How to Use Sea Buckthorn Face Oil: A Complete Guide

The house has gone quiet. Your phone is face down, the lamp on your side of the bed is the only light left on, and your skin is still a little damp from the sink. This is the part of the night the oil belongs to: two or three drops in a warm palm, pressed in, and then nothing else on top of it.

Sea Buckthorn Face Oil is a single ingredient facial oil made of 100% pure sea buckthorn oil, with nothing added to it and nothing diluting it. Learning how to use Sea Buckthorn Face Oil comes down to three decisions: how much you dispense, where it sits in your sequence, and how you move it into the skin. Get those right and a $46 bottle becomes the most repeated gesture in your routine for the rest of 2026.

What Is Sea Buckthorn Face Oil?

Sea Buckthorn Face Oil is a facial oil whose entire ingredient list is one line: 100% Pure Sea Buckthorn oil. There is no water in it, no emulsifier holding it together, no added fragrance, no carrier oil stretching it out. That matters practically rather than philosophically. A product that is all oil behaves differently from a lotion that is mostly water, which is why the amount you use and the order you use it in are not interchangeable with the cream it might be replacing. It sells for $46 at marianella.co.

How to Use Sea Buckthorn Face Oil

The whole thing takes under a minute. The technique is pressing, not rubbing. Your hands do the work with warmth and flat pressure, and the oil goes where you put it.

Step by step

1. Cleanse, and leave the skin damp. Do not towel yourself dry and do not wait around. Skin that is still holding a film of water gives the oil something to seal over.
2. Dispense [2 to 3] drops into a clean palm. Start at the lower end. This is undiluted oil, and the amount that works is smaller than the amount your hand is used to reaching for.
3. Warm it between your palms for about five seconds. Rub your hands together once or twice. Warm oil moves across skin in one pass. Cold oil drags and you end up using more than you need.
4. Press, do not sweep. Lay both palms flat against the cheeks and press for a count of three. Lift, move up and outward to the temples, then the forehead, then the jaw. Finish by drawing what is left down the sides of the neck.
5. Wait [about 60 seconds] before anything else touches your face. That is the pillow, a cream, a collar, all of it. Give it the minute.
6. Add a single drop only where you need it. The outer cheeks, the patch beside the nose, the places that feel tight by morning.

When to Use It

Night is where this oil does its clearest work, because it is the one point in the day when nothing goes over the top of it and nothing has to sit politely underneath. Applied last, after every water based step, it closes the routine.

Mornings are possible with a lighter hand. Use one drop rather than three, press it in, and give it the full minute before makeup. If you are layering under anything, the wait is the difference between a finish that looks lit and one that slides.

Seasonally, this is a cold weather staple. Dry indoor heat, wind, long flights and the stretch between November and March are all arguments for using it nightly. In summer many people drop to [a few nights a week]. Frequency is a dial, not a rule: the oil is one ingredient, so you are only ever adjusting how much of that one thing your skin gets.

What to Pair It With

An oil is a finishing step, which means it pairs with whatever comes before it. Three companions from the same routine:

[Marianella cleanser name] comes first. The oil performs on clean, damp skin, so the cleanser sets the surface it has to work with. Leave the face wet when you move between the two.

[Marianella hydrosol or toner name] goes second, misted or pressed on while the skin is still damp. This is the water step. Sea Buckthorn Face Oil then goes over it and holds it in place. Water first, oil second, always in that order, because oil will not let water through in the other direction.

[Marianella body oil or balm name] continues the same gesture below the jaw. If you are already pressing oil into your neck at the end of the routine, carrying it down to the shoulders and elbows takes another thirty seconds and keeps one texture across the whole body.

Pro Tips

Use less than feels right. There is no water in the bottle, so every drop is the active material. People who find an oil too rich are almost always using a lotion sized amount of something that is not a lotion.

Warm hands, flat pressure. Skin absorbs what is pressed into it far better than what is dragged across it, and pressing also means you are not pulling at the thinner skin around the eyes and mouth.

Order is not optional. Damp skin, then oil. If you apply it to a fully dry face you are sealing dryness in rather than sealing moisture in, and the result feels the same on your fingers but different by morning.

Store it [away from direct sunlight, cap fully closed]. A one ingredient oil has nothing else in the bottle to protect it.

Sea Buckthorn Face Oil is $46 and available now at marianella.co.

FAQ

How many drops of Sea Buckthorn Face Oil should I use?

Start with [2 to 3] drops for the full face and neck at night, and one drop in the morning. Because the product is 100% pure sea buckthorn oil with no water or carrier diluting it, a small amount covers more ground than an equivalent amount of cream. Add a single extra drop only where skin feels tight.

Do I apply Sea Buckthorn Face Oil before or after moisturizer?

After. Oil is the last step in a routine, applied over any water based product such as a toner, hydrosol or cream. Oil forms a layer that water cannot pass through, so anything applied on top of it will largely sit on the surface. Cleanse, hydrate, then press the oil in last.

Can I use Sea Buckthorn Face Oil in the morning?

Yes, with a lighter hand. Use one drop instead of three, press it in with warm palms, and wait about a minute before applying anything over it, including makeup or sunscreen. That pause is what keeps the finish looking lit rather than slipping. Most people find nighttime use the more natural fit.

What is the best way to use a face oil for a dry skin routine?

Apply it to damp skin, immediately after cleansing or misting, while there is still water on the surface. Warm the oil between your palms first, then press rather than rub. In cold months, use it nightly as the final step. In warmer months, [a few nights a week] is often enough.

What is in Marianella Sea Buckthorn Face Oil?

One ingredient: 100% Pure Sea Buckthorn oil. There is no added fragrance, no water, no emulsifier and no secondary carrier oil in the bottle. That single ingredient formula is why the application amount is small and why the order of your routine matters more than it would with a water based moisturizer.