It can also be used to strengthen eyelashes and promote their growth.

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Using plant-based oils around the eyes is a gentle way to care for this sensitive area. Once you’ve chosen a plant-based oil suited to your skin type and specific needs, here are a few steps to follow to incorporate plant-based oils into your eye care routine:

1. Cleanse Your Face: Before applying the oil, make sure your face is clean. Use a gentle cleanser to remove impurities and make-up, then gently pat the skin around your eyes dry

2. Use a Small Amount of Product: Plant-based oils are concentrated, so one or two drops are usually enough. You can adjust the amount as needed

3. Use Gentle, Soft Movements: To aid absorption and stimulate circulation, use light circular movements or gently pat the area with your fingers. Use your ring finger or a cotton bud to apply the oil around the eyes. Avoid direct contact with the eyes to prevent irritation

4. Choose the Right Time: Ideally, apply the plant-based oil in the evening, after cleansing your face. This allows the oil to work overnight to deeply nourish the skin

If you notice any unusual or unpleasant reaction a few hours after applying your oil as an eye serum, stop using it and speak to your doctor.

If you have any specific concerns, allergies or skin problems, we recommend that you consult a healthcare professional or a dermatologist before changing your skincare routine.

We would strongly advise that, in addition to using plant-based oils, you opt for products containing moisturising active ingredients to combat dryness and sagging around the eyes, as well as draining and decongesting active ingredients to tackle the appearance of dark circles and puffiness. If you are prone to pigmented dark circles, we recommend skincare products rich in depigmenting and brightening active ingredients instead.

Moisturise and Prevent Sagging

Active Ingredient: Organic Aloe Vera Powder

This 200-fold concentrated powder is obtained by freeze-drying aloe vera juice, concentrating all its active ingredients. Known for its exceptional moisturising , soothing, and regenerating properties, aloe vera can thus be very easily incorporated into all types of homemade water-based skincare products designed for the eye area.

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Relax’rides Active Ingredient

Derived from a plant native to the Indian Ocean (Acmella oleracea, often known as ‘Mafane’), which has long been used as both food and medicine, Relax’rides is an anti-wrinkle active ingredient specifically targeted at expression lines, as it acts on micro-contractions of the skin. It is used to formulate anti-wrinkle skincare products for both prevention and smoothing and “smoothing out” effects, and is particularly suitable for formulating eye contour care products.

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Elastin Booster Active Ingredient

This 100% naturally derived active ingredient, produced using biotechnology, has been shown in vitro to have a powerful effect on the synthesis of elastin and dermal components. It is therefore ideal for use in your homemade skincare products to restore tone, firmness, and elasticity to the skin and prevent sagging. Supplied as a pure powder, it can be incorporated in small doses into anti-ageing and plumping eye contour treatments.

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Decongest and Reduce Puffiness

Organic Butcher’s Broom Extract (Fragon)

Traditionally known for supporting circulatory comfort, butcher’s broom, also known as Fragon, provides an ideal extract for formulating leg care products. Known for helping to reduce redness and decongest the eye area, it is also a useful active ingredient for formulating facial and eye care products.

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Immortelle Tonic Cosmetic Active Ingredient

This innovative cosmetic active ingredient, containing immortelle extract, has been proven effective at reducing under-eye bags. It also acts on the skin’s microcirculation to effectively reduce the appearance of small visible veins on the face or legs.

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Caffeine Cosmetic Active Ingredient

Caffeine is a stimulating active ingredient that plays a key role in toning the skin. It boosts circulation around the eyes, reduces puffiness, and helps to minimise bags and dark circles.

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Reduce Pigmented Dark Circles

Concentrated Radiance & Brightening Active

This concentrated larch extract has powerful antioxidant and brightening properties. Studies show that it can reduce pigmentation spots, even out and restore radiance to the complexion, and promote collagen synthesis. It is an excellent and proven anti-ageing active ingredient that will be a valuable addition to all your youth-boosting, anti-dark spot, and brightening eye care formulations. 

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Cosmetic Active Ingredient for the Eye Contour

Ideal for eyes with dark circles and signs of fatigue, this naturally derived cosmetic active ingredient, containing zerumbone which is extracted from ginger, has been proven effective at reducing both blue (vascular) and brown (melanin-related) dark circles.

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Organic Cucumber Extract

Cucumbers have always been used in cosmetics and are rich in vitamins, trace elements, and minerals. As well as being highly moisturising, cucumber is known for its beneficial effects on dull skin lacking radiance and luminosity. The vitamins it contains are particularly beneficial for the skin.

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