Organic French Borage Face Oil

How do I use the skincare oil?

Can be used ready-made or personalised.

• Ready-made as a serum: apply 1 to 2 drops before your day or night skincare.

• Ready-made as a day or night treatment: apply 3 to 4 drops all over the face and neck.

• Customised according to your needs or problems with active ingredients, essential oils, or fragrances.

Properties

ORGANIC French Borage oil is a marvellous face and neck oil thanks to the following properties:

• A must for mature skin, Borage oil helps to compensate for the loss of tone and elasticity of the skin, particularly during the menopause.

• Rich in gamma-linolenic acid, a rare fatty acid in the omega-6 family, Borage oil nourishes, regenerates, repairs and soothes dry or atopic-prone skin.

• Soothes and calms sensitive skin prone to tightness and redness.

• Its essential fatty acid composition restores the skin's hydrolipidic film and strengthens the cutaneous barrier, protecting the skin from dehydration.

Who is it for?

• Treatments for mature skin.

• Treatments for dry, atopic-prone skin.

• Treatments for delicate, fragile and sensitive skin.

• Treatments for dehydrated skin.

I create my own personalized skincare oil

Practical guides and precautions

Follow best production practices when making your cosmetics

Our aim: to offer you an effective ORGANIC facial care oil that respects your skin.

• 100% natural origin

• 100% ORGANIC ingredients

Ingredients: Borago officinalis seed oil

* Ingredients from Organic Farming.

COSMOS ORGANIC certified by Ecocert Greenlife according to the COSMOS standard available at http://www.ecocert.com/cosmos

Production process

Cold pressed

Part of the plant used

Seeds

Botanical name

Borago officinalis

Botanical family

Boraginaceae

Oxidative potential

Sensitive

Find out more about the oxidative potential of butters and oils, etc.

Organoleptic properties

• Appearance: fluid liquid oil

• Colour: golden yellow

• Odour: sweet, slightly nutty

• Feel: oily

Density

0.910 – 0.930

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Gamma-linolenic acid is an essential fatty acid that plays an important role in skin quality, improving suppleness and preventing dehydration.

Learn more

Store in a cool, dark place.

Precautions

Personalization is recommended for adults only.

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