Drunk Elephant Bora Barrier Rich Repair Refillable Cream with 6-Butterlipid Complex
by Drunk Elephant · skin_care
Editor's Take
Pricey, yes, but Bora Barrier earns its shelf space with real barrier lipids and a rich butter-oil base; clean purists will spot the synthetics.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Efficacy: 8.8 / 10
- Modern Tech: 8.2 / 10
- Clean Beauty: 6.8 / 10
- Sustainability: 9.1 / 10
The Verdict
This is one of Drunk Elephant's more serious moisturizers: efficacy is high-performance at 8.8, with ceramides, cholesterol, phytosphingosine, Shea Butter, and marula oil doing real barrier work. The technology side earns Highly Advanced, led by Cetearyl Olivate and Sorbitan Olivate liquid-crystal emulsification plus Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 and Astaxanthin for extra active density. Clean beauty is the softer spot at 6.8 because Phenoxyethanol and synthetic polymers keep it out of stricter green lanes, while sustainability is Good at 9.1 thanks in part to the refillable, mostly bio-based setup. Worth it as a rich repair cream for dry, compromised, or winter-stressed skin, not as a purist clean-beauty badge.
Full INCI list
Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Propanediol, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, C10-18 Triglycerides, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Beta-Sitosterol, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil, Oleic Acid, Squalane, Butylene Glycol, Glucosyl Ceramide, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Glycosphingolipids, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Alpha-Glucan, Resveratrol, Epigallocatechin Gallate, Magnesium Aspartate, Zinc Gluconate, Copper Gluconate, Acacia Senegal Gum, Sodium Pca, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Sorbitan Isostearate, Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract, Quercetin, Astaxanthin, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Ceramide Ap, Ceramide Np, Ceramide Eop, Dextrin, Palmitic Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Lactate, Stearic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Seed Oil, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Xanthan Gum, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopherol, Polysorbate 60, Carbomer, Ethylhexylglycerin.