The Crystal ingredient library

Oils & botanical butters

Discover the oils and butters that shape the texture, glide, aroma and feel of our skincare, alongside the food oils in our range.

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12 ingredients

Apricot kernels beside a glass dish of pale gold oil.

Apricot kernel oil

Oil pressed from the kernel inside the apricot stone, used for slip in skincare.

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Tiny black nigella seeds beside a glass dish of dark amber oil.

Black seed oil

Cold-pressed oil from Nigella sativa seeds. A traditional saying about the plant is not a promise of a cure.

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Cacao butter

The fat from cacao beans. It gives the gold face cream structure. It is not cacao powder.

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Mottled castor seeds beside a glass dish of thick pale yellow oil.

Castor oil

A thick plant oil chosen for a rich feel on skin or hair. A conditioning feel is not proven hair regrowth.

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Coconut oil

Oil from coconut flesh. In soap it is transformed by saponification, so a bar is not a jar of oil.

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Frankincense

An aromatic oil from tree resin, used with neroli in the gold face cream.

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Brown jojoba seeds beside a glass dish of golden liquid.

Jojoba oil

A botanical liquid wax used for softness and glide in our silver cream, gold face cream and botanical body oil.

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Tiny meadowfoam seeds beside a glass dish of very pale oil.

Meadowfoam seed oil

A smooth cosmetic oil in our gold face cream, alongside jojoba, rosehip, black seed oil and plant butters.

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Murumuru butter

A rich plant butter in the gold face cream, also listed in the silver cream.

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Small white orange blossoms beside a tiny dish of pale oil.

Neroli

An aromatic oil from orange blossom, used with frankincense to scent the gold face cream.

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Green pumpkin seeds beside a glass dish of dark green oil.

Pumpkin seed oil

A nutty food oil. It is the oil fraction of the seed, not the whole seed.

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Orange-red rose hips beside a glass dish of reddish oil.

Rosehip oil

A cosmetic oil in the gold face cream. The nutrients in fresh rosehips do not describe this oil.

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