Core — Balanced, a cushioning body moisturiser for balanced skin
Core — Balanced, a cushioning body moisturiser for balanced skin
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The middle of the three textures. Richer and more cushioning than the Flow, made for the body and for everyday use on skin that is comfortable as it is. The same even blend of oils, carried at a higher load, so it sits and nourishes for longer.
Image brief: coast shot, the Core bottle with its Balanced label.
At a glance
- Skin type: Balanced
- Texture: Core, the middle of the three. Around 17% cold-pressed organic oil.
- Best for: the body, and everyday use
- Format: [size to supply] · [price to supply]
- Full formulation: published in full below
What it is, and who it's for
Balanced skin on the body asks for the same light touch as the face, in a texture with a little more substance. Core Balanced is the same even blend as the Flow, with more cold-pressed oil, so it cushions and stays where you put it without ever feeling heavy or greasy.
The blend is the familiar balanced one: balancing jojoba, lightweight rose hip, a light dragon fruit seed oil, antioxidant-rich pomegranate and hydrating baobab, with squalane, soothing allantoin, our Atlantic algae, and the prebiotic and postbiotic pairing. The actives hold steady. It is the oils that step up.
For the lightest version for the face, that is the Flow. For the driest areas, the Deep.
How to use
Massage a small amount into clean skin once or twice a day, until fully absorbed. A little is enough.
Image brief: a texture shot showing the Core is richer than the Flow.
Key ingredients
The same six, carried here at a higher oil load. Each links to its ingredient page.
Jojoba Seed Oil — 3% A liquid wax rather than a true oil, with a structure unusually close to the skin's own sebum. The research credits it with supporting the barrier and holding moisture, and it is exceptionally stable and well tolerated.
Rose Hip Seed Oil — 3% A light, fast-absorbing oil high in linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids, along with carotenoids and natural vitamin E. The research credits it with supporting skin texture and tone over time.
Pomegranate Seed Oil — 3% An antioxidant-rich seed oil notable for punicic acid, an unusual fatty acid found in few other plants, along with tocopherols and polyphenols. The research points to antioxidant and possible soothing activity.
Squalane — 1% A lightweight, skin-identical oil, today derived from plants such as olive rather than the shark-derived squalane of the past. It absorbs well and keeps the richer Core texture from feeling heavy.
Atlantic Algae, Bladderwrack — 0.14% Our signature ingredient. Bladderwrack is the same Atlantic species, Fucus vesiculosus, that grows on the rocks below Welcombe, though the extract is produced in France from that species. It is rich in fucoidans and phlorotannins, and the research points to antioxidant activity. The Devon coast is the kinship, not the source.
Prebiotic and Postbiotic — Inulin 0.5%, Barley Seed Ferment 1% Inulin is a prebiotic, a substrate the research suggests can help support beneficial skin microbes. The barley seed ferment is a postbiotic, the filtered products of fermentation rather than live cultures. The skin evidence here is still developing, and we would rather say so.
Baobab and dragon fruit complete the oil blend, both at 3%. See the full list below.
The full formulation
We publish every ingredient and the exact percentage we use.
At a glance: water phase 72.3%, plant oils 17.5%, actives and texture 2.2%, olive-derived emulsifiers 8.0%. The higher oil figure is what makes this a Core.
| Ingredient (INCI) | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua | 61.05 | |
| Glycerin | 6.00 | humectant |
| Cetearyl Olivate | 3.60 | olive-derived emulsifier |
| Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil | 3.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil | 3.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Hylocereus Undatus (Dragon Fruit) Fruit Extract | 3.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil | 3.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Seed Oil | 3.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Sorbitan Olivate | 2.40 | olive-derived emulsifier |
| Sodium Citrate | 2.25 | |
| Cetearyl Alcohol | 1.50 | fatty alcohol, not a drying alcohol |
| Gluconolactone | 1.13 | |
| Squalane | 1.00 | plant-derived |
| Saccharomyces/Barley Seed Ferment Filtrate | 1.00 | postbiotic |
| Propanediol | 0.89 | |
| Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil | 0.85 | |
| Caesalpinia Spinosa (Tara) Gum | 0.60 | |
| Tocopherol (Vitamin E) | 0.51 | antioxidant |
| Glyceryl Caprylate | 0.50 | |
| Allantoin | 0.50 | soothing |
| Inulin | 0.50 | prebiotic |
| Sodium Benzoate | 0.38 | |
| Fucus Vesiculosus (Bladderwrack) Extract | 0.14 | Atlantic algae |
| Vetiveria Zizanoides (Vetiver) Root Oil | 0.10 | cold-pressed organic, see below |
| Chlorella Vulgaris (Microalga) Extract | 0.10 | |
| Lactic Acid | 0.01 |
Cold-pressed organic where marked.
A note on what's in it, and what isn't
We never use synthetic fragrance, and we never use "parfum" as a catch-all on the label. The formula contains one essential oil, vetiver, here at 0.10%, the lowest level we use anywhere. The research points to genuine benefits for the skin, and it carries none of the allergens that EU rules would require us to declare separately. It is on the label, as everything is.
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