Are you familiar with botanical oils? Naturally rich in essential fatty acids, nutrients, and minerals, they contain plant-based ingredients with powerful active ingredients that offer numerous benefits for nails and skin. Discover how Manucurist incorporates them into its nail and hand care formulas.
Often used in cosmetic formulations, natural oils offer a variety of benefits for the skin, nails, and hair. These oils are primarily known for their moisturizing properties due to their high concentration of fatty acids and omega-3, -6, and -9, which are the main components of the skin's lipid barrier. Fatty acids help maintain an even skin tone. They also smooth the nail plate by eliminating imperfections while forming a protective barrier to prevent transepidermal water loss and retain moisture. Say goodbye to dry, brittle nails.
Botanical oils are also rich in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that all contribute to strength and growth while boosting keratin production, the main component of nails and hair. Vitamins like vitamin E, naturally present in botanical oils, act as antioxidants, helping to protect against oxidative stress and damage caused by everyday internal and external factors.
Rich in fatty acids, essential nutrients and minerals, botanical oils are also powerful antioxidants.
These incredible plant-derived oils help maintain the health and overall appearance of skin and nails, while also helping to form their protective barrier for greater strength and growth.
Discover more about how these oils are used in Manucurist skincare formulas to maintain healthy nails and hands. To complete your routine, you can also choose an organic nail polish, formulated in line with the Green™ bio-sourced philosophy.
Sweet almond oil
Ideal for soothing and repairing dry, dehydrated skin, sweet almond oil is rich in vitamins and minerals such as zinc, which strengthens the nail surface, has an antifungal effect and supports healthy growth by boosting keratin production. Its potassium content also helps nutrients circulate through the layers of keratin, which is essential for deeply nourishing and strengthening nails. Sweet almond oil is used in Active Glow, Green Oil and Green Nail Polish Remover™.
Active Glow contains sweet almond oil to soothe and protect nail fibers.
Sunflower seed oil
Sunflower seed oil is rich in omega-6 fatty acids, also known as linoleic acid, which helps nourish and hydrate the skin. It also protects against free radical damage thanks to its high concentration of vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant. Finally, sunflower seed oil features anti-inflammatory properties that make it the ideal ally for sensitive skin. Used on nails, it provides strength and protection against dryness and breakage.
It is used in the Rose Balm for hands, lips and nails, the Hand Creams and the 5.5 Base.
Base 5.5 contains sunflower seed oil, which helps strengthen keratin layers and prevent breakage.
Kukui nut oil
This oil comes from the nut of the candlenut tree, also known as the kukui tree, which grows in Hawaii. The same tree produces the flowers traditionally used in Hawaiian garlands to bring renewal, protection and light to those who wear them. This oil offers a wide range of benefits: it is anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, softening, soothing and deeply hydrating, and even helps prevent transepidermal water loss. Manucurist uses this ingredient in the much-loved Green Oil to soothe and soften cuticles while protecting nail fibres.
Passion fruit oil
The seeds of the passion fruit produce this precious oil, which offers a wide range of benefits for nails and hair. It is particularly rich in linoleic acid (omega-6) and oleic acids (omega-9), which help nourish without clogging pores. It is also highly concentrated in antioxidants such as vitamin C and flavonoids, a group of plant compounds found in vegetables, seeds, fruit, tea and certain herbs. These antioxidants protect nail fibres and skin cells against external aggressors, helping to keep them strong and healthy for longer. Passion fruit oil is also prized for its anti-inflammatory, nourishing and brightening and regenerating properties. It is used in Green Oil to form a protective barrier on the nails by coating the skin around the cuticles, protecting them from external aggressors and sealing in nail moisture.
A blend of 6 multi-benefit oils (Sweet Almond, Passion Fruit, Kukui, Walnut, Coconut and Baobab), Green Oil is an ultra-rich treatment with numerous anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and nourishing properties.
Baobab oil
Extracted from the baobab tree, nicknamed the “tree of life” because its bark and fruit have more than 300 vital uses, baobab oil is packed with vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids that hydrate, protect and regenerate skin and nails. Widely used in beauty, this oil treats eczema and dandruff, reduces dark spots, combats free radical damage, boosts collagen and improves the skin’s barrier function. It is used in Green Oil to strengthen the nail’s keratin fibres and repair dry, damaged nails thanks to its high concentration of protein and calcium.
Walnut oil
Rich in both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, walnut oil has anti-inflammatory properties and is known to revitalise skin and nail fibres, leaving them nourished and hydrated. It is used in the Green Oil formula.
Moringa oil
Rich in iron and vitamin C and containing 9 essential amino acids, this oil repairs damage caused by external aggressors and strengthens nail fibres, while deeply nourishing and improving the appearance of fine lines. Find moringa oil in the Smoothing Base, specially designed to even out the nail surface and smooth imperfections while adding a subtle pink tint.
Smoothing Base contains Moringa oil to deeply nourish and improve the appearance of nail lines and fine lines.
Coconut oil
Known for its high concentration of fatty acids, coconut oil hydrates and nourishes skin and the nail’s keratin fibres by strengthening the hydrolipidic barrier. It also has antimicrobial and antioxidant properties that protect against free radical damage and infections. Coconut oil is used in Green Oil, the Soaps and the Rose Balm.
Damask rose oil
As well as giving products a delicate rose scent, Damask rose oil brightens and soothes skin, evens and tones the complexion, protects against bacteria and improves skin elasticity thanks to its high vitamin C content. Find it in the Soaps, Hand Creams and Rose Balm.
Pink Balm contains Damask rose oil and coconut oil to deeply moisturize, nourish, and soothe hands, nails, and cuticles while leaving a delicate fragrance.
Rapeseed oil
Rich in omega-6 fatty acids, which help maintain the hydrolipidic barrier of nails and skin, rapeseed oil is used in the Hand Creams for its nourishing properties.
Enriched with Coconut oil, Rapeseed oil, and Aloe Vera, Manucurist hand creams deeply hydrate and nourish the skin while protecting it from external aggressors.
Olive oil
Recently made viral by a TikTok trend involving coating nails with it to strengthen and nourish them, olive oil is highly concentrated in vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant, and fatty acids such as oleic, linoleic and palmitic acids. These act as nourishing agents to prevent breakage and promote nail growth. It is used in the Handmade Soap, which provides the nourishment needed to keep hands and nails from drying out after washing.
This artisanal soap combines the benefits of olive oil, rich in vitamin E and polyphenols that protect and nourish, with coconut oil, known for its protective and softening properties.
Castor oil
Rich in vitamins and with anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, castor oil is used to prevent and repair brittle nails and dry cuticles. It also helps with nail damage and treats white spots caused by insufficient vitamin intake. Castor oil is used in the Green Flash™ Nail Polish Remover, which removes Green Flash™ semi-permanent polish in just 1 minute, without an electric file or damage to the nail.
The acetone-free Green Flash™ Nail Polish Remover contains castor oil, which soothes and nourishes nails during polish removal.
