Which essential oil is best for the face?

03/07/2024 • 4 min read • Author: Severine Clochet

Essential oils are among the most powerful active ingredients in natural cosmetics. To reap all their benefits, be sure to use a facial essential oil suited to your skin concerns. Our Laboté experts can help you find the best essential oil for your skin.

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Precautions for using an essential oil on the face

Used for millennia in skincare, essential oils contain up to 250 molecules. These are what give them exceptional regenerative power as well as specific medicinal properties.

These substances are, however, very potent. Therefore, applying essential oils to the face requires precautions:

Do not overuse essential oils: in high doses, some of their components present a risk of toxicity.
Avoid applying essential oils to the skin around the eyes.
They must be diluted in a vegetable oil before coming into contact with the skin.
Their use is not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women, as well as for people with epilepsy.

Essential oils for blemishes

Tea tree: appreciated by combination to oily skin for its purifying properties, it also helps to reduce the redness of acne pimples.

Rosemary with verbenone: rich in rosmarinic acid, carnosol and carnosic acid, it revitalizes the skin and tightens pores thanks to its astringent properties.

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia): this is the quintessential essential oil for acne-prone skin. Purifying and restorative, it is ideal for accelerating the healing of papules or pustules.

For broad-spectrum effectiveness on excess sebum and localized imperfections, Laboté experts have combined these three complementary essential oils on a sebum-regulating jojoba base in a single product: the Purifying Targeted Treatment.

Restorative essential oils

Cistus ladanifer: its natural content of monoterpene ketones makes it an outstanding skin regenerator.

Italian Helichrysum: renowned for its concentration of italidione, it is often recommended for bruises and surgical scars.

Lavender officinalis: highly restorative, it has an appreciable soothing action in case of discomfort during the healing process.

Rosemary verbenone: this essential oil excels at supporting cell renewal after injury.

The synergy of these four essential oils offers optimal effectiveness on stubborn acne scars. Combined with regenerating marula oil in our concentrated targeted repair treatment, it accelerates the repair of damaged tissue and promotes the fading of localized marks.

Essential oils to prevent skin aging

Rose geranium: highly regenerative, it stimulates cell reproduction while smoothing skin texture. Its purifying power is particularly beneficial for dry, blemish-prone skin.

Italian helichrysum: This precious essential oil is an indispensable ingredient in the care of aging skin. Also known as "immortelle," it tones the skin and improves microcirculation.

Rockrose (Cistus ladaniferus): ideal for treating skin blemishes, it firms the skin and reduces the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines.

Cultivated carrot: versatile, it has veinotonic and anti-blemish properties indicated in the treatment of skin marked by the first signs of aging.

After 40, hyperpigmentation is often women's number one beauty concern. Our targeted anti-dark spot treatment contains essential oils renowned for their anti-aging and restorative properties. Apply it every night to your dark spots in synergy with an argan-based night oil. For a deep revitalizing action and a radiant complexion, treat yourself to an enzymatic scrub with our Peeling treatment.

Essential oils for sensitive or irritated skin

Palmarosa: a natural source of linalool and geraniol, it protects cells from oxidative stress and relieves discomfort of reactive skin.

Roman chamomile: thanks to its concentration of isobutyl angelate and isoamyl angelate, this essential oil for delicate skin has been praised for centuries for its ability to soothe irritations.

Petitgrain bigarade: its richness in soothing and sebum-regulating monoterpenols makes it an ideal facial essential oil for sensitive skin or skin prone to painful acne.

Don't forget to protect your skin with a soothing serum followed by a moisturizing cream , for example one based on aloe vera or hyaluronic acid.