Olive Oil
Allowed
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil · Olive Butter
A heavy, oleic-dominant oil, the cooking oil, used cosmetically for millennia.
- What it does
- Emollient & barrier
- Our take
- Studies on infant skin found olive oil measurably weakened barrier function where sunflower oil supported it, which is a useful corrective to the idea that older equals gentler. Fine on body; not our pick for a face that breaks out. Note that olive-derived squalane and cetearyl olivate behave completely differently and are not flagged.
- Suitable from
- Young adult, 20+ · Middle aged, 40+
- Best for
- Barrier repair · Dryness & hydration · Aging & firmness
- Skin types
- Dry
- Can it clog pores
- Moderate. Some people on blemish-prone skin react to it. This flag is for the face only, it does not apply to body, hair or home care.
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What we read
- Published neonatal barrier studies; comedogenicity literature · reviewed Sep 2026
Every other ingredient, with the same treatment.
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