Face Care
Hydrate & Renew Face Cream
A facial cream with macadamia oil, shea butter and aloe leaf extract.
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Natural Oils
Carrier oils and butters that make up the base of most balms, creams and body oils.
What is it?
Carrier oils are pressed from seeds, nuts or fruit. They form the body of a topical product and carry the other ingredients.
Butters such as shea or cocoa are simply oils that are solid at room temperature.
Why we use it
The choice of oil determines how a product feels: how quickly it absorbs, how rich it is, how it spreads.
Oils are usually the first ingredients on a balm's list, because they make up most of the formula.
Where it is found
Look near the top of the ingredient list for names ending in Seed Oil, Kernel Oil, Fruit Oil or Butter.
CANNAEAST products with natural oils
Oils
Calm & Relief Pulse Point
A fluid oil blend of almond, jojoba and sunflower oil for pulse points.
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Sun Care
Body Lotion After Sun
A lotion with apricot kernel oil, panthenol, calendula and aloe leaf extract.
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Sun Care
Tanning Butter
A cocoa butter body butter with carrot root extract and panthenol.
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