What is Borago Officinalis Seed Oil?
Role not confirmed
We haven't written up what this ingredient does yet. The products below feature it as a key ingredient.
Anything to watch out for?
Some products' ingredient lists mark this ingredient as below. If a mark's reason fits your skin, it is the ingredient to weigh in those products.
- This is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
- Marked this way on 5 products.
- This ingredient is on pore-clogging ingredient lists, which matters most for skin that breaks out easily.
- Marked this way on 3 products.
Each mark comes from matching the product's full ingredient list against lists for fragrance, labeled fragrance allergens, drying alcohols, essential oils, fungal acne, pore clogging, and pregnancy caution.
Which products feature it?
2 of the 2320 products we've checked feature this as a key ingredient. Products that disclose a concentration or list it near the top of the ingredient list come first.
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Key Borago Officinalis Seed Oil (#12 on the ingredient list), Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Ceramide
AESTURA
Atobarrier Lotion
It's made for better barrier support.
Key Borago Officinalis Seed Oil (#39 on the ingredient list), Hydroxypropyl Bispalmitamide MEA, Hydroxypropyl Bislauramide MEA
7 claims, summarized
- Only partly backed:
- better barrier support
See each claim
Claims, checked
#HighMoisture
backed by evidence#BarrierMoistureLotion
backed by evidenceStrengthens damaged skin barrier function
plausible, not tested#BarrierFunctionStrengthening
plausible, not testedDermaON, containing skin lipid ingredients, strengthens the damaged skin barrier function of dry and sensitive skin.
partly backed#SensitiveSkin
partly backed#SkinGuardian
nothing specific to check
