
Carrier Oils
Evening Primrose CO2.
Light green evening primrose CO2, extracted from seeds in Germany and rich in linoleic and gamma-linolenic acids, keeps far longer than the cold-pressed oil. In a 15 ml eyedropper bottle.
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About this product
Evening primrose opens its pale flowers at dusk, and its seed oil belongs to the evening too: a few drops in the quiet ritual of caring for your skin before the lamps go out.
That oil has always had one weakness. Cold-pressed, like borage, it has an extremely short shelf life. This CO2 extraction is said to keep for at least two years with proper storage, stabilized by the producer with rosemary CO2 antioxidant. The extract is light green and rich in fatty acids: 75 to 80% linoleic acid and 8 to 13% gamma-linolenic acid, both omega-6 acids, along with oleic, palmitic and stearic acids. The producer recommends it in moisturizing creams for dry skin, in hand creams and in lip balms, and Jane Buckle, PhD, recommends evening primrose oil in elder care.
Details
- Botanical name: Oenothera biennis
- Method: CO2 extracted from seeds, Germany
- Linoleic acid, 75 to 80%; gamma-linolenic acid, 8 to 13%
- Stabilized with rosemary CO2 antioxidant
- Size: 15 ml eyedropper bottle
How to use
Add it to a carrier blend at up to 20% of the whole. Its high linoleic acid may irritate some sensitive skin; if so, blend it with an oil low in linoleic acid, such as sea buckthorn pulp oil or jojoba.
A small green bottle for the evening hours.
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