Ingredient glossary
Cloudberry Seed Oil
On your shelf ✓What Cloudberry Seed Oil does for your skin, who it suits, and what to watch for.
INCI: Rubus Chamaemorus Seed Oil
In short: Cloudberry Seed Oil delivers softening and barrier support, suits most skin types, and the evidence behind it is limited.
- What it does
- Softening, barrier support
- Best for
- Most skin types
- Evidence
- Limited
- How long
- Straight away
how it was measured
Measured on Surface smoothing and reduced water loss from the applied lipid film, present on contact; on contact, by mechanism.
The Glow take
A comfort ingredient, and none the worse for it.
Cloudberry Seed Oil is here for feel and moisture, softening the skin and slowing water loss. More comfort than correction.
— Maya
What it does
- softening
- barrier support
- antioxidant
weak evidenceThe composition is well characterised, roughly 40 to 45 percent linoleic and 30 to 35 percent alpha-linolenic acid with natural tocopherols.
Why we say this
- Skin claims rest on that profile and on supplier testing, not on clinical trials.
- CIR safety review Safety Assessment of Plant-Derived Fatty Acid Oils 2017
The plant oil family, at a glance
19 plant oil entries in the base, Cloudberry Seed Oil among them. 16 of the 19 are an emollient.
- Argan Oil
- Avocado Oil
- Buriti Oil
- Castor Oil
- Cloudberry Seed Oil
- Coconut Oil
- Evening Primrose Oil
- Grapeseed Oil
- Hemp Seed Oil
- Jojoba Oil
- Macadamia Oil
- Marula Oil
- Meadowfoam Seed Oil
- Olive Oil
- Rosehip Oil
- Safflower Seed Oil
- Sea Buckthorn Oil
- Sunflower Seed Oil
- Sweet Almond Oil
Who it's for, and who should skip it
Tends to suit
- dry
- normal
- sensitive
Approach with care
- fungal acne prone
- Clogs poresLow
- Irritation riskLow
How it fits each skin type
- DrySuits
- CombinationSuits
- OilySuits
- SensitiveSuits
Take extra care if any of these apply to you: fungal acne prone.
Where it fits in your routine
This one works on contact — there is nothing to wait for.
What that covers, and what it does not
- Measured on: Surface smoothing and reduced water loss from the applied lipid film, present on contact.
- The emollient effect is physical: a triglyceride film fills between corneocytes and reduces roughness and evaporative loss as soon as it is spread, and the base classes the row as an emollient with softening as its lead function.
- This is a light, highly unsaturated oil (roughly 40-45% linoleic, 30-35% alpha-linolenic), so the occlusive component is modest compared with a heavy oil or a wax.
- The separate and slower claim, that its linoleic acid feeds barrier lipid synthesis, has no human trial for this oil and no timeline; the base itself says skin claims rest on the fatty-acid profile and supplier testing.
Fatty-acid composition analyses of Rubus chamaemorus seed oil plus general emollient-film physics; no clinical trial
Plays well with
- tocopherol
- emollients
- ceramides
Cloudberry Seed Oil, answered
Is Cloudberry Seed Oil safe during pregnancy?
Yes. Cloudberry Seed Oil is considered safe to use during pregnancy and breastfeeding. As with anything, if you are unsure it is worth a quick word with your doctor or midwife.
Who should avoid Cloudberry Seed Oil?
Approach Cloudberry Seed Oil with care if any of these apply to you: fungal acne prone.
What concentration of Cloudberry Seed Oil actually works?
Its concentration is rarely printed on the label, so use the ingredient list as your clue: near the top third it is likely doing real work, near the bottom it is more of a sprinkle.
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Sources & how we reviewed this
- CIR safety review Safety Assessment of Plant-Derived Fatty Acid Oils 2017summary page only, the document itself was not read
What changed on this page
- : whether it feeds Malassezia
- : what the EU regulates
- : sources