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ingredient guide

Squalene: emollient care and skin lipids

Squalene is an unsaturated lipid; Squalane is its saturated, hydrogenated relative.

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Both appear on Nangai Oil’s ingredient list. Squalene is used in cosmetic science as an emollient for soft, smooth skin feel.

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Squalene: emollient care and skin lipids

Nangai Oil contains Squalene as well as Squalane. Squalene brings its own recognised emollient role and is one of the four lipids in the formula’s skin-lipid mimetic.