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ESSENTIAL LIPIDS: Delicate Barrier Essential Lipids: Delicate Barrier is a multi-purpose moisturizer, cleanser, and facial oil specifically created for reactive skin and heightened sensitivities. This focused blend of whole plant lipids comes together to mirror and support our skin’s own natural lipid barrier. This nourishing oil is soothing and supportive to all skin types, even the most sensitive. Essential Lipids is also highly recommended for those with a damaged lipid barrier, skin in healing crisis, and for those with autoimmune conditions or in treatment for serious illness. This product is also well suited to someone transitioning to the Laurel line for the first time from a more conventional or clinical line.
ESSENTIAL LIPIDS: Delicate Barrier Essential Lipids: Delicate Barrier is a multi-purpose moisturizer, cleanser, and facial oil specifically created for reactive skin and heightened sensitivities. This focused blend of whole plant lipids comes together to mirror and support our skin’s own natural lipid barrier. This nourishing oil is soothing and supportive to all skin types, even the most sensitive. Essential Lipids is also highly recommended for those with a damaged lipid barrier, skin in healing crisis, and for those with autoimmune conditions or in treatment for serious illness. This product is also well suited to someone transitioning to the Laurel line for the first time from a more conventional or clinical line.

Essential Lipids

Delicate Barrier

Essential Lipids is a gentle, multi-use facial oil that functions as a moisturizer, oil cleanser, and barrier-support treatment in one. Formulated for reactive, highly sensitive, or compromised skin, this focused blend of whole plant lipids delivers replenishing nourishment. Created to make whole-plant skincare more accessible for all, this formula is nut oil free and essential oil free, making it especially well-suited for allergy-prone skin and those on a barrier-healing journey.

KEY ACTIONS

  • Replenishes skin’s natural lipid barrier to protect and comfort
  • Soothes reactive, sensitive, or compromised skin
  • Provides a simplified ritual during times of healing

SKIN TYPE

Compromised, Sensitive, Reactive Skin

50ml

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$82.00

Skin health begins with a strong and intact lipid barrier. When the lipid barrier is compromised, skin is more vulnerable to the elements, microbial disruption, and chronic inflammation. Formulated with 9 soothing botanicals, Essential Lipids acts as a replacement for the skin’s own natural lipid barrier, while supplying nourishment and relief for healing and resilience.

Intentionally simple yet deeply effective, this formula blends seven freshly pressed whole-plant oils, including EVENING PRIMROSE, CHIA and POMEGRANATE. Each of these rare oils contains a variety of barrier-supportive nutrients that are not typically present in cosmetic oils. Our slow press process and minimal filtration ensure the presence of beneficial and uncommon compounds such as phytoceramides and phytosterols.

These oils are paired with a three-month whole-flower infusion of CALENDULA a true agent of transformation and an absolute necessity in the work of skin repair. To capture the full breadth of Calendula’s restorative and anti-inflammatory constituents, we pair our slow maceration process with a whole-plant, pressurized Calendula concentrate, ensuring nothing vital is left behind.

For some, Essential Lipids serves as both a gentle oil cleanser and moisturizer. For others, this simple healer becomes part of their routine during times of stress, transition, or skin reactivity, offering calm and balance when it’s needed most. This formula plays a vital role for those recovering from chemical peels, over-exfoliation, or retinoid damage – as well as those in cancer recovery, with various auto-immune conditions, heightened allergies, or in a healing crisis of any kind. For those who fall into any of these latter categories, Essential Lipids can be a key step in using whole plants as skin support for the first time.

SENSORY PROFILE
How it feels: A silky, cushioned, pale orange oil that melts comfortably into the skin
How it smells: Whisper-light, with a hint of dried petals and dried fruits, softly nutty and comforting

PHYTOCHEMISTRY PROFILE
The phytochemistry of Essential Lipids is what makes this product so effective at restoring calm and balance. It contains these notable phytonutrients, along with many others:
phytoceramides, phytosterols, essential fatty acids (including omega-3 and GLA), vitamin E, carotenoids, phytosteroids (triterpenoids), various polyphenols and flavonoids, resins, trace minerals, and tannins

USAGE
To use as a Cleanser: Dispense 3-4 pumps onto fingertips and apply to dry skin. Massage well around congested areas and makeup. Apply a warm towel to skin and gently sweep away dirt, makeup, and excess oil.

