COSMOS ORGANIC certified, cold-pressed organic castor oil — a versatile natural care oil for skin, hair, lashes and nails.

• 100% organic and cold-pressed
• Nourishes skin and conditions hair, lashes and brows
• Use pure or blended; 100 ml

Castor oil is the beauty cupboard’s oldest multitasker, and Anaé’s is the version worth owning: organic castor seeds, cold-pressed, COSMOS ORGANIC certified, in a practical 100 ml bottle. One ingredient, thick and glossy, with more uses than most of the products it replaces.

What makes castor oil different

Pressed from the seeds of Ricinus communis, castor oil is unusually rich and viscous compared with everyday plant oils — dense, cushioning and slow to absorb, which is precisely why generations have reached for it in natural care. It softens and nourishes where lighter oils evaporate off the job, and a few drops go a remarkably long way. Anaé’s is cold-pressed from organic seeds, keeping the oil’s natural character intact, and certified under COSMOS ORGANIC — the strictest mainstream standard for organic cosmetics.

The classic uses

• Lashes and brows — the traditional nightly trace with a clean spoolie, castor oil’s most famous ritual
• Hair and scalp — as a pre-wash mask (alone or diluted with a lighter oil) for shine and softness
• Nails and cuticles — massaged in nightly for conditioned, cared-for hands
• Skin — a rich occlusive layer for very dry patches, elbows, heels
• DIY cosmetics — a base ingredient for homemade masks, cleansing-oil blends and balms

The Anaé philosophy

Anaé makes organic care products from vegan, natural ingredients, produced in France with the COSMOS quality mark — a range designed around low waste and honest formulas, from powder shampoos to single oils like this one you blend yourself. Buying the raw ingredient instead of a dozen finished products is both the ecological and the economical route, which is rather the point.

How to use it well

Apply pure, or blend with a lighter carrier (sweet almond, for instance) when you want easier spreading. Patch-test before first use as with any new cosmetic oil, keep it out of the eyes themselves when tending lashes, and store the bottle away from heat and light. External use.

Frequently asked questions

Why is it so thick? That’s castor oil’s nature — the richness is the feature; dilute it when you want a lighter feel.

Vegan? Entirely — the whole Anaé line is.

Bigger bottle? The same oil comes in a 300ml size for households that have graduated from experimenting to depending on it.