Salted Caramel Unicorn Cuticle Oil

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Australia’s Original Shimmer Cuticle Oil

Salted Caramel Unicorn Oil | Nourishing Vitamin E Nail Serum & Cuticle Oil Pen

A warm caramel scent for cosy nail care and affordable luxury

Salted Caramel Unicorn Oil is made for the nail station that loves a richer, more indulgent finish. This scented cuticle oil blends a nourishing Vitamin E nail serum base with Jojoba Oil and Unicorn Lab’s signature shimmer to help the cuticle area look smooth, conditioned and freshly finished.

As part of Australia’s original shimmer cuticle oil range, Salted Caramel gives affordable cuticle care a more elevated feel without losing everyday practicality. Choose from 3ml cuticle oil pens to bulk refill options.

What Salted Caramel Adds to Your Cuticle Care

  • Helps condition the cuticle area with a smooth, comfortable finish
  • Supports a softer-looking nail area after dry prep, hand washing or salon services
  • Helps condition the nail area when dry prep, acetone or frequent hand washing leaves nails feeling dehydrated
  • Useful after gel, BIAB, acrylic or natural nail appointments as a finishing step
  • Helps keep dehydrated nails feeling more flexible between appointments
  • Supports neater looking grow-out between appointments
  • Helps reduce lifting caused by dryness-related nail curling when used as part of proper aftercare
  • Offers a sensory upgrade to standard nail care
  • Available in sample, mini, pen, dropper and bulk refill sizes for flexible use

Salted Caramel Fragrance Notes

Salted Caramel opens with hazelnut and sea salt before melting into crème caramel and candied pecan. Tonka bean and condensed milk round out the base, creating a warm gourmand finish that feels creamy, cosy and decadent.

Top Notes

Hazelnut & Sea Salt

Middle Notes

Crème Caramel & Candied Pecan

Base Notes

Tonka Bean & Condensed Milk

Scent Strength: Medium to strong — warm and decadent.

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For vanilla, caramel and cosy fragrance lovers

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Add Salted Caramel to the Warm Aesthetic bundle and build a set around richer profiles like vanilla, caramel, espresso and spiced gourmand oils. Add 6 or more eligible oils to save up to 10%.

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Try Our Vanilla Spice Unicorn Oil

If Salted Caramel is your creamy dessert pick, Vanilla Spice & Everything Nice Unicorn Cuticle Oil moves warmer and spicier with vanilla bean, cinnamon and nutmeg notes.

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Salon-Friendly, Refill-Friendly, Retail-Ready

Salted Caramel works as a warm finishing oil for services, a giftable retail add-on and a practical refill option for salons building a consistent aftercare shelf. It gives the manicure table a richer sensory finish while staying within Unicorn Lab’s vegan, nut-free and 12-Free formula approach.

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Australian Made Cuticle Oil

Hand-poured in Melbourne and officially Australian Made approved, Unicorn Oil has been developed by Unicorn Lab since 2017 as a scented shimmer cuticle oil range for salons, professionals and at-home nail care.

Explore Australia’s Best Cuticle Oil Range

With 700+ variants across scents, sizes, wholesale discounts and bulk refill options, Unicorn Lab makes cuticle oil feel like a full nail care experience. Explore the interactive quiz section, browse the education hub, or learn more about the Unicorn Oil range built for salons, retail shelves and everyday nail care.

Cuticle Oil Hydration & Benefits

Daily Nail Care • Unicorn CUTICLE Oil

Cuticle Oil Benefits: How It Hydrates, Conditions & Supports Healthy Nails

Cuticle oil plays an essential role in maintaining hydrated, flexible, and healthy-looking nails. Whether you're using a dropper bottle or an affordable cuticle oil pen, consistent application helps improve the appearance of dryness, condition rough cuticles, and support a smoother nail finish over time.

Often chosen as a best cuticle oil option in Australia, Unicorn Oil is designed as a lightweight luxury nail serum that supports hydration, flexibility, and everyday nail care. It uses a carefully balanced blend of fast-absorbing plant oils and antioxidant support to deliver consistent conditioning without a greasy finish. Designed for everyday use, it works seamlessly across dropper bottles and affordable cuticle oil pens for a flexible, low-maintenance nail care routine.

Designed to support dry, overworked, and rough-looking nail areas, this cuticle treatment helps maintain moisture, improve the appearance of rough cuticles and hangnails, and support a smoother, more polished finish over time.

