Biossance Review 2024
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Clean skin care has become a buzzy beauty term, with big and small brands alike trying to create products that are supposedly better for our skin and the environment. While the term may be a bit hard to define, even fraught, some brands really put in the commitment and the science to be well trusted.
One of these clean skin care brands is Biossance. Below, we’ll dive into some of their best loved products as well as discuss how the brand fits into the context of the ever-shifting clean beauty movement.
Biossance is a 100% plant-based skin care line that’s known for its commitment to quality ingredients and sustainability. Since 2016, Biossance has produced its award-winning line of sugarcane derived squalane-based products, which have been endorsed by celebrities like Reese Witherspoon and funded by Bill Gates.
The vegan-friendly and cruelty-free product line includes eight dermatologist-approved formulations, all of which are manufactured in a facility certified by My Green Lab, which is considered the gold standard for laboratory sustainability practices for responsible usage of energy, waste, and water.
All products are packaged in completely recyclable tubes and bottles, and the brand is partnered with CarbonFund.org. This means that it plants trees and funds reforestation efforts to offset its manufacturing and shipping.
Biossance works with charitable and social organizations like Oceana, Direct Relief, Black Lives Matter, and the Breast Cancer Prevention Partnership, donating $413,000 to these causes as of July 2020.
Squalane
Nearly all of Biossance’s products contain sugarcane-derived squalane, an emollient that mimics your skin’s natural oils to keep the skin hydrated. Squalane is also a detoxifierTrusted Source and can help protect the skin from free radicals.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that can protect, repair, and enhance your skin when applied topically. It’s been shown to reduce wrinkles, even skin tone and brighten the complexion. It can also help protect against sun damage as well.
Marine algae
Marine algae has antioxidant properties that can help skin look brighter and younger. ResearchTrusted Source shows that marine algae can be rich in metabolites, small molecules that counteract oxidative stress and the skin’s natural aging process.
Lactic acid
This exfoliant is the second most researched alpha-hydroxy acid (after glycolic acid). It’s known for being gentler, more hydrating, and more effective when it comes to treating sun damaged skin.
Available products from Biossance
Moisturizers and oils
Biossance makes several creams and oils designed to hydrate the skin. One of its bestselling and highly awarded products is the Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil, which also comes in a cream formulation. It also offers a popular Squalane + Omega Repair Cream.
Our Healthline Commerce Editor, Christy Snyder, uses the Squalane + Omega Repair Cream every night. She describes it as very soft and light with a faint and sweet, but very subtle, scent. She noticed that her “skin looks less dry and irritated (i.e., redness in places) from having used this face cream for 2 years.”
Snyder also uses the popular Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil. “I noticed that my skin is brighter when I use this oil consistently once a day,” she says.
But in her personal experience, she found it also dried out her skin. Since she’s noticed this, she’s stopped using this product, but mentions that a lot of reviewers find the product to be moisturizing. Works different on everyone!
Serums and masks
For more targeted skin issues, Biossance offers its Squalane + 10% Lactic Acid Resurfacing Serum, which exfoliates the skin, a Squalane + Vitamin C serum for dark spots, and two different retinol serums, one formulated for nighttime use and another with niacinamide, which helps reduce wrinkles.
The brand also offers a Squalane + Glycolic Renewal Mask, but this product is no longer found on its website. (It’s available at other retailers.)