About
A light to medium carrier rich in linoleic acid with excellent emollient properties. It is affordable, widely available, and makes an excellent everyday massage base particularly for normal to oily skin types.
Sunflowers were cultivated by Native American tribes over 3,000 years ago, who used the seeds for food and the extracted oil for skin and hair. Commercial production expanded dramatically in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Benefits
- ✓Rich in linoleic acid for skin barrier support
- ✓Lightweight emollient for all skin types
- ✓Affordable workhorse base oil
- ✓Contains natural vitamin E
- ✓Good for eczema and psoriasis-prone skin
Pairings (12)
Sunflower seed is a light, nourishing, and affordable carrier that works excellently as a base for cardamom massage blends for everyday therapeutic use.
Sunflower seed's light texture and neutral aroma make it an excellent everyday carrier to dilute lemongrass for massage use.
Sunflower seed is a light, neutral carrier that blends seamlessly with bergamot, making it an excellent everyday massage base oil.
A light, affordable, and skin-friendly carrier with a neutral profile that lets rosemary's therapeutic and aromatic qualities perform without competition.
Light, odourless, and skin-conditioning, sunflower seed oil is an affordable and highly compatible carrier that allows lavender's properties to express fully.
Sunflower seed's light texture, mild aroma, and high linoleic content make it an ideal carrier for diluting neem to practical massage concentrations.
A lightweight, skin-friendly diluent that dilutes pomegranate seed to a comfortable massage consistency while adding its own skin-nourishing linoleic acid content.
Sunflower seed's light, linoleic-rich profile blends seamlessly with sweet almond to create an affordable, skin-nourishing all-purpose massage base.
Properties
- Aroma
- very mild, faintly nutty
- Consistency
- light
- Absorbency
- medium
- Shelf Life
- 6 months
Contraindications
- ⚠Short shelf life — use within 6 months
- ⚠Avoid with sunflower seed allergy