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Yourskintellectual
Oily/Resilient
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.
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Yourskintellectual
Oily/Resilient
Yeah it's not a typo 😂
Well it's like collagen or hyaluronic acid - we all have it in our skin naturally!
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Ozu
Oily/Sensitive
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.
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Ozu
Oily/Sensitive
Actually, many countries and large companies had banned shark finning and shark fishing. Eating sharks and killing sharks are two separate things! The many cultures you mentioned, do not killed shark in large quantities! Written in many articles, that over 6 million of sharks are killed annually for their livers used by those big cosmetic brands. A study even shown that cosmetic industries drive shark near extinction in just a few years.
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destinationglass
Dry/Resilient
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.
The Ordinary
Retinol 0.5% in Squalane
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The Ordinary
Squalane Cleanser
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