Balanced
The easy one to take for granted.
Skin that's mostly comfortable, neither tight nor shiny, and doesn't ask for much. Most combination skin sits here too, a little oilier through the T-zone and a little drier on the cheeks. The job is to keep it that way.
Is this you?
Balanced skin stays comfortable through most of the day. It isn't tight after washing, doesn't flake, and doesn't shine much beyond perhaps a little across the nose. It takes most products in its stride and rarely stings or flares. If you're a touch oilier in the T-zone and drier on the cheeks, that combination usually sits here too.
If your skin mostly just gets on with things, you're in the right place. If you're not sure, the skin type finder takes a couple of minutes.
What Balanced skin needs
Balanced skin is easy to overlook because it behaves. It doesn't need rescuing, and the commonest mistake is doing too much to it. What it wants is light hydration that keeps it comfortable, from oils such as rose hip and pomegranate that also carry antioxidants.
It can drift toward dry or oily with age, season or a change in routine, so the aim is to keep it where it is.
The oils in every Balanced moisturiser
Every Balanced moisturiser carries the same five cold-pressed and organic plant oils, all at the same weight, at a different richness in each of the three textures.
Jojoba, a liquid wax close in structure to the skin's own sebum, conditions without feeling like a layer. Rose hip is rich in linoleic and linolenic acids, the fatty acids the barrier is built from. Pomegranate is unusual for its punicic acid, a fatty acid with antioxidant activity. Baobab softens and helps skin hold on to moisture. Dragon fruit seed oil is light and rich in linoleic acid.
Every Biotaderm moisturiser also contains squalane, a barley ferment upcycled from gin distilling, the plant prebiotic inulin, allantoin, vitamin E and chlorella. Each one also carries bladderwrack, the same seaweed species that grows on the rocks below Welcombe, as a cold infusion in sunflower oil made in the UK.
Each product page lists every ingredient with its exact percentage, and links each one to its entry in our ingredient library.
Your three Balanced moisturisers
The same Balanced blend comes in three textures, so you can match the richness to where you use it.
Flow, over 9% plant oil, is made for the face. Core, over 14%, is the most versatile, for anywhere on the body and the face when it wants more than Flow. Deep, over 19%, is the richest, for hands, elbows and feet.
Looking after Balanced skin
The main thing with balanced skin is not to overthink it.
Keep the routine simple and consistent, and resist the urge to pile on strong actives your skin doesn't need, since that's the quickest way to upset a good balance. Cleanse gently, moisturise to stay comfortable, and use sensible sun protection.
We never add synthetic fragrance. The range contains one essential oil, vetiver, at a tenth of a percent, and the label shows exactly how much is there.
Your skin type can change
Balanced skin sits in a good place, but it isn't fixed there. It can drift toward dry or oily with age, environment, health or a change in routine. Steady, gentle care tends to keep it where it is, and can help bring it back if it shifts. Any change is slow, and it comes from steady care more than from any one product. If your skin changes, the skin type finder will place you again.
Where to next
- See the three Balanced moisturisers: Flow, Core and Deep
- Not sure this is you? Find your skin type
- The other skin types: Dry Sensitive, Dry, Oily, Oily Sensitive
- How we choose our ingredients, and the science behind them