Colours in natural skincare: why aren’t SKAAI’s cosmetics colorless?

Ever wondered why organic and natural skincare isn’t white or clear?

In this post, we’d like to tell you about the effects of deoderizing and refining natural ingredients.

In oil selection, whether you use the oil for cooking or skincare, the lighter the oil, the more refined it is. The refining process deodorizes and bleaches the oil making it easier to incorporate into products that are meant to be clear or white and fragrance-free. But it also reduces the nutritional value of the oil as the more heat-sensitive compounds that are often responsible for soothing, protecting and nourishing the skin can be lost or degraded. SKAAI uses organic cold-pressed oils and extracts that have their full natural colors and scents, their full nutrient and protective power, to feed and protect your skin make your skin and make it as beautiful as possible.

SKAAI’s products receive their color from our choice of pure and wholesome organic and natural ingredients. For example, our hemp, elderberry, and black currant oils, all harvested and pressed in Europe all have different shades of green illustrating that they encompass all their amazing ‘plant power’. SKAAI’s astaxanthin, rosehip and sea buckthorn oils and CO2 extracts, are orange to deep red in color due to their extremely high carotenoid content that protects the skin from damage caused by UV rays. Depending on which of these oils we hand-blended together, our serums and balms are golden yellow, emerald green, richly orange or amber brown. No artificial colorants are necessary, just nature’s purest ingredients!