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SUN BODY OIL This lightweight, golden oil is a wealth of carotenoids, resveratrol, polyphenols and essential fatty acids working intelligently with your skin to strengthen its response to the sun’s rays. It contains a blend of aromatic tropical and floral essential oils along with fruit and seed oils that together create a scent that nods to summer’s abundance. Our Sun Body Oil includes a house-made gemstone essence of Aquamarine, Turquoise and Citrine to inspire joy, movement and freedom of expression.
SUN BODY OIL This lightweight, golden oil is a wealth of carotenoids, resveratrol, polyphenols and essential fatty acids working intelligently with your skin to strengthen its response to the sun’s rays. It contains a blend of aromatic tropical and floral essential oils along with fruit and seed oils that together create a scent that nods to summer’s abundance. Our Sun Body Oil includes a house-made gemstone essence of Aquamarine, Turquoise and Citrine to inspire joy, movement and freedom of expression.

Sun Body Oil

Phyto Defense + Repair

Warm, bright, and seductive, Sun Body Oil is a moisturizing body serum that works with the intelligence of potent plant medicine to strengthen how skin responds to the sun, helping it adapt, repair, and build resilience to environmental stress. Sun Body Oil is an antioxidant-rich, sensorial ritual brimming with aromatics that carry the warm ripeness of summer.

KEY ACTIONS

  • Strengthens skin’s resilience with antioxidants
  • Supports recovery after sun exposure with soothing botanicals
  • Nourishes, repairs, and softens skin with nutritive oils

SKIN TYPE

Suitable for Most

100ml

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$98.00

Think of the resilient plants living in the harshest climates, rooted in the ground, unable to move themselves and walk away when the sun’s intensity becomes unbearable. Plants have wondrously evolved by developing specific phytonutrients and protective mechanisms to withstand that kind of pressure. The specific antioxidants present are able to absorb UV rays, not only protecting their cells from damage, but also transforming those rays into usable energy. This is how they live in harmony with the sun.

Our Sun Body Oil brings together 18 of these remarkable plants in a focused, intentional way. We rely on raw, unrefined plant oils and organic, therapeutic essential oils, drawing on their full spectrum of phytonutrients and dosing them carefully for both medicinal action and aromatic benefit.

Sun Body Oil begins with deeply colored, antioxidant-rich oils like forest-green AVOCADO and fresh golden RED RASPBERRY SEED, both widely regarded for their supportive role when it comes to sun exposure and environmental stress. We use a rare combination of both the fruit and seed oils from ROSEHIP and SEA BUCKTHORN, offering a full spectrum of flavonoids alongside vitamins C and E to prevent oxidative damage and encourage healthy skin renewal. Extra-virgin OLIVE OIL and resveratrol-rich RED GRAPE provide an abundance of beneficial, protective polyphenols, working to calm visible signs of inflammation and supporting a more even tone.

Among the therapeutic essential oils are ROMAN CHAMOMILE, FRANKINCENSE, and HELICHRYSUM, which further support the skin through oxidative stress, helping to ease redness and irritation.

Sun Body Oil also includes a house-made gemstone essence of AQUAMARINE, TURQUOISE, and CITRINE, chosen to inspire joy, movement, and freedom of expression.

SENSORY PROFILE
How it feels: a mid-weight, golden amber oil with a lush, silky finish
How it smells: warm woods, deep resins with the sweetness of berries and tropical flowers

PHYTOCHEMISTRY PROFILE
Sun Body Oil maintains concentrations of protective and reparative antioxidants directly associated with UV resilience. Sun Body Oil contains these notable phytonutrients, along with many others:

essential fatty acids (including omega 3 and GLA), carotenoids (including beta carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, lycopene, ++), vitamin E, MCT (medium chain triglycerides including lauric acid), oleic acid, resveratrol, flavonoids (including rutin, quercetin, ++), various polyphenols, phytosterols, phytoceramides, oligomeric proanthocyanidins, hydroxytyrosol, vitamin C, trace minerals and tannins, palmitic acid, squalene, sesquiterpenes, terpenoids, boswellic acid, bisabolol, carotol, santalols, pinenes, neryl acetate, linalool

USAGE
For best results, apply Sun Body Oil to the body before and after time spent in the sun. When in full sun exposure for longer periods of time, reapply this product often. The best timing intervals will vary for every individual’s unique skin. If this product is used in addition to a Zinc-based sunscreen, then the oil should be applied to the skin first, followed by the sunscreen afterwards.

RITUAL
Sun Body Oil can create a ritual before time in the sun, during, or after – each impactful in different stages of skin care. Our post-sun care ritual is the one we get asked about the most. After a cool and gentle shower, begin by drenching sun-stressed skin in Chamomile Hydrosol. Then apply a generous amount of Sun Body Oil to damp skin for quick absorption. These antioxidants will immediately get to work repairing, with soothing plants reducing visible redness and irritation. For an extra healing boost, apply another round of Chamomile Hydrosol followed by a light layer of Recovery Balm. Get ready to wake up for another day of sun the next day!

