Ingredient name: Cucumber Seed Oil
INCI name: Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil
Botanical source: Seeds of the cucumber plant, Cucumis sativus L.
SKAAI source: ethically sourced in India where the cucumber plant finds its origin. Certified organic.

We choose cucumber seed oil for its fresh, quickly absorbed skin feel and its ability to leave the skin feeling soft, supple and comfortable — without heaviness. It reflects SKAAI’s preservation-based approach to skincare: gentle support for the skin’s natural balance, rather than forcing change.

Cucumber seed oil is a light, elegant oil rich in linoleic acid and with a naturally meaningful level of palmitic acid, a fatty acid also present in the skin’s own lipid composition. Because the skin’s lipid profile changes with age, we value cucumber seed oil as a gentle botanical oil that helps support softness, suppleness and barrier comfort.

Cold pressed from the cleaned and dried seeds of the cucumber plant, Cucumis sativus, cucumber seed oil is a light, elegant botanical oil with a soft yellow colour and a naturally fresh, delicate scent.

Its fatty-acid profile makes it especially interesting for sensitive and dry skin: it is rich in linoleic acid, a fatty acid associated with the skin barrier, and contains a meaningful level of palmitic acid, one of the fatty acids naturally present in the skin’s own lipid composition.

In SKAAI formulas, cucumber seed oil is chosen for its fresh, quickly absorbed skin feel and its ability to leave the skin feeling soft, supple and comfortable — without heaviness. Its naturally balanced fatty-acid profile, including linoleic and palmitic acid, makes it especially interesting in formulas designed to support skin comfort as the skin’s lipid balance changes with age.