Essential oil blends
Essential oil blends are carefully selected mixtures of pure plant oils that give skincare and beauty products their characteristic fragrance while contributing to the overall sensory experience.
How it works in skincare
In cosmetics and skincare, essential oil blends are added in tiny amounts to provide natural scent, enhance the product’s appeal, and work synergistically with carrier oils, butters and emulsifiers. They are typically blended to achieve a specific olfactory profile that is both pleasant and stable within creams, serums, balms and oils, while complying with UK and EU cosmetic fragrance regulations.
Key benefits
- Adds a luxurious natural fragrance to products
- Can help mask the scent of raw cosmetic ingredients
- Provides a pleasant sensory experience during application
- May contribute to the overall feel and finish of a formula
- Allows for bespoke scent creation in small-batch and artisanal products
Best for
all skin types, normal skin, combination skin
Where it comes from
Essential oils are obtained through steam distillation or cold-pressing of aromatic plant materials including flowers, leaves, bark, stems, roots and citrus peels.
Products with Essential oil blends
Not every product on UK Lips lists a full ingredient breakdown — so there may be many more formulas that contain Essential oil blends than we can show here. These are the comparisons where we’ve confirmed it in the listed ingredients.