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The intersection of the beauty industry’s favorite brand categories for 2022 is here.Dr.
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AlthoughWhitney Bowe, MD, doesn’t consider herself a celebrity, she’s notnotfamous.
The science-backed part ofDr.
Whitney Bowe Beautyneeds no explanation.
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She’s long preached thepowers of probioticsfor strengthening skin’s microbiome and moisture barrier.
“The gut and the skin are connected,” Dr. Bowe tellsAllure.
Poor gut health can also exacerbate acne, eczema, and rosacea, she adds.
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These bacteria also range from person to person.
The microbial community is less complex on the face."
I can attest to just how versatile it is in that respect.
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Plus, Dr. Bowe wanted all the right ingredients to come into play to strengthen skin’smoisture barrier.
Some highlights of the ingredient list she landed on includemoisture-retaining ceramides,emollient-rich squalane, and sunflower seed oil.
Of course, a blend of prebiotics and postbiotics make an appearance, too.
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As a result, transepidermal water loss is reduced, and hydration is increased.
Dr. Bowe knows this for a fact because of the rigorous clinical testing she put Bowe Glowe through.
Beauty brands often share claims based on data collected from the efficacy of individual ingredients.
Dr. Bowe, on the other hand, tested the final formulation of the moisturizer as a whole.
She also worked with molecular geneticists to monitor how the moisturizer positively impacts skin microbiomes over time.
I like to think of it as the skin-care version of theCOVID vaccine’s mRNA technology.
Best of all, you’re free to keep it in your bathroom instead of in your fridge.
Take that review as you will.
And all of this goodness is housed in an opaque, airless cartridge placed inside arefillable glass bottle.
(you’re free to restockthe cartridgefor $75.)
She worked with a nutritional chemist for about two years to perfect the balance of them all.
Polyphenols, for those unfamiliar, have prebiotic-like benefits for gut health, according torecent studies.
These polyphenols definitelydomake water more fun to drink, though.
“I had patients who said to me, ‘I just don’t like drinking water.
My skin is dehydrated, but I just don’t like drinking water.
It bores me,'” Dr. Bowe shares.
Want to try it out for yourself?
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