Deep — Dry Sensitive, a rich moisturiser for dry, sensitive skin, for hands, elbows and feet

The richest of the three textures. A substantial cream for the areas that take the most punishment and turn driest, on skin that also happens to react easily. It carries the same blend as the Flow and the Core, at the highest oil load in the range, for the parts that need the most.

Image brief: coast shot, the Deep bottle with its Dry Sensitive label.

At a glance

• Skin type: Dry Sensitive
• Texture: Deep, the richest of the three. Around 21% cold-pressed organic oil.
• Best for: drier areas such as hands, elbows and feet
• Format: [size to supply] · [price to supply]
• Full formulation: published in full below

What it is, and who it's for

Some skin is dry and reactive and also has patches that are drier still, the hands, the elbows, the feet. Deep Dry Sensitive is made for exactly those areas. It is the same formula thinking 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 one for this skin type: replenishing evening primrose, hydrating baobab, conditioning tamanu, nourishing sea buckthorn and a light dragon fruit seed oil, 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. Patch test first on reactive skin.

Image brief: a texture shot showing how rich the Deep is, or hands working it into skin. Real skin, unretouched.

Key ingredients

The same set as the rest of the family, carried here at the highest oil load. Each links to its ingredient page.

Evening Primrose Oil — 5% One of the few plant oils with a meaningful amount of gamma-linolenic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that is rare in the plant world. The research credits it with supporting the skin's barrier, particularly on skin that struggles to hold moisture. It is at its highest level in the range here.

Baobab Seed Oil — 5% A stable, conditioning oil rich in oleic and linoleic acids and in skin-friendly sterols. The evidence points to a role in supporting hydration and the skin barrier, and it keeps its quality well over time.

Sea Buckthorn Fruit Oil — 1% Notable for palmitoleic acid, an omega-7 that is also a natural part of the skin's own sebum, and for the carotenoids that give the oil its deep colour. Studies point to antioxidant activity and support for the skin's moisture.

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 is gentle, helping 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 itself 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 here, not the source.

Prebiotic and Postbiotic — Inulin 0.5%, Barley Seed Ferment 1% Inulin is a prebiotic, a substrate that the research suggests can help support the skin's own beneficial microbes. The barley seed ferment is a postbiotic, the filtered products of fermentation rather than live cultures, studied for support of hydration and a settled skin surface. The skin evidence here is still developing, and we would rather say so than overstate it.

Image brief: the shared Dry Sensitive key-ingredient stills.

The full formulation

We publish every ingredient and the exact percentage we use.

At a glance: water phase 68.9%, plant oils 20.9%, actives and texture 2.2%, olive-derived emulsifiers 8.0%. The highest oil figure in the range is what makes this a Deep.

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 0.20%. We chose it on purpose: 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. As a richer product meant for hands, elbows and feet rather than the face, it carries a little more than the lighter textures. It is on the label, as everything is, so you can see exactly how much is there.

This product is formulated to be suitable for sensitive skin. As with anything new on reactive skin, patch test first.

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