Camellia Oil (4oz)

You can bring it anywhere or if you need to deliver your baby you can take it in your diaper bag without worrying about large bottles and heaviness of the weight. This applies to skin and hair too or for lubricating chafed skin.

It does have a fragrance, but it is so light and delicate that you can easily add a few drops of any desired essential oil to this without there being any clashing of once scent against another. Using it as is, as a moisturizer, leaves a nice silky, hydrated look and feel to the skin, no oil slicks and well absorbed by the skin.

This was sealed tight and the quality of the oil is top notch! This is a fantastic price point for this quality and amount of Camellia oil I received. I washed my face and applied this before using my new face contouring tool that I ordered last week. It is amazing how easy it was to glide the tool on my face using this great oil. It went on and it isn’t sticky nor did it cause a buildup. Recommend

Ive used this on my face and in my beard. Its a nice light oil that hasnt caused me to break out. It works great as a carrier oil for essential oils. On its own, theres no scent, its not sticky, and seems to moisturise well. My beard looks great with this oil in it.

This is a great carrier oil for therapeutic massage, cosmetic body products and face creams. It is great for adding moisture to the skin. Just two-three drops of this oil added to my regular skin care and my skin is super hydrated. It also has been good on my very sensitive skin and has a mild fragrance that is not intrusive. It is silky and non-greasy and a very nice addition to my skin-care routine.

First things first, its important to distinguish this oil as tea-seed oil extracted from the seed of the tea-oil camellia (Camellia oleifera) and NOT tsubaki oil extracted from the seed of the Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica). Although they are related, and both are extracted from the seeds of their respective plants, they are not the same. You have to be clear about what youre getting. They are both relatives of Camellia sinensis, the plant that it cultivated for tea leaves; and all of them have antioxidant properties in their products. Cold-pressed means that no heat is used in the extraction of the oil, and is favorable because it retains more of its antioxidant properties. Tsubaki oil/Dongbaek oil/Camellia japonica seed oil is the oil traditionally used by Japanese geisha for their hair, and the oil used to maintain and protect knives and blades from surface oxidation and corrosion. Its found in many high-end cosmetic products. Tea-seed oil/Camellia oleifera oil is more well-known, and used in a wider variety of applications, mainly as a cooking oil in China, where it is traditionally believed to benefit the digestive system, strengthen the immune system, and manage cholesterol. It also more well-studied by modern science, as you can look it up in the articles dedicated to it in the National Institutes of Health. In comparison, I could not find articles mentioning Camellia japonica tsubaki seed oil. Camellia oleifera tea-seed oil is rich in oleic acids, similar to olive oil. Some of its traditional benefits seem to be supported by modern scientific findings using animal models; where animal subjects demonstrated MEASURABLE gastrointestinal recovery and fat reduction. ALL THAT SAID, Camellia oleifera tea-seed oil seems to be a product more well-suited to ingestion rather than topical application. HOWEVER, this product is cosmetic-grade, and marketed as a cosmetic product, not a food. Paulas Choice, another well-known cosmetic brand, uses Camellia oleifera seed oil in several of their products. Eastern traditional medicine also promotes the use of tea-seed oil as baby oil as well as in burn injuries. (I only found one quote on this, amongst the many pages of websites I sifted through.) Using this oil in its intended cosmetic application, I find that it is very lightweight. It was absorbed within a couple of minutes, and that was a pleasant surprise. Ive used several other brands of cosmetic oils, including The Ordinary Hemi-Squalene, Q+A Super Greens, and Bio-Oil Skincare oil. If I had to rank them in the order of speed of absorption from fastest to slowest, it would be #1 The Ordinary Hemi-squalene #2 LISSE Camellia oil #3 Q+A Super Greens #4 Bio-Oil Skincare oil This tea-seed oil has no fragrance or scent, and seems to be an excellent carrier when blending oils. I do this for my hair oil. I usually use grapeseed oil as a carrier for the essential oils, but I just tried it using this tea-seed oil, and it feels better absorbed and much less greasy than when using grapeseed oil. All in all, though not the top choice as a cosmetic oil, this is a great alternative and its active ingredients are well-known to modern science.