# Blueberry Seed Oil for Skin

- Link: https://aunaturalorganics.com/shop/blueberry-oil-100ml/
- Published: 2016-07-31T18:05:00+00:00
- Author: Au Natural Organics Team

Blueberries are harvested across the United States and Canada from July to September,
highbush fruit mostly by machine and wild lowbush berries often with hand rakes.
Most go to juice and concentrate plants, where pressing leaves a pomace of skins
and seeds. Processors dry the pomace, sieve out the tiny seeds and sell them to 
specialist pressers. Blueberry seed oil is green to golden with a light, slightly
grassy scent. It is high in linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids, with natural tocopherols
and plant sterols, and it feels very light on the skin.

## Details

  |  Botanical name |  _Vaccinium corymbosum_ (highbush blueberry) |  
 |  Origin |  North America |  
 |  Part used |  Seed |  
 |  Extraction |  Cold-pressed |  
 |  Texture |  Very light |  
 |  Ingredients |  100% _Vaccinium corymbosum_ seed oil |

**Why supply is limited:** the seeds are so small that a very large weight of berry
pomace is needed to gather enough for pressing, and only a handful of pressers work
with blueberry seed.

## How to use

 1. **Face:** press 2 to 3 drops into clean skin, morning or evening.
 2. **Lips:** smooth a drop over dry lips.
 3. **Blends:** add to face oils and serums.

Patch test on the inner arm before first use. Keep away from the eyes. Store somewhere
cool and dark with the cap closed. Its omega-3 content makes it best kept cool.

## FAQs

### What does it smell like?

A light, slightly grassy scent.

### Is it greasy?

No. It is very light and absorbs quickly.

### How should I store it?

Keep it cool and away from light with the cap closed, as omega-3 oils are delicate.

[Read where blueberry seed oil comes from and how it is made](https://aunaturalorganics.com/ingredient/blueberry/).