✦ Hydrates & Nourishes: This intensive cuticle treatment deeply conditions dry skin, helping restore moisture for a healthier, more polished nail appearance — essential for daily nail care.

Supports Nail Strength & Flexibility: Our 12-Free formula helps improve nail flexibility and resilience, supporting the appearance of healthy nail growth while reducing breakage commonly linked to dryness.

Fast-Absorbing, Non-Greasy Formula: This lightweight nail oil is designed to absorb quickly into the nail area and surrounding skin, delivering deep conditioning without residue. By improving hydration levels, it helps improve the appearance of dryness, rough skin, and hangnails.

Ethical, High-Quality Shimmer: We use lab-created Synthetic Mica (Synthetic Fluorphlogopite), chosen for its consistent quality and smooth particle structure.

Effortless Application: Enjoy mess-free hydration with our smooth-twist cuticle oil pen, perfect for on-the-go use and designed to complement our 15ml and 30ml bottle formats.

Australian Made Quality: Every batch of Unicorn Cuticle Oil is crafted in Melbourne, supporting consistency, freshness, and premium quality across the range.


Consistent application helps maintain hydration and flexibility — key factors in supporting stronger, more resilient nails over time.

Explore more nail care insights and routines below.

Curious about what’s inside the formula? View the full ingredient breakdown .

Unicorn Lab Clean Beauty Promise

Clean Beauty • Unicorn Cuticle Oil

What Clean Beauty Means at Unicorn Lab

Clean beauty is one of the most used terms in the beauty industry — but rarely explained clearly. At Unicorn Lab, it isn’t used as a label. It reflects a commitment to clarity, formulation transparency, and a higher standard for modern nail care.

Rather than relying on broad claims like “natural” or themed ingredients that sound premium but offer little functional value, Unicorn Lab focuses on clearly communicating what is in each cuticle oil, why it is included, and how the formula is designed to perform in professional nail environments and salon settings.

In many high-end beauty categories, products are positioned around a concept, scent, or ingredient story — often at a premium price point — without the same level of clarity around formulation. Unicorn Lab takes a different approach, focusing on balance, usability, and consistency rather than relying on filler oils, marketing language, or surface-level claims.

This approach supports consistent, predictable results and aligns with the expectations of high-end nail care, positioning Unicorn Lab as a luxury nail serum and cuticle oil brand for those looking for transparency, quality, and real formulation intent — not just branding.


The Unicorn Lab Standard

✦ Clear, accessible ingredient communication — not hidden behind marketing language

✦ Transparency around formulation choices and product design

✦ A focus on formulation quality over trend-based positioning

✦ Avoidance of fear-based or misleading claims (see our greenwashing audit)

✦ Consistency across all cuticle oil products and education

✦ A belief that customers should clearly understand what they are using — and why


Explore how this philosophy connects to our cuticle oil benefits, ingredient selection, and overall formulation approach.

Unicorn Lab’s 12-Free Standard

Formula Philosophy

A Lightweight 12-Free Nail Oil Designed for Daily Cuticle Care

Unicorn Lab’s Unicorn Oil is a fast-absorbing serum designed for consistent, everyday use. Built around a lightweight blend of Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Argan oil, Jojoba oil, and Vitamin E, the formula delivers a smooth, non-greasy finish that fits easily into any nail care routine.

Developed with a transparent, compliance-conscious approach to clean beauty, this 12-Free cuticle oil is vegan and made without nut oils such as almond oil. The focus is on ingredient clarity, lightweight performance, and a comfortable wear experience rather than heavy or overly occlusive formulas — explore the full ingredient breakdown .

Available in multiple formats, including the easy-to-use cuticle oil pen, Unicorn Cuticle Oil is designed to make daily nail care simple, portable, and enjoyable — helping support long-term consistency.

Unicorn Lab’s 12-Free Standard

Unicorn Oil is formulated without a defined group of ingredients commonly avoided in modern nail and beauty formulations. This supports a cleaner, more transparent approach to professional and salon quality nail oil and cuticle care.

  • Formaldehyde
  • Formaldehyde Resin
  • Toluene
  • Xylene
  • Phthalates (including DBP)
  • Triphenyl Phosphate
  • Camphor
  • Ethyl Tosylamide
  • Parabens
  • Sulfates
  • Synthetic Fixatives
  • Animal-Derived Ingredients
  • Gluten

This formula is also 100% Australian Made, vegan and aligned with Unicorn Lab’s ingredient transparency standards.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS• Unicorn Cuticle Oil

Inside the Cuticle Oil Formula

Unicorn Lab's nail serums are formulated using lightweight oils selected for how they work together — creating a smooth, consistent formula designed for professional salon quality nail care.


Fractionated Coconut Oil (Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride)

Forms the lightweight base of the formula, supporting smooth spreadability and a fast-absorbing, non-greasy finish.

Organic Moroccan Argan Oil

Contains naturally occurring fatty acids including Oleic and Linoleic Acid, along with tocopherols (Vitamin E) and polyphenols, contributing to the conditioning profile of the blend.

Organic Jojoba Oil

A biomimetic oil that closely resembles natural sebum, containing long-chain fatty acids such as Eicosenoic Acid that contribute to the smooth feel and structure of the formulation.

Vitamin E (Tocopherol)

A key antioxidant used to support formula stability and help protect both the oil blend and skin from environmental stressors such as air exposure.

Fragrance Oil

Cosmetic-grade fragrance used to create a consistent scent experience, formulated in line with modern cosmetic standards.

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite (Mica)

A lab-created alternative to natural mica, selected for its purity, consistency, and ability to deliver a refined, even shimmer effect.

Want to understand how this formula translates into real results? Explore the full cuticle oil benefits .

12-Free Standard : Formulated without commonly avoided ingredients in nail care.

Nut-Free Formulation: Made without nut oils.

Shelf life: 12-24 months after opening. Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.

Size Guide

Size Guide • Unicorn Cuticle Oil

Find the Right Cuticle Oil Size for Your Routine

Unicorn Lab offers a range of cuticle oil sizes designed to suit everything from daily use to professional salon environments. Whether you prefer a compact cuticle oil pen or a larger dropper bottle, each format is designed for ease of use and consistent application.


Available Sizes

1ml Sample
Best suited for trying multiple scented cuticle oil options and exploring the full fragrance range before choosing your favourites.

3ml Cuticle Oil Pen
A controlled, mess-free application with a twist mechanism and precision brush. Ideal for daily use and on-the-go nail care. Available in both pink and clear pen designs.

5ml Mini Dropper
A compact nail serum size and a great starting point for regular use, travel, retail, or testing your favourite scents in a practical size. Packaged in a compact box, making it ideal for gifting or travel.

15ml & 30ml Dropper Bottles
Larger format cuticle oil bottles designed for consistent use or professional salon settings. Glass droppers allow for controlled and hygienic application. Presented in magnetic-close boxes, designed to elevate both personal use and salon displays.


Which Size Should You Choose?

Starting your nail care routine?
The cuticle oil pen or 5ml mini are the best starting options for consistent daily use.

Want to try multiple scents?
1ml samples are ideal for exploring a range of fragrances before committing to full sizes.

Prefer a dropper format?
The 5ml mini is a great entry size, while 15ml or 30ml suits regular use.

Salon or frequent user?
Larger bottles and refill sizes are more suitable for ongoing use and reducing packaging waste.


Larger refill sizes are available for wholesale cuticle oil customers and professional nail supply partners.

Salted Caramel Unicorn Oil FAQ

  • What does Salted Caramel Unicorn Oil smell like?

    Salted Caramel has a warm gourmand profile with hazelnut, sea salt, crème caramel, candied pecan, tonka bean and condensed milk notes. It smells rich, creamy and dessert-inspired, with enough salt and nutty warmth to stop it from feeling like plain caramel syrup.

  • How much cuticle oil do I apply?

    Apply like a pro!

    1. Apply a drop of the cuticle oil onto each hand and surrounding cuticle area. (One drop is enough for 5 nails!)
    2. Gently massage the oil into the skin and nails until fully absorbed.
    3. For best results, use morning and night to maintain hydrated and healthy cuticles.
    4. Apply after shower or washing hands for optimal results.
    5. Patch test before use, especially for those with severe allergies. (Our nail serums are nut-free!)

    How to get the most out of your Unicorn Oil:

    • Daily Nutrition: Apply to the base of the nail and massage in to feed the nail matrix and promote healthy, natural growth.
    • Enhancement Aftercare: Use twice daily to prevent lifting in BIAB, Gel, and Acrylic sets. Nails expand in water and shrink when dehydrated, dry nails can shrink and pull away from your expensive mani. Keep your girls hydrated = less lifting. Flexible nails are strong nails!
    • Environmental Shield: Protects skin from dehydration caused by harsh weather, sanitizers, and frequent hand washing.
    • Nightly Ritual: Apply as the final step (but before lotions!) in your skincare routine for deep, overnight restoration.
    • Photo-Ready Finish: The perfect way to get that "fresh from the salon" glow for your latest nail-fies.

