Santalum Album Oil
What Santalum Album Oil is & what it does
A sandalwood essential oil with a warm, woody scent and soothing reputation. It adds fragrance but may sensitize reactive skin.
What does Santalum Album Oil do in skincare?
Santalum Album Oil, or sandalwood oil, is used mainly as a natural fragrance for its warm, woody aroma. It can also serve as a botanical additive in a formula. Being an essential oil, it is a concentrated mix of aromatic compounds and is used at low concentrations.
Is Santalum Album Oil safe?
Santalum Album Oil is widely used as a fragrance ingredient in cosmetics at low levels. Because essential oils are concentrated and can be sensitizing, people with sensitive skin or fragrance allergies may react to it. Patch testing a new product is a reasonable precaution if you are prone to reactions.
Is Santalum Album Oil natural or synthetic?
Santalum Album Oil is a natural ingredient, distilled from the wood of the sandalwood tree. Because true sandalwood is costly and supply is limited, some products use synthetic sandalwood-type aroma materials instead, so the label wording matters.
Sunscreens with Santalum Album Oil
We rate 12 sunscreens that contain it, showing the top 10 by overall score:
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Keya Seth Aromatherapy Umbrella Sunscreen Powder SPF 50
85/100
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Sandiva Sandiva One & Done Tinted Sunblock With Sandalwood, SPF 35+ Pa++++
75/100
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Missha BB Serum SPF 50+
75/100
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The Face Shop Everyday Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50
73/100
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Isa Knox Anew Solaire Everyday Mineral Sunscreen 50 SPF
72/100
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Yumie White Daily Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ Pa++++
70/100
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Rejuva Minerals Daily Wear Face Protection Sunscreen | Ewg Verified, SPF 16
69/100
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Lagom Sun Gel
69/100
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Jovees Sun Defence Cream SPF 50
65/100
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Deoproce Snail Whitening & Anti-Wrinkle BB Cream SPF 50+
61/100