Skin School
Phospholipids are a type of lipid that are formulated in many skincare products as an emollient as well as a skin-identical ingredient. This makes phospholipids highly effective at mimicking the traits of Natural Moisturising Factors (NMF) allowing your skin to remain at its healthiest state.
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Persea gratissmia oil is an oil extracted from the pulp of the avocado, everyone’s favourite fruit! This oil is enriched in high levels of antioxidants, moisturising fatty acids and contains a large amount of minerals and essential vitamins, such as A, E and D. The antioxidant properties of Persea gratissmia oil will protect the skin from daily environmental aggressors and free radical damage caused by pollution, UV exposure and other skin stresses.
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Linoleic acid, also known as LA, is one of the immensely popular omega-6 fatty acid and natural occurring in the skin. You can expect to find large levels of this fatty acid outer layer of the skin, called the epidermis and performs the important task of preserving the structure of the skin and promoting ceramides enabling the skin’s protective barrier to function correctly.
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Colloidal oatmeal is finely-ground oats that contain a number of skin benefits properties, including moisturising and antioxidant properties. Colloidal oatmeal has been highly praised for a number of reasons, mainly due to the fact it is one of the only known skin ingredients to cause no irritation for anyone, no matter their skin type.
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Everyone has heard of the skin ingredient Cocos nucifera oil, more commonly known as coconut oil. It has thundered its way into the beauty industry in more recent years with its moisturising and important fatty acids, such as lauric acid, making it a key ingredient to keeping the skin hydrated, moisturised and healthy.
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