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Alex, female, age 27, lives in Denver, CO and struggles with eczema What are your top 3 skin concerns? Dry, flaky skin Itchy skin Red/rough/visibly irritated skin

Natural oils are used extensively throughout the world as moisturizers but in spite of their growing popularity, there is surprisingly limited data on their efficacy and safety profile.

There are 5 generally agreed upon skin types in the skincare and cosmetics industries: normal, dry, oily, combination and sensitive.

Our skin is in a constant state of renewal, sloughing off old layers, and regenerating new ones. These new layers are generated from stem cells in the basal layer of the epidermis, and as time progresses, these cells gradually change into different types of cells on their pathway to the surface of the skin, or the “epidermis.”