She worked with a nutritional chemist for about two years to perfect the balance of them all. Bowe explains to me it's courtesy of a blend of polyphenols derived from pomegranates, blackcurrants, blueberries, cranberries, and blackberries.
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She also worked with molecular geneticists to monitor how the moisturizer positively impacts skin microbiomes over time.Īs I take a sip of the delicious, faintly sweet berry-flavored water, Dr. Whitney Bowe Beauty also claims Bowe Glowe significantly increases hydration after one week, which was assessed with a corneometer that calculates hydration levels by sending electrical currents through skin, Dr. So when she says it helps repair the skin's moisture barrier in one hour, she based this on tests done with a Tewameter, which measures transepidermal water loss. Bowe, on the other hand, tested the final formulation of the moisturizer as a whole. Bowe knows this for a fact because of the rigorous clinical testing she put Bowe Glowe through.īeauty brands often share claims based on data collected from the efficacy of individual ingredients. As a result, transepidermal water loss is reduced, and hydration is increased. Bowe calls the prebiotics in Bowe Glowe - namely inulin (a soluble fiber derived from chicory that an enzyme in skin called inulinase naturally metabolizes) and alpha-glucan oligosaccharide - "smart" because they "specifically encourage the growth of beneficial bacteria that have been associated with good health outcomes and inhibit or suppress the growth of the bacteria that may be associated with inflammation or problem skin," she explains.