07/10/2026
☠️ The silent assassin lurking in your skincare that is doing your skin a disservice on the daily 👇🏻👇🏻
Let me explain what’s going on.
An emulsifier is the people pleaser in the bottle trying to keep everyone happy. Oil and water would never normally speak, and this ingredient try’s to make them best mates 😆
The catch is, it’s dark side is that it’s got a nasty habit of dissolving your lipids too.
🧱Your skin barrier is built from those lipids, which act like the mortar between bricks. Add water, and the emulsifier gets to work, binding to them and washing a little more of your barrier away each time.
By the time your skin reacts, the damage has been building for a while.
This is why I choose skin-identical ingredients that put your lipids back, so you’re not stuck in a cycle of reacting, repairing, reacting.
🕵️Not sure what to look for? Scan the ingredients list for polysorbates, PEGs, ceteareth-20, glyceryl stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate and sulfates like SLS/SLES. If you spot them, they’re emulsifiers 👀
Have a look and tell me in the comments 👇 do your products contain emulsifiers?
I can help you to get your barrier back on track. Book a consultation via the 🔗 in bio.
📍 Find me across Yorkshire: Acorn Wellness Retreat (Hartwith), Meraki Coffee Yoga & Wellness (Elland), and Amanda Crawshaw Acupuncture (Silsden)