Tree Hut Moroccan Rose: Unveiling the Ingredients and Benefits

Nov 10, 2025 0

Tree Hut has gained popularity for its range of skincare products, particularly the Moroccan Rose collection. This article delves into the key ingredients and benefits of these beloved products, helping you understand why they are a favorite among skincare enthusiasts.

Let’s dig into the Moroccan Rose Shea Sugar Scrub - this is the first product I ever tried from Tree Hut way back when and it’s what initially got me hooked on their products!

Key Ingredients and Their Benefits

Tree Hut products are formulated with a variety of natural oils and extracts, each offering unique benefits for the skin. Here's a closer look at some of the key ingredients:

Shea Butter

Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. Shea butter that's considered to be a magic moisturizer and emollient. It regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). Tree Hut’s natural ingredients are sourced from all over the world - from Central Africa for their Certified Organic Shea Butter to Polynesia for their coconut shells.

Evening Primrose Oil

The oil coming from the seeds of the nice, little, yellow-flowered plant called Evening Primrose. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids. It's a very rich source of linoleic acid (66-76%), and also contains the soothing and healing superstar fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid (aka GLA, 7-12%). As for the skin, it's a great hydrating plant oil, that can also reduce inflammation and irritation. It's a superb healing agent that can truly help dry skin, not just on the surface by covering it (and not letting water to evaporate) but by initiating structural changes within the skin.

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Argan Oil

When it comes to cosmetic oils and hype, argan oil is for sure leading the way. Dubbed as the "liquid gold of Morocco", we have to admit we have some trouble determining why this oil enjoys such a special miracle status. So, argan oil comes from the kernel of the argan fruit that comes from the argan tree that grows only in Morocco.

As for skincare, argan oil is loaded with lots of skin goodies (but so are many other plant oils): it contains 80% nourishing and moisturizing unsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic (38-50%), linoleic (28-38%) and palmitic (10-18%). Thanks to all the above goodness in argan oil, it can greatly nourish and moisturize the skin and hair. It's also claimed to be able to neutralize collagen-damaging free radicals, help reduce scars, and revitalize and improve skin elasticity.

Other Notable Ingredients

Avocado Oil: The oil coming from the pulp of one of the most nutritious fruits in the world, the avocado. It's loaded with the nourishing and moisturizing fatty acid, oleic (70%) and contains some others including palmitic (10%) and linoleic acid (8%). Avocado oil has extraordinary skin penetration abilities and can nourish different skin layers. Thanks to its vitamin E content it also has some antioxidant properties.
Rosehip Oil: Though it says fruit oil in its name, the rosehip fruit contains the seeds that contain the oil. So this one is the same as Rosa Canina Seed Oil, or Rosehip Oil, known for its high omega fatty acid content (linoleic acid - 51%, linolenic acid - 19% and oleic acid - 20%) and skin-regenerative properties.
Sweet Almond Oil: The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds. Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nourishing fatty acids (oleic acid - 55-86% and linoleic acid 7-35%) and contains several other skin goodies such as antioxidant vitamin E and vitamin B versions. It's a nice, basic oil that is often used due to its great smoothing, softening and moisturizing properties.
Safflower Seed Oil: The oil coming from the seeds of the yellow flowered safflower plant. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids: it's a high linoleic acid oil (70%) and has only smaller amounts of oleic acid (11%) (this might be great for acne-prone skin).
Macadamia Nut Oil: The golden yellow oil coming from the Macadamia nut, a native Australian nut. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with emollient and nourishing fatty acids. It's a high oleic acid oil (50-67% oleic acid and only 0-5% linoleic acid) that makes it very emollient and ideal for dry skin types (and less ideal for acne-prone skin). It's also easily absorbed and makes the skin soft and supple.
Orange Oil: The essential oil coming from the sweet orange.

The Moroccan Rose Experience

A type fo sugar, usually refined from cane or beet sugar. On the skin, it is water-binding properties and helps to keep your skin hydrated. Just like the Moroccan Rose, the Coconut Lime Shea Sugar Scrub provides intense exfoliation while simultaneously softening skin, due to the real sugar, shea butter and array of natural oils. This gentle sugar scrub is formulated with Certified Shea Butter and an array of natural oils, including Evening Primrose, Safflower Seed, Sweet Almond, Avocado, and Orange Oil. It provides intense exfoliation that leaves skin feeling soft and smooth (I like to use it before applying self-tanner).

The Shea Body Butter in Moroccan Rose is a great follow-up to the scrub: it’s an extra thick body butter infused with Certified Shea Butter, Raw Cocoa Butter and Safflower Seed Oil.

Other Ingredients

Here's a brief overview of additional ingredients commonly found in Tree Hut products:

Sugar: A type fo sugar, usually refined from cane or beet sugar.
Silica: A white powdery thing that's the major component of glass and sand. In cosmetics, it’s often in products that are supposed to keep your skin matte as it has great oil-absorbing abilities.
Fragrance: The generic term for nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice.
Emulsifier: A real oldie but a goodie. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together.
Retinyl Palmitate: An ester form of vitamin A (retinol + palmitic acid) that is pretty much the least effective member of the retinoid family. Its anti-aging effects are quite questionable as well as its behavior in the presence of UVA light.
Ascorbic Acid: Pure Vitamin C. A skincare superstar that is clinically proven to boost collagen production (in 5-20% concentration), fade hyperpigmentation and boost UV protection under sunscreen.
Phenoxyethanol: Pretty much the current IT-preservative.
Caprylyl Glycol: It’s a handy multi-tasking ingredient that gives the skin a nice, soft feel.
Benzoic Acid: A mild, natural preservative that usually comes to the formula together with its other mild preservative friends, such as Benzoic Acid and/or Dehydroacetic Acid.
CI 42090: CI 42090 or Blue 1 is a super common synthetic colorant in beauty & food.

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