Why squalane is the ingredient your skin needs this winter

No, it’s not like hyaluronic acid (Picture: Getty)The ‘oil not oil’, squalane, hasn’t received the attention it deserves in recent years.Though the ingredient has entered our mainstream skincare lexicon, it’s not as known or understood as other ingredients, like hyaluronic acid.Oil-like in texture, it’s not actually an oil (it has no proteins, like many plant-based oils do), so it acts like a lightweight substance that is absorbed by skin faster than you would