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Climate Control or Nangai Oil: What Is the Difference?

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SeneGence Climate Control is a water-light gel essence that hydrates and primes skin right after cleansing; Nangai Oil is a lipid-rich facial oil that seals in moisture when skin still feels dry, tight or depleted. Use Climate Control first, then Nangai Oil after treatments and before DayTime or Evening Moisturizer.

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What does each step add?

Water-binding humectants and skin-lipid comfort do different jobs; add the step your skin is missing.
Step detailClimate ControlNangai OilExplore
What your skin is missingWater: a quick drink of hydration after cleansing.Lipids: softness and comfort when skin still feels dry, tight or depleted.Climate Control · Nangai Oil
What does the workXylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol and Xylitol draw and bind surface water, joined by SenePlex+®, Glucosamine HCl and Sodium Hyaluronate.Canarium Indicum (Nangai) Seed Oil leads a skin-lipid mimetic blend, with Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil and Squalane.Sugar-complex testing · The skin-lipid blend
How to use itPump onto the back of your hand and palette over face and neck, first after cleansing.Three to five drops after treatments and before DayTime or Evening Moisturizer.See the complete moisture sequence
Worth knowingClimate Control® suits all skin types, especially dry, sensitive or dehydrated skin.Nangai Oil suits all skin types, particularly when skin needs moisture retention and lipid comfort.Beauty Book 2026 · Nangai Oil formula

What does Climate Control add?

Climate Control is a single-phase, preactivated gel essence and the hydration primer for the layers that follow. Pump a nickel-size amount onto the back of your hand and palette the gel essence over your face