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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil Versus The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil

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British Brand United Kingdom
British Brand United Kingdom

Updated on October 11, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe . They have a total of 3 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain Vitamin E

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, oily skin and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any parabens, silicones or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain common allergens, fragrances and oils

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Ingredient Info

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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil 27 ingredients

The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil 10 ingredients

About this product

About this product

At a glance

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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil 27 ingredients

The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil 10 ingredients

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.

Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.

Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.

You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.

There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.

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Perfuming

Citronellol is used to add fragrance/parfum to a product. It is often derived from plants such as roses. In fact, it can be found in many essential oils including geranium, lavender, neroli, and more. The scent of Citronellol is often described as "fresh, grassy, and citrus-like".

Since the Citronellol molecule is already unstable, Citronellol becomes irritating on the skin when exposed to air.

Citronellol is a modified terpene. Terpenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons found in plants. They make up the primary part of essential oils.

Citronellol is not able to be absorbed into deeper layers of the skin. It has low permeability,

Citronellol is also a natural insect repellent.

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Perfuming, Solvent

Limonene is a fragrance that adds scent and taste to a formulation.

It's found in the peel oil of citrus fruits and other plants such as lavender and eucalyptus. The scent of limonene is generally described as "sweet citrus".

Limonene acts as an antioxidant, meaning it helps neutralize free radicals.

When exposed to air, oxidized limonene may sensitize the skin. Because of this, limonene is often avoided by people with sensitive skin.

The term 'fragrance' is not regulated in many countries. In many cases, it is up to the brand to define this term. For instance, many brands choose to label themselves as "fragrance-free" because they are not using synthetic fragrances. However, their products may still contain ingredients such as essential oils that are considered a fragrance.

Learn more about Limonene

When to use

Bio-Oil Skincare Oil 27 ingredients

The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil 10 ingredients

373 Routines
40% use in am
60% use in pm
91% use every day
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150 Routines
33% use in am
67% use in pm
77% use every day
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Reviews

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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil 27 ingredients

2.9 /5
from 7 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Broke Me Out (1) Expensive (1)
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🐾

10 months ago
Review

♡︎
- 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝗂𝗅, 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅
- 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍
- 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇’𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽
- 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾
- 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗒 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍

#expensive
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
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fmlcrps

2 years ago
Review

Only use it for body if you have sensitive face.
Broke my fungal acne out like crazy after I use it on face for 2 nights. I wonder why it works so well for other people acne scars. But it really has effect on lightening some scars on my body.

The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil 10 ingredients

2.3 /5
from 4 ratings
Irritating (3) Doesn't Work (1) Drying (1)
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Chien Yun Ang

8 months ago
Review

This helped me cleared up some small spots during the initial stages. But after a few more use, it gave me more red acne bumps.. the smell of tea tree is so strong, it is pretty off-putting as well.

#broke me out
#irritating
#sticky
#oily
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Farah Tiffani

7 months ago
Review

tricky method of using this one. only use it as needed on clean, dry, bare skin, and only on new pimple, let it stay for few hours or overnight. and when using it, I don't layer it with anything. using it too much would irritate the skin and as the other reviewer said, would give more bumps.

#irritating
#works well