Sea buckthorn, or Hippophae rhamnoides, is an orange, berry-like plant high in vitamins and antioxidants whose leaves, fruit, and flowers have been used topically and in traditional medicine for centuries. 

Said to support wound healing and slow signs of aging, sea buckthorn has personally been a lifesaver for dry cuticles and small cuts on my hands; I bought a tin of sea buckthorn salve at a farmers market when traveling and my shredded up cuticles were totally healed after only a day or two of use. 

I’d love to try out some sea buckthorn-containing facial skincare products to help soothe my sensitive, reactive, and acne prone skin. 

What are your favorite products that feature sea buckthorn as an ingredient?

Sadly, I lost my miracle salve in the airport on the same trip as when I bought it, but I’m half tempted to just buy a bottle of the pure oil to use as a facial oil!

🧡 Favorite sea buckthorn products? 🧡

My skin started to feel hot on my cheeks while I had the mask on. When I took it off my face was very flushed; I think my skin was reacting to something in the mask, possibly fragrance. I wont repurchase this because of the reaction.

This felt nice at first, and the ingredients sound great 

🦋 Product size and price are a little disappointing; i admit that I layer this cream fairly heavily, but the 40ml tube only lasted me about a month. For about the same price I can get CeraVe’s heavy cream moisturizer tub that lasts eons.

🦋 I’m unsure whether this product has contributed to some more closed comedones popping up, or whether they are a purging effect of my recent Differin use. I know shea butter can be comedogenic, so I will probably go back to my CeraVe moisturizing cream or CosRX Rice Overnight mask before repurchasing this.

🦋 LRP’s Cicaplast Baume B5 is a heavy, occlusive moisturizer suited to sealing in lighter moisturizers and lipid barrier repair. Its star ingredients, shea butter, dimethicone, and madecassoside soothe and moisturize dry and dehydrated skin.

🦋 I’ve used this product for about the past month. I restarted retinoid use recently, and my skin barrier needed some support. The product is a thick, heavy cream texture that leaves a minor white cast, at least with the amount of product I have been using. It does leave a slightly oily layer on the face when applied heavily, but soaks in over time. When I use this as my last step at night, my face feels soft and moisturized in the morning.

Genuinely the only negative I have to say about this product is that I wish the bottle were bigger.

This soothes, softens, and heals my skin so reliably. I use it on my face as part of my daily routine, and also on small irritations like bug bites, burns, and cuts to promote healing. This makes my skin bouncy and helos soothe and heal any irritation when my skin needs some help.

I truly don’t have anything bad to say here.

This product made me truly believe in the power of hyaluronic acid. I use it as my first step after cleansing and it softens and hydrates my skin and pulls in all the moisturizing products I layer on top. It is easy to use, fragrance free, and my reactive skin loves it.

This seems to be discontinued, or on its way out. It used to be fairly easy to find on sites that ship to the US and I am now finding it to be out of stock or prohibitively expensive most places.

This is an absolute holy grail mask for me; it has a great light essence texture that absorbs completely into my skin and has a more intense brightening and soothing effect than any other sheet mask I’ve tried. 

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