To use as a moisturizer: Apply 1 pump to fingertips and press gently into slightly damp face, neck, and décolleté.

RITUAL
As the Serum settles in, take a moment for slow, intentional massage. Release tension at the temples, sweep upwards on the forehead, glide down the neck several times to encourage lymphatic movement. Let the soft, herbal, and resinous aromatics deepen your breath for just a moment.

Use within six months of opening and before the recommended use-by date on the bottom of the bottle. Store in a cool, dry, and dark place.

100% Whole Plant Organic

JOJOBA
Chemically a wax rather than an oil, Jojoba closely mirrors the ceramide-rich lipids found naturally in human sebum. These waxy lipids are essential to a healthy skin barrier, helping maintain hydration and resilience. Unrefined, raw Jojoba is uniquely effective at supporting and replenishing compromised lipid barriers due to its exceptional compatibility with the skin.

CALENDULA
A cornerstone plant for skin health, Calendula is deeply restorative and supportive at the cellular level. Rich in carotenoids, resins, and phytosterols, it mirrors key components of the skin’s protective barrier, including cholesterol-like lipids. Calendula is slow-infused over three months and paired with a whole-plant pressurized concentrate to preserve the full spectrum of its barrier-supportive constituents.

POMEGRANATE SEED OIL
Naturally rich and cushiony, Pomegranate Seed Oil penetrates deeply to support skin barriers weakened by chronic inflammation. Its unique fatty acid profile and polyphenol content help reinforce resilience and improve barrier integrity over time.

EVENING PRIMROSE SEED OIL
Freshly pressed and produced exclusively for our line, this California-made oil is abundant in essential fatty acids, including GLA. It supports skin comfort and barrier repair while helping reduce visible signs of irritation, fine lines, and scarring associated with inflammation.

CRANBERRY FRUIT + SEED OIL
Cold-pressed from delicately dried cranberries, this nutrient-dense oil is rich in resveratrol, polyphenols, and essential fatty acids 3, 6, and 9. Cooling and strengthening, Cranberry Seed Oil supports barrier recovery with tannins and trace minerals that help calm inflammation and reinforce skin structure.

FULL INGREDIENT LIST: Jojoba Seed WaxËš, Chia Seed OilËš, Evening Primrose Seed OilËš, Calendula Flower InfusionËš, Cranberry Fruit + Seed OilËš, Moringa Seed OilËš, Red Raspberry Fruit + Seed OilËš, Pomegranate Seed OilËš, Rosemary ExtractËš
Ëšorganically grown ingredients

Laurel Skin formulas set a benchmark for high ingredient and formulation standards that the beauty industry would collectively consider unreasonable. Here are a few highlights that set our Essential Lipids apart from other facial oils.

  • Exclusive use of freshly pressed, unrefined, virgin oils to maintain antioxidant and nutrient availability
  • Exclusive use of 100% organic, biodynamic and regeneratively grown plants
  • A 3-month whole-plant infusion in every bottle
  • No lab-made, synthetic isolates, bioidenticals, or biomimetics – only whole plants
  • Micro-dosed essential oils for immediate phytonutrient support, without overwhelming the skin

    • The abbreviated list above cannot be found elsewhere – our level of care and integrity is proudly unreasonable.

    A HEALING ENTRY POINT
    In herbalism, there is a time for potency and a time for restraint. When the skin is reactive, inflamed, or in a state of compromise, the most supportive approach is often simplicity. Rather than introducing more stimulation, we focus on restoring the conditions that allow the skin to function comfortably again.

    Essential Lipids was created for these moments. By working with lipids similar to those found in our natural barrier and removing common sensitizers, this formula supports the skin’s barrier while giving it space to settle and rebuild. This approach makes whole-plant skincare more accessible to those who may otherwise be excluded due to sensitivities or allergies.

    Barrier repair is not about forcing change, but about reestablishing trust. When the skin feels supported and protected, it becomes more receptive, resilient, and responsive over time. Essential Lipids offers a gentle foundation for healing, and a beautiful entry point into deeper medicine when the skin is ready.

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