Backed By Decades of Research
The 5 Best
Botanical Oils for Signs of Aging
Five botanical actives from some of the harshest growing conditions on earth — and the research-backed reasons aging skin loves them.
A few quick questions. One product matched to your skin. Under 60 seconds.
Backed By Decades of Research
The 5 Best Botanical Oils for Signs of Aging
Five botanical actives from some of the harshest growing conditions on earth — and the research-backed reasons aging skin loves them.
A few quick questions. One product matched to your skin. Under 60 seconds.
Stronger than the oils on store shelves — here’s why.
Not all botanical oils are created equal. The five on this list are more powerful than the oils you’ll find in retail stores — and it comes down to where they’re from and how they work.
Born in harsh climates. Grown in the arctic regions of the Nordic countries, these plants survive extreme weather by producing unusually high levels of protective antioxidants — the kind mild-climate plants never need to build.
Closest to your own skin. Your skin already makes its own oil to protect and repair itself. Botanical oils are remarkably similar, so your skin recognizes them and puts them to work right away.
Nothing it doesn’t need. No water, no harsh preservatives, no cheap fillers — just concentrated nutrition your skin already knows what to do with.
Stronger than the oils on store shelves — here’s why.
Not all botanical oils are created equal. The five on this list are more powerful than the oils you’ll find in retail stores — and it comes down to where they’re from and how they work.
Born in harsh climates. Grown in the arctic regions of the Nordic countries, these plants survive extreme weather by producing unusually high levels of protective antioxidants — the kind mild-climate plants never need to build.
Closest to your own skin. Your skin already makes its own oil to protect and repair itself. Botanical oils are remarkably similar, so your skin recognizes them and puts them to work right away.
Nothing it doesn’t need. No water, no harsh preservatives, no cheap fillers — just concentrated nutrition your skin already knows what to do with.
01. Nourish
Sea Buckthorn
If botanical oils had a multivitamin, this would be it. Sea buckthorn berries thrive in the cold Nordic climate, and they pack more than 190 bioactive compounds — including vitamins E, A, and K, plus a full network of carotenoids that give the oil its deep orange color. As we age, skin loses nutrients faster than it can replace them. Sea buckthorn restocks the shelves, supporting skin that looks renewed and revitalized instead of tired and depleted.
01. Nourish
Sea Buckthorn
If botanical oils had a multivitamin, this would be it. Sea buckthorn berries thrive in the cold Nordic climate, and they pack more than 190 bioactive compounds — including vitamins E, A, and K, plus a full network of carotenoids that give the oil its deep orange color. As we age, skin loses nutrients faster than it can replace them. Sea buckthorn restocks the shelves, supporting skin that looks renewed and revitalized instead of tired and depleted.
02. Correct
Black Currant
Once known as “the forbidden fruit,” black currant earns its place on this list with a rare ingredient: gamma linolenic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that very few plants produce. GLA helps support skin’s firmness and elasticity — two of the first things to fade as skin ages. Add a concentrated dose of polyphenol antioxidants, and you get an oil that helps preserve the smooth, even, healthy look that aging skin works hardest to hold onto.
02. Correct
Black Currant
Once known as “the forbidden fruit,” black currant earns its place on this list with a rare ingredient: gamma linolenic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that very few plants produce. GLA helps support skin’s firmness and elasticity — two of the first things to fade as skin ages. Add a concentrated dose of polyphenol antioxidants, and you get an oil that helps preserve the smooth, even, healthy look that aging skin works hardest to hold onto.
03. Protect
Astaxanthin
This is the one that surprises people.
Here’s the surprise: astaxanthin isn’t technically an oil at all. It’s a deep red antioxidant made by freshwater microalgae — ours grows in Iceland. When the algae face stress from intense sunlight, they produce astaxanthin to protect themselves. It works as a shield. And research shows it can do the same for your skin: astaxanthin is one of the most powerful antioxidants ever studied, with 6,000 times the antioxidant power of vitamin C. We deliver it in pure botanical oil, so it can go deep to defend your skin against the environmental stressors that speed up visible aging — sun, pollution, and everyday oxidative stress. Most people have never heard of it. Most retail products don’t carry it. That’s exactly why it made this list.
03. Protect
Astaxanthin
This is the one that surprises people.
