Deep — Balanced, a rich moisturiser for balanced skin, for hands, elbows and feet
Deep — Balanced, a rich moisturiser for balanced skin, for hands, elbows and feet
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The richest of the three textures. A substantial cream for the areas that turn driest, the hands, the elbows, the feet, even on skin that is otherwise comfortable. It carries the same even blend as the Flow and the Core, at the highest oil load in the range.
Image brief: coast shot, the Deep bottle with its Balanced label.
At a glance
- Skin type: Balanced
- Texture: Deep, the richest of the three. Around 22% cold-pressed organic oil.
- Best for: drier areas such as hands, elbows and feet
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- Full formulation: published in full below
What it is, and who it's for
Even balanced skin has areas that take more of a beating, the hands that get washed all day, the elbows, the heels. Deep Balanced is made for exactly those. It is the same even blend as the Flow and the Core, with the most cold-pressed oil of the three, so it stays and works where the skin is most weathered.
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 across the family. Here, the oils are at their richest.
For the face, reach for the Flow. For everyday use on the body, the Core.
How to use
Smooth a small amount into drier areas such as hands, elbows and feet, once or twice a day. A little is enough.
Image brief: a texture shot showing how rich the Deep is, or hands working it into skin. Real skin, unretouched.
Key ingredients
The same six, carried here at the highest oil load. Each links to its ingredient page.
Jojoba Seed Oil — 4% 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 — 4% 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 — 4% 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 helps even the richest texture in the range feel less heavy than its oil content suggests.
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 4%. See the full list below.
The full formulation
We publish every ingredient and the exact percentage we use.
At a glance: water phase 66.8%, plant oils 22.5%, actives and texture 2.2%, olive-derived emulsifiers 8.5%. The highest oil figure in the range is what makes this a Deep.
| Ingredient (INCI) | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua | 55.35 | |
| Glycerin | 6.00 | humectant |
| Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil | 4.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil | 4.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Hylocereus Undatus (Dragon Fruit) Fruit Extract | 4.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil | 4.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Seed Oil | 4.00 | cold-pressed organic |
| Cetearyl Olivate | 3.60 | olive-derived emulsifier |
| Sorbitan Olivate | 2.40 | olive-derived emulsifier |
| Sodium Citrate | 2.25 | |
| Cetearyl Alcohol | 2.00 | 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 | 0.80 | |
| 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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