moonseed bakuchiol renewal oil

benefits

Why each ingredient is here

Olive Squalane

Known for its biomimetic affinity with skin, olive squalane helps reduce moisture loss, improve softness, and give the formula its elegant, silky glide without a greasy finish. In Moonseed, it acts as the fluid, fast-spreading backbone that helps the richer botanical oils feel refined rather than heavy.

Abyssinian Oil

Abyssinian oil is prized for its exceptionally smooth slip and light, glossy finish, helping oils feel more silky and less draggy on the skin. In Moonseed, it contributes that “expensive,” elegant spreadability and helps balance the heavier, more nutritive oils.

Rice Bran Oil

Rice bran oil is known for its gentle, velvety feel and its content of fatty acids, vitamin E compounds, phytosterols, squalene, and gamma-oryzanol. In Moonseed, it brings softness, barrier comfort, and a soothing, nutritive quality that supports mature, delicate, or easily depleted skin.

Rosehip Oil

Rosehip oil is especially valued for helping improve the look of scars, uneven tone, fine lines, and sun-related skin dullness thanks to its essential fatty acids and antioxidant profile. In Moonseed, it gives the formula part of its renewal and radiance personality, complementing bakuchiol beautifully.

Marula Oil

Marula oil is known for its cushioning, softening feel and its ability to support hydration while enhancing visible radiance. In Moonseed, it adds a smooth, plush, luxurious mid-note so the serum feels nourishing and indulgent on the skin.

Baobab Oil

Baobab oil is often used for dry, mature, or depleted skin because it is rich, restorative, and deeply softening while still absorbing well. In Moonseed, it helps create that cocooning, comfort-rich finish that makes the oil feel more treatment-like and less fleeting.

Prickly Pear Seed Oil

Prickly pear seed oil is known for its high antioxidant and vitamin E content, plus its reputation for hydration, soothing support, and helping improve the look of tired or dull skin. In Moonseed, it adds refined nourishment and helps reinforce the formula’s bright, glow-supportive feel without weighing it down.

Pracaxi Oil

Pracaxi oil is famous for its high behenic acid content and “natural silicone” skin feel, giving excellent slip, smoothing, and a polished finish. In Moonseed, it helps create that unusually silky, smoothing afterfeel and supports the formula’s luxurious texture profile.

Tamanu Oil

Tamanu oil is best known for its reparative reputation and is often chosen for skin that looks scarred, irritated, blemish-prone, or stressed. In Moonseed, it contributes a deeper treatment character, giving the blend more of a restorative, skin-comforting edge.

Bakuchiol

Bakuchiol is the hero active in Moonseed and is best known as a gentler, plant-derived alternative to retinol that helps improve the appearance of fine lines, texture, and uneven tone with less irritation. At 1%, it gives Moonseed its renewal identity and anchors the formula’s visible-age-support story.

Annatto-Derived Tocotrienols

Tocotrienols are an advanced form of vitamin E associated with potent antioxidant activity and skin protection from oxidative stress, inflammation, and visible photoaging. In Moonseed, annatto-derived tocotrienols support both formula stability and the skin-protective “next-generation vitamin E” story that makes the product feel unusually elevated.

Rosemary CO2 Extract

Rosemary CO2 extract is used primarily as an antioxidant to help protect delicate oils from oxidation and extend freshness in anhydrous formulas. In Moonseed, it helps preserve the vitality of the oil blend while adding a subtle herbal depth in the standard version.

Optional Buah Merah Oil

Buah Merah oil is known for its extremely high antioxidant content, including beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol, and for its striking crimson hue. In the glow version of Moonseed, it can be used in a micro-dose to add a soft warm-golden rose tone and an extra layer of rare antioxidant story without turning the serum into a staining red oil.