Botanicals for the body
Butters, oils and soothing plants for everything below the chin: dry skin, stretch marks, rough patches, hands and the bath.
8 articles · 8 botanicals
Evidence Check
Oat
Colloidal oatmeal is one of the few botanicals with randomized trials and mechanistic lab work supporting its use for dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin. The strongest evidence is for formulated topical products containing colloidal oat or its extracts; many studies test finished products or combination formulas rather than isolated oat constituents.
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Sweet almond
Sweet almond oil is a light, commonly used carrier oil for massage whose cosmetic claims are modest and supported mainly by small human trials, formulation studies and narrative reviews. The evidence shows modest increases in skin hydration and benefits when almond oil is part of emollient products, but few studies test sweet almond oil on its own for body dryness or stretch marks.