Getting the Most from Plum Face Oil

Jun 21, 2026

By Marianella

You get the most from Plum Face Oil by using it as a layering oil: stir it into your moisturizer, blend it with a lighter or richer oil, and adjust the amount to your skin and the season. It is silky, light to medium in weight and easy to wear, so it adapts better than most oils. Press it into slightly damp skin as your last step, carry it down to the neck, and change the rest as your skin changes.

Fit the amount to your skin

Plum Face Oil is cushiony and luminous, and we suggest it most for dry or delicate skin. Other skin types can wear it too, with small changes.

Dry skin. The full five or six drops at night, and four in the morning. Skin should feel soft and supple, not tight, when you wake.
Delicate or sensitive skin. It is 100% pure plum seed oil with no added fragrance, which makes it a simple oil to try. Introduce it on its own, at night first.
Normal skin. Four drops, morning or night, is usually plenty.
Combination or oilier skin. Two or three drops at night, focused on the cheeks. Or blend it with squalane, as below, for a lighter finish.

Stir it into your moisturizer

Because plum is so easy to wear, it is the oil we reach for when someone wants to layer. The simplest way is to mix it in: put your usual amount of cream in your palm, add one or two drops of plum, and blend with a fingertip before applying. The cream feels silkier, skin feels softer, and you have not added a step.

This works especially well on mornings when you want the glow of an oil without a separate layer under sunscreen.

Blend it with another oil

Our Face Oil Collection holds five pure oils, and plum sits in the middle of them for weight. That makes it a good partner in either direction.

Plum and squalane for a lighter finish: two drops of each. Squalane is almost weightless, so the blend sinks in faster and suits combination skin or humid weather.
Plum and marula for more cushion in winter: two drops of each. Marula is velvety and rich, and the blend suits dry or mature skin when the heating is on.
Plum and rosehip for skin that is dry and also looks a little dull or uneven: plum for comfort, rosehip for texture.

Mix the drops in your palm, warm them together and press them in as one.

Change it through the year

Autumn and winter. Indoor heating dries the air, and skin feels it first after washing. Use plum morning and night, be generous in the evening, and blend in marula if you still wake up tight.

Spring. Drop back to four drops, or mix it into your moisturizer instead of wearing it alone.

Summer. Many people use it at night only, or blend it with squalane to keep the finish light under sunscreen.

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Go past the jawline

Whatever you put on your face, bring it down the neck and across the top of the chest. Most routines stop at the jaw, and the difference shows over the years. After pressing the oil into your face, draw your palms slowly down the throat and out over the collarbones. There is usually enough left on your hands; if not, add one more drop.

Three habits that hold it back

Applying it cold. A few seconds between warm palms makes the oil spread in one pass. Cold oil on cool skin drags, and you use more than you need.
Rubbing instead of pressing. Rubbing tugs at the skin and pushes the oil into a few spots. Flat palms, pressed and lifted, cover the face evenly.
Using it before a water-based serum. Oil goes after watery products, never under them, or the serum has to work its way through a layer of oil.

Questions about getting more from plum oil

Can I mix Plum Face Oil into my moisturizer?

Yes. Stir one or two drops into your usual amount of cream in your palm and apply them together. Plum is the easiest of our oils to layer this way.

Which face oil blends well with plum?

Squalane for a lighter finish, marula for more cushion in winter, or rosehip for skin that also looks a little dull. Two drops of each is a good start.