Here’s the surprise: astaxanthin isn’t technically an oil at all. It’s a deep red antioxidant made by freshwater microalgae — ours grows in Iceland. When the algae face stress from intense sunlight, they produce astaxanthin to protect themselves. It works as a shield. And research shows it can do the same for your skin: astaxanthin is one of the most powerful antioxidants ever studied, with 6,000 times the antioxidant power of vitamin C. We deliver it in pure botanical oil, so it can go deep to defend your skin against the environmental stressors that speed up visible aging — sun, pollution, and everyday oxidative stress. Most people have never heard of it. Most retail products don’t carry it. That’s exactly why it made this list.
04. Calm
Arctic Oat
Oat has been calming irritated skin for centuries — but arctic-grown oat brings something extra. The short, intense Nordic growing season concentrates its protective compounds, including avenanthramides, the soothing molecules that make oat famous. Arctic oat oil also delivers natural ceramides, the building blocks your skin barrier uses to hold moisture in and irritants out. As skin ages, that barrier gets thinner and easier to upset. Arctic oat helps rebuild it — gently.
04. Calm
Arctic Oat
Oat has been calming irritated skin for centuries — but arctic-grown oat brings something extra. The short, intense Nordic growing season concentrates its protective compounds, including avenanthramides, the soothing molecules that make oat famous. Arctic oat oil also delivers natural ceramides, the building blocks your skin barrier uses to hold moisture in and irritants out. As skin ages, that barrier gets thinner and easier to upset. Arctic oat helps rebuild it — gently.
05. Renew
Bakuchiol
Bakuchiol is a purified plant compound from babchi seeds — and it’s the reason many people never go back to retinol. Peer-reviewed studies have found that bakuchiol delivers visible improvements in fine lines and skin texture comparable to retinol, without the redness, peeling, and dryness retinol is known for. It’s also gentle enough to use morning and night. Delivered in nutrient-rich botanical oil, it gives aging skin the renewal it’s looking for — minus the irritation.
05. Renew
Bakuchiol
Bakuchiol is a purified plant compound from babchi seeds — and it’s the reason many people never go back to retinol. Peer-reviewed studies have found that bakuchiol delivers visible improvements in fine lines and skin texture comparable to retinol, without the redness, peeling, and dryness retinol is known for. It’s also gentle enough to use morning and night. Delivered in nutrient-rich botanical oil, it gives aging skin the renewal it’s looking for — minus the irritation.
Skin Quiz
So… which one does your skin need?
Here’s the part most ingredient lists won’t tell you: you don’t have to pick. These botanicals do their best work together — in fact, four of the five come together in our Nordic Antioxidant Complex™, the antioxidant system at the heart of our most-loved formulas. Protection, correction, nourishment, and calm, working as a team.
So the real question isn’t which oil, it’s what your skin is dealing with right now. Answer a few quick questions about your biggest concerns, and and we’ll recommend the one product that fits — not a 12-step routine, not a bundle of guesses. One product, matched to your skin, in under 60 seconds.
So… which one does your skin need?
Here’s the part most ingredient lists won’t tell you: you don’t have to pick. These botanicals do their best work together — in fact, four of the five come together in our Nordic Antioxidant Complex™, the antioxidant system at the heart of our most-loved formulas. Protection, correction, nourishment, and calm, working as a team.
So the real question isn’t which oil, it’s what your skin is dealing with right now. Answer a few quick questions about your biggest concerns, and and we’ll recommend the one product that fits — not a 12-step routine, not a bundle of guesses. One product, matched to your skin, in under 60 seconds.
Welcome
A quick note from our founder.
“I grew up in Iceland, surrounded by plants that survive conditions most living things can’t. When I started Root Science, I made one rule: if there isn’t real research behind an ingredient, it doesn’t go in the bottle. These five made the cut — and they’ve held up, year after year. I hope your skin loves them the way mine does.”
Gígja Valdísardóttir
Founder, Root Science
Welcome
A quick note from our founder.
“I grew up in Iceland, surrounded by plants that survive conditions most living things can’t. When I started Root Science, I made one rule: if there isn’t real research behind an ingredient, it doesn’t go in the bottle. These five made the cut — and they’ve held up, year after year. I hope your skin loves them the way mine does.”
Gígja Valdísardóttir
Founder, Root Science