Ectoine

Okay.

And ectoin?

Ectoin I think is science-backed for barrier repair.

Do I think it's doing anything, you know, uh, sort of for like wrinkles and dark spots? Unlikely.

But for barrier repair, I think it's science-backed, yeah.

This is still, I think, in the scheme of things a bit more on the fringe, but I do think we'll see more of this.

Ectoin is a molecule made by bacteria.

And what we know, like so many of the benefits of the probiotic bacteria in our gut are due to the metabolites they produce, whether that's short chain fatty acids, antimicrobial peptides, you know, acidic lysates.

And in the last decade, we've seen skincare that incorporates microbial lysates and probiotic ferments and things like that, not just the bacteria, but their metabolites as well.

There's another ingredient there that is becoming extremely popular.

One of the ingredients we're proud to have been the first ones to use, and it's becoming very popular right now with high-end, like, medical-grade skincare, is a product called Ectoin.

And, oh, we talked about it.

It's from space that it bears.