100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil — Reddit Reviews
by The Ordinary
Updated October 14, 2026
100% cold-pressed rosehip seed oil for overnight hydration; lightweight, breakout-prone skin may disagree.
What the community says
A single-ingredient rosehip seed oil that seals in moisturizer and helps tretinoin flakes, redness, and winter dryness. Best for dehydrated or combination skin using a few drops at night. Acne-prone and reactive users can still break out or sting.
What this means for you
Backed by 23 threads from r/SkincareAddiction, r/30PlusSkinCare and 5 more.
Read the threads ↓What people love
- Dry-oil texture sinks in quickly
- Overnight moisture lock for tretinoin peeling and winter dryness
- Often works for acne-prone, oily-dehydrated skin
Watch out for
- Can trigger breakouts, including cystic acne
- Stings or worsens redness on reactive skin
- Not enough alone for very dry skin
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Real Reddit threads — 82 mentions across 23 threads
The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil on Reddit, in one place — 23 threads from r/SkincareAddiction, r/30PlusSkinCare and 5 more, summarized.
“5. The ordinary rosehip oil”
Positive
“Rosehip hasn’t shown a huge difference for me but it has definitely helped with redness.”
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“I do like that it makes my scars less noticeable though!”
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“I also use the ordinary rosehip oil at night for the extra moisture.”
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“Now that I'm back in the US and it's drier and getting colder”
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“I've had a lot of luck with the mad hippie products.”
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“The Ordinary rosehip oil did nothing for me. Waste of money.”
Mentioned
“I loooove The Ordinary's rose hip seed oil.”
Mentioned
“I have been using it for about a year as the last step in my evening skincare routine.”
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“I love the rosehip oil. Great for Canadian winters”
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“the ordinary rosehip oil is a good fallback.”
Positive
“Also Benton carrot oil for the face and when I can’t find that, the ordinary rosehip oil is a good fallback.”
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“rosehip oil is a good fallback”
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“TO rosehip oil or TO squalane oil to lock in moisture”
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“TO rosehip oil”
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“to lock in moisture”
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“Currently using The Ordinary rosehip oil but any facial oil will work”
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“For me, that’s an oil. Currently using The Ordinary rosehip oil”
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“After that later, I layer oil.”
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