    Pro-Tip: A little goes a long way. Our small-molecule formula is designed to absorb quickly—greasy fingerprints aren’t welcome on our phone screens.

    Learn more about applying and using cuticle oil like a pro in our Ultimate Guide to Cuticle Oil Application.

  • I was hoping for a more Organic Cuticle Oil - how is this serum better for me?

    The Unicorn Lab Transparency Standard

    After reviewing the top 20 brands claiming “100% Organic” or “Certified Organic,” only 3 could substantiate their claims. Most were using an organic base only—just like we do. This shows that very few cuticle oils are truly 100% organic.

    At Unicorn Lab, we prioritise transparency over marketing buzzwords. Our nail serum uses organic ingredients like Jojoba and Argan oils as a base. However, claiming the finished product is “100% organic” would be inaccurate due to two key additions: our ethical shimmer and premium fragrance oils.

    Why Synthetic Mica? Minerals can never be certified organic. We choose Synthetic Mica to guarantee a child-labour-free, heavy-metal-safe shimmer in every bottle. Why fragrance oils? Our luxury, phthalate-free scents are long-lasting and true to their notes—essential for a consistent, high-quality experience.

    Our 12-Free, vegan formulation supports nail health, softens dry skin, and conditions the nail plate without misleading labels. Available in pens, dropper bottles, and refills, it’s designed for safe, effective, and ethical nail care.

    Learn more about organic cuticle oil claims in our Organic Cuticle Oil Greenwashing blog.

  • Why do nail techs recommend cuticle oil after gel, BIAB or acrylic appointments?

    Nail techs recommend cuticle oil because salon services often involve dry prep, cleansing products, acetone, alcohol wipes, gels, acrylics or repeated hand washing, all of which can leave the nail area feeling dehydrated. Regular oil use helps condition the surrounding skin, supports healthier-looking cuticles and helps keep the manicure area looking neat between appointments.

    For enhancement wear, daily oil can also support a more flexible-feeling natural nail when dryness is a contributing factor. That matters because a dry, rigid or curling nail can place pressure on the product as it grows out. Cuticle oil is not a substitute for correct prep or infill timing, but it is one of the easiest aftercare habits to maintain.

  • What should nail techs look for in wholesale cuticle oil?

    Nail techs should look for wholesale cuticle oil that works across both service finishing and retail aftercare. The best options usually include practical salon sizes, retail-ready smaller bottles, bulk refill availability, ingredient transparency, consistent texture, and scents that are easy to explain at the nail desk.

    For salons, refill options are especially important because they help manage cost per service, reduce packaging waste and make it easier to keep popular scents available. Unicorn Lab offers cuticle oil across pens, droppers and refills, with 70+ scents and 700+ options across the range, giving salons more flexibility when building an aftercare shelf or choosing scents for different client preferences. Wholesale and pro account options are available for salons wanting scented cuticle oil for professional use, retail add-ons, refill planning or private label support.

  • Why does ingredient transparency matter in cuticle oil?

    Ingredient transparency matters because cuticle oil is used around the nail fold, cuticle area and surrounding skin, often as part of daily aftercare. A clear ingredient list helps nail techs and clients understand what is being applied, why each ingredient is included, and whether the formula suits their preferences around texture, allergens, nut-derived oils, mineral oil, fragrance and finish.

    For salons, it also makes retail aftercare easier to explain without relying on vague “clean” or “natural” claims. Unicorn Lab breaks this down further in its organic cuticle oil and greenwashing guide, which explains why clear, specific ingredient language is more useful than broad beauty buzzwords.

  • How can customers find a cuticle oil that matches their personality?

    Start by thinking about the mood or aesthetic you want your nail care to feel like. Bakery, tropical, floral, fresh, nostalgic, warm and main-character scents all create a different experience, so choosing by vibe can be more helpful than choosing by name alone.

    Unicorn Lab’s interactive quiz section helps narrow the range by scent preference, strength level and fragrance style. The Scent Matchmaker Quiz gives more personalised recommendations, while the Scent Vibe Quiz is a faster way to match your mood or aesthetic with a cuticle oil direction. Explore the quiz hub to find a cuticle oil that feels more personal.

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