Vegetable Oil
AKA “Olus Oil (EU)”
Oil
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Ingredient Facts
Vegetable oil
AKA: Olus Oil (EU)
Oil · Hair Conditioning · EWG: 1
Plant-Derived
Skin Conditioner
Hair Care
Plant Oil
Clean
Olus Oil (EU)
CAS #
68956-68-3
Form
Oil
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Functions
Hair Conditioning
A catch-all term for ingredients that improve how skin looks and feels — softer, smoother, more supple. The workhorse behind most moisturizers.
Skin Conditioning
A catch-all term for ingredients that improve how skin looks and feels — softer, smoother, more supple. The workhorse behind most moisturizers.
Locks in moisture
Traditional Use
Plant oils have been used in skincare and body care for thousands of years across virtually all cultures—from ancient Egypt (sesame and coconut oils) to Ayurveda (oils like coconut and sesame) to traditional Chinese medicine—as moisturizers, healers, and massage mediums.
Skin Types
●all-skin-types
Best For
Dryness
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe
Yes
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Vegetable Oil
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Cutaneous Permeation of a Percutaneously Applied Glucocorticoid Using Plant-Based Anionic Phospholipids in Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil: A Preliminary S
Greiner JV, Bhargava HN, Glonek T, Korb DR, Lindsay ME et al.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022
Exotic Vegetable Oils for Cosmetic O/W Nanoemulsions: In Vivo Evaluation.
Pereira TA, Guerreiro CM, Maruno M, Ferrari M, Rocha-Filho PA
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016
Exotic Vegetable Oils for Cosmetic O/W Nanoemulsions: In Vivo Evaluation.
Pereira TA, Guerreiro CM, Maruno M, Ferrari M, Rocha-Filho PA
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016
Stability Evaluations of Different Types of Vegetable Oil-based Emulsions.
Teh SS, Mah SH
Journal of oleo science, 2018
Stability Evaluations of Different Types of Vegetable Oil-based Emulsions.
Teh SS, Mah SH
Journal of oleo science, 2018
Profiling and quantification of phenolic compounds in Camellia seed oils: Natural tea polyphenols in vegetable oil.
Wang X, Zeng Q, Del Mar Contreras M, Wang L
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.), 2017
Profiling and quantification of phenolic compounds in Camellia seed oils: Natural tea polyphenols in vegetable oil.
Wang X, Zeng Q, Del Mar Contreras M, Wang L
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.), 2017
Verified Jun 2026
Data: CosIng · EWG · CIR