Written by OSEA Staff | Published December 10, 2024
A smooth, silky body oil can make all the difference in your body care routine. When you use the right oil, it can do wonders and give you smooth, supple, and glowing skin from your head to your toes. Incorporating a lightweight, nourishing body oil like our Undaria Algae™ Body Oil into your routine is a simple and effective way to maintain a healthy skin barrier that’s soft and glowing all year round.
Why Use a Body Oil?
You may not even realize it, but there’s a good chance that your skin barrier needs a little TLC. A combination of dead skin cells, lipids, proteins, and fats, this outermost layer of skin protects the delicate layers of living skin cells beneath it. It’s essentially a protective shield that holds in water while blocking chemicals, bacteria, and other threats from infiltrating.
While skin conditions like rosacea and eczema can sometimes damage the skin barrier, environmental factors and skin care habits can also weaken it. Using harsh or drying soaps, over-exfoliation, and not using a moisturizer to rehydrate the skin can break down the lipids, a combination of cholesterol, fatty acids, and ceramides.
Lipids fill the spaces between skin cells, making the surface soft and smooth. They also trap moisture in the skin. Without them, you’ll probably notice dry, itchy, irritated skin and more visible signs of aging, like fine lines.
Using a body oil with nutrient-rich ingredients like Undaria Algae helps replenish the skin barrier, which can:
- Improve the look of skin elasticity
- Deliver deep moisturization
- Softens and nourishes the skin
How to Use Our Body Oil in Your Routine
Adding body oil to your self-care routine isn’t difficult and only takes a few minutes. Remember that body oils like our Undaria Algae™ Body Oil and Undaria Algae™ Body Oil Fragrance-Free are formulated for the skin on your body, not your face. Try a product like Dayglow Face Oil® if you want to enjoy the moisturizing benefits of an oil on facial skin.
We recommend the following routine to get the most from your body oil application.
Step 1: Shower. Use warm, not scalding, water and a mild, nourishing cleanser to wash without removing too many of your natural oils. Try Undaria Algae™ Body Wash.
Step 2: Exfoliate. Gentle exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells for smoother and more radiant skin. Use our Salts of the Earth Body Scrub to gently buff away roughness for a silky smooth finish.
Step 3: Apply body oil to dry or damp skin. Using the oil before you dry off completely helps lock in even more moisture.
When using body oil, dispense a generous amount into your hand and rub it onto your skin in a circular motion, starting at your neck and working your way down to your feet.
It’s that simple! You can layer on your favorite moisturizer or balm (try OSEA Malibu’s Anti-Aging Body Balm). You can also use body oil:
- By adding a drop or two to supercharge your favorite moisturizer
- Highlight your décolleté for a glowing appearance
However you decide to use your body oil, you’ll notice smoother, softer skin and a more radiant glow almost immediately.