Use within six months of opening and before the recommended use-by date on the bottom of the bottle. Store in a cool, dry, and dark place.

100% Whole Plant Organic

RED RASPBERRY SEED OIL
Widely regarded for its ability to protect against both UVA and UVB rays, Red Raspberry Seed Oil is a cornerstone of this formula. This is likely due to its high presence of various flavonoids, including rutin, alongside omega-3 fatty acids – both phytonutrients studied for their ability to prevent UV-induced oxidative stress. Our oil is always certified organic, farmed in the United States, and cold pressed using patented technology to preserve its full phytonutrient profile that protects, soothes, and replenishes.

COCONUT OIL
Raw, unrefined Coconut Oil has a long history of traditional use for sun support. In Sun Body Oil, it contributes a richer texture and longer-lasting slip, allowing nutrients from lighter-weight oils to deliver time-released extended support and remain active on the skin for longer.

ROSEHIP OIL
Our rare Rosehip Oil includes both fruit and seed extractions, providing vitamins C and E, both essential for preventing and repairing sun damage. This vibrant oil supports healthy collagen, connective tissue, and the appearance of even-toned skin.

CARROT SEED
Oil
A soothing, aromatic oil that helps reduce inflammation while stimulating the skin’s natural healing response after sun exposure.

AVOCADO FRUIT OIL
Hailing from a California biodynamic farm, this freshly pressed, rich green, unrefined oil has a variety of essential fatty acids in combination with flavonoids and minerals that support the skin from environmental stress and free radicals. It is both skin softening and supports a clear, even skin tone.

FULL INGREDIENT LIST: Avocado Oil˚, Jojoba Oil˚, Red Raspberry Seed Oil˚, Rosehip Fruit and Seed Oil˚, Almond Oil˚, Olive Oil˚, Coconut Oil˚, Red Grape Seed Oil˚, Rosemary Extract˚, Sea Buckthorn Fruit and Seed Oil˚; Essential Oil Blend of Sandalwood˚, Frankincense˚, Carrot Seed˚, Roman Chamomile˚, Ylang Ylang˚, Neroli˚, Myrrh˚, Helichrysum˚; Flower and Gem Essences of Aquamarine, Turquoise, Citrine, Amber, Sunstone
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Laurel Skin formulas set a benchmark for high ingredient and formulation standards that the beauty industry would collectively consider unreasonable. Here are a few highlights that set Sun Body Oil apart from other cleansers:

  • More than moisture: an antioxidant-rich body serum that mirrors our facial serums
  • Exclusive use of freshly pressed, unrefined, virgin oils to maintain antioxidant and nutrient availability
  • Exclusive use of 100% organic, biodynamic, and regeneratively grown plants
  • No lab-made, synthetic isolates, bioidenticals, or biomimetics – only whole plants
  • Micro-dosed essential oils for immediate phytonutrient support, without overwhelming the skin

    • The abbreviated list above cannot be found elsewhere – our level of care and integrity is proudly unreasonable.

    Phytochemistry + Sun Care
    Plants and sunlight have a long, intertwined relationship. The plants used in Sun Body Oil evolved under intense sun exposure and developed protective phytonutrients that help manage oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular strain caused by UV exposure. Modern botanical research continues to affirm what traditional plant medicine has long understood: certain plant compounds can support the skin’s response to sun stress by strengthening adaptation and aiding recovery.

    Sun Body Oil is rich in whole-plant phytonutrients that have been widely studied for their role in supporting the skin against UV-related oxidative stress and visible signs of sun exposure, including uneven tone, irritation, and loss of elasticity. When delivered through whole plants, these nutrients work synergistically, offering layered support rather than isolated action.

    We must be clear: plants are not drugs, and they are not designed to behave like physical sunscreens. Sun Body Oil does not block UV rays in the way zinc-based sunscreens do. Instead, it supports the skin’s ability to adapt to, recover from, and remain resilient in the presence of sunlight.

    Individual Choice
    At Laurel Skin, we believe your choices around sun exposure are very personal. The sun plays an essential role in physical vitality, emotional well-being, and vitamin D synthesis. Our approach does not center fear or avoidance, but relationship and discernment. Sun Body Oil was created for those who wish to support their skin through intentional and mindful sun exposure. This is herbalist sun care: not about blocking nature, but about strengthening our relationship to it.

    A Note from Laurel on Sunscreen
    If I felt it were truly necessary for me to wear sunscreen, I would choose one with zinc as the only listed active ingredient. I personally avoid chemical sunscreens, which can be harmful to both our body systems and our oceans and coral reefs. I do push the limits for my own skin on this nuanced topic because I genuinely believe we shouldn’t live in fear of the sun, or even the occasional sunburn. That said, zinc-based sunscreen can be helpful and necessary in many situations, for many people. Especially for those with compromised health or autoimmune conditions, it can be an important part of caring for the skin on a daily basis. Like with most things, there is no wrong way to listen to what is best for your highly unique body.

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