Cosmetics
Cannabis sativa Seed Oil — non-comedogenic, omega-rich. The plant-oil whose fatty-acid profile most closely mirrors human sebum. Comedogenic rating: 0. Legal worldwide in cosmetics under the INCI standard. EU CosIng database lists roughly fifteen distinct hemp-derived ingredients.
The Body Shop
Anita Roddick launched the hemp range in 1998, fighting UK customs and the era's drug-policy moral panic. The line survived three ownership changes — L'Oréal 2006, Natura 2017, Aurelius 2023. The reason 'Cannabis sativa Seed Oil' is a familiar INCI label on a high street shampoo bottle today rather than a curiosity.
UK · the line that started it · 1998
Kiehl's
Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil Herbal Concentrate launched 2019. The prestige-channel hemp cosmetic. Apothecary aesthetic, mass-prestige distribution. Where high-end skincare buys hemp in.
USA · L'Oréal · prestige channel
Dr. Bronner's
Hemp Pure-Castile soap — bar and liquid, saponified from hemp seed oil. Family-owned. The American hemp cosmetics conscience: David Bronner led the legal fight that kept the category alive in the US between 2001 and 2018.
USA · USDA Organic · Fair Trade · B-Corp
What it isn't
Hemp seed oil contains essentially no CBD — typically under 25 ppm. Therapeutic claims (eczema cure, psoriasis cure, acne cure) are not approved by the FDA or EFSA. Raw hemp seed oil oxidises fast and needs antioxidants. The category sells itself on chemistry, not on miracle.
Hemp seed oil is not CBD oil
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