Ep 31 – Why Squalane May be the Missing Hero Ingredient in your Skincare Routine

On today’s episode we’ve partnered with Biossance, a sustainable skincare line that has a big, big story behind it (it’s not often that a beauty brand has Bill Gates’ blessing). And it’s raison d’etre is all centred around a little skincare ingredient called squalane.

Squalane is a huge trend in the skincare world right now because it’s a weightless moisturizing molecule that has a hyper hydrating effect. Not unlike hyaluronic acid, we’re actually born with a version of it, known as squalene (stick with us here) that depletes with age (bummer, we know).

In the past, squalane was obtained from shark liver but that practice has come to an end in many parts of the world, thankfully. And plant-based versions, from olive oil, were not as pure. Enter Biossance who has found a way to engineer the purest form of sustainable squalane from sugarcane and make it a skincare star – when it’s  in your serum, moisturizer or face oil – skin looks plump, younger, dewier and smoother.

There are a lot of squalane-based products out there, but very few are making headlines for *constantly* selling out at Sephora. If you’ve been listening to Breaking Beauty for awhile, you know we love a best-seller, so we needed to know why everyone loves this sleeper hit of a brand, including Queer Eye‘s Johnathan Van Ness who has been spotted with it in his bag of grooming tricks.

We’ve even polled our listeners in the Breaking Beauty Podcast Chat Room  who sent us some voice memos with squalane q’s of their own so tune in!

Products mentioned on the episode:

Biossance’s Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil (Carlene’s fave)
Biossance Squalane + Peptide Eye Gel
Biossance Squalane + Phyto-Retinol Serum (Jill’s fave and it contains a plant-based alternative to retinol called Bakuchiol )
Biossance Squalane + Bamboo Deodorant (brand new launch)

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