The use of cannabis for medical conditions is on the rise, and it’s also becoming a more common ingredient in beauty products. Cannabis is known to provide many benefits to the human body and cannabis beauty products can help to reduce skin inflammation and act as an antioxidant.
While cannabis beauty products are certainly in vogue right now, they’re not actually a new idea. The Body Shop has been producing moisturising creams with hemp as an active ingredient since the ‘90s. The Hemp bath and body collection is consistently one of the brand’s most popular product lines.
We’ve now got more choice of cannabis products than ever before so if you’re looking to regenerate your skin, add extra shine to your hair, or you just enjoy the floral, spicy scent of cannabis flower, check out our pick of the best cannabis beauty products around.
1. The Bodyshop Hemp Hand Protector
We’ll start off our list with a classic that’s been tried and tested by thousands of people over the years. The Body Shop’s iconic hand cream uses hemp oil to nourish and protect the skin, working wonders on very dry skin with a non-greasy finish.
Price: £12 for 100mls
2. MGC Derma Anti Ageing Day Cream
MGC Derma is a new beauty company that uses CBD extract in every one of its products to treat a number of skin conditions. This light moisturizing cream combines peptides, hyaluronic acid, and CBD oil to enhance the natural radiance of the skin, hydrating restoring, and protecting.
Price: £81.07 for 50mls
3. Escentric Molecules 04
Escentric Molecules are known for their unusual lab-created fragrances, designed to blend art and science. Escentric Molecules 04 is the latest incarnation – a fragrance that blends Javanol (similar to sandalwood, with grapefruit notes) with juniper, pink pepper, and marijuana.
Price: £79 for 100mls
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4. Earth Tu Face Palmarosa & Aloe Face Wash
This gentle soap created with a blend of organic plant oils removes impurities and makeup without stripping the skin of its natural moisture. Palma rosa, ylang ylang, and organic hemp seed oil regulate both oily and dry skin types and provide a pleasant floral and herbal fragrance. Lavender oil is naturally anti-bacterial and helps to relieve blotchy skin.
Price: £43 for 227g
5. Dr Bronner’s Hemp Almond Pure-Castile Soap
Dr Bronner’s castile soap is a concentrated natural liquid soap containing hemp oil that can be used for a variety of beauty and household purposes. It can be diluted and used as a facial cleanser, body wash, shampoo, shaving liquid, as well as around the house for general cleaning of floors and surfaces. The almond scent is sweet and calming, reminiscent of marzipan, and the hemp oil helps to balance and replenish the skin unlike harsh soaps and cleaning products.
Price: £7.69 for 237ml
6. Votary Super Seed Facial Oil
This facial oil from Votary is a blend of 22 seed oils including hemp seed along with pumpkin seed, cranberry seed, chia seed, poppy seed, and others. The oil returns the skin to its natural radiance, reducing dry and red areas, and improving elasticity.
Price: £70 for 50ml
7. Perricone MD CBx for Men Soothing Post-Shave Treatment
Perricone MD’s CBx range uses phytocannabinoids derived from the hemp plant to provide powerful antioxidants, reduce excess sebum, and soothe dry and irritated skin. The post-shave treatment helps to relieve minor nicks and irritations and calm the skin after shaving, with a light woody and herbaceous scent.
Price: £39 for 59ml
8. Josh Rosebook Balance Shampoo
This balancing shampoo for all hair textures and types helps to balance oil production, cleanse impurities, and create volume with hemp seed oil, aloe vera, evening primrose oil, calendula, ginseng, and several other organic natural ingredients and wildcrafted essential oils.
Price: £32 for 240ml
9. Malin+Goetz Cannabis Hand and Body Wash
This warm and spicy cannabis-fragranced hand and body wash cleanses, hydrates, and balances the skin leaving it soft and scented. Amino acids cleanse the skin without drying and you need only a small amount to clean your hands or body, with no residue.
Price: £20 for 250ml
10. Eve Lom Radiance Face Oil
The rapidly absorbing formula of this facial oil contains hemp seed oil, avocado oil, and Abyssinian oil to moisturise and condition the skin, reducing the signs of ageing. Berry flux vita, an antioxidant derived from raspberry stem cells, tones the skin and rice powder gives a matte finish and photo-ready look.
Price: £60 for 30ml
