Squalene! 🌱

Squalene is something our skin naturally produces. It is not a very stable ingredient and it's stable and more effective version is Squalane. It's a highly moisturising ingredient but it's sort of 'dry' and absorbs quickly. It's non comedogenic, helps to control sebum production, soften the skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines.

Just to add on, squalane is typically sourced from the shark's liver. One ton of squalane is produced from 3000 of shark's liver. Though there's more plant-derived squalane now in the market, people don't really aware of the environmental concerns that squalane has brought to us.

Yeah, Squalane (with an ‘a’) is a stabilized form of squalene (with an ‘e’), a moisturizing lipid (fat) that human skin cells produce naturally; unfortunately, squalene is unstable and oxidizes easily; therefore, squalene cannot be used in skincare or makeup products. Squalane (with an ‘a’) is the hydrogenated, and, therefore, stabilized form of squalene that we find in skincare and makeup products. I use a retinol serum suspended in squalane and I reach for this squalane cleanser pretty regularly.

I love this one from Typology it‘s only ingredient is 100% olive 🫒 so it‘s plant based. I use a few drops daily.

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