16 Ways to Shop Like a Beauty Editor This Holiday

Try: Symbiome The One Restorative Cream, $125

There's a lot of buzz about the microbiome in the skin care world — and rightfully so: a flourishing flora goes a long way to help keep skin balanced and its barrier strong. Launched in part by a microbiome researcher with decades experience under his belt, this newly-launched skin care brand focuses on a minimal number of plant-based ingredients (10 or less, all traceable and sustainable) that are made more bioavailable via a proprietary cold-emulsion fermentation process. All that science can be a lot to swallow, but those who love botanically-driven skin care that smells like nature will flip for the brand's elegant and sustainable blends, like its moisturizer which comprises just three ingredients: water, Amazonian croton cajucara leaf oil, and probiotic-rich lactobacillus ferment.

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