Vegetable Ceramides

Glycosphingolipids (plant-derived ceramides)

Vegetable ceramides are plant-derived versions of the lipids that form skin's own moisture barrier. They help skin hold water, stay calm, and feel resilient, and suit dry, sensitive, or mature skin.

Ingredient type

Skin-identical lipid

Best for

Dry, sensitive, or barrier-compromised skin

Key actions

Restores and reinforces the moisture barrier

Notable for

A plant-derived match for skin's own ceramides

Origin

Made from plant sugars and fats

Energetics

Replenishing and calming

A natural history

Ceramides are not a botanical but a part of your own skin. They are a family of waxy lipids that, together with cholesterol and fatty acids, fill the spaces between skin cells like mortar between bricks, forming the barrier that holds moisture in and keeps irritants out. As skin ages or is stripped by harsh products, its ceramide content falls and the barrier weakens.

The ceramides in clean skincare are typically vegetable derived, made from plant sugars and fats to match the skin's own, a modern, plant based way to top up what time and weather wear down.

What it does for your skin

Ceramides help restore and reinforce the skin's moisture barrier. A review in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology describes how ceramides are central to the skin barrier and how replenishing them in skincare helps improve barrier function and hydration in dry and compromised skin.^[1] In a formula, vegetable ceramides help skin feel stronger, calmer, and better able to hold water.

References

[1] Meckfessel MH, Brandt S. The structure, function, and importance of ceramides in skin and their use as therapeutic agents in skin-care products. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014;71(1):177-184. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2014.01.891

Found in these formulas

Vitamin B Intensive Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum, 1oz→

Questions, answered

Yes. Ceramides are lipids your own skin uses to hold moisture in and keep irritants out; replenishing them helps improve barrier function and hydration in dry, compromised skin.

They restore and reinforce the skin's moisture barrier, helping skin feel stronger, calmer, and better able to hold water.

Vegetable ceramides are plant-derived, made from plant sugars and fats to match the skin's own lipids, a clean way to top up ceramides.

As skin ages or is stripped by harsh products, its ceramide content falls and the barrier weakens, which is why replenishing them helps.

You'll find vegetable ceramides in our Vitamin B + Hyaluronic Acid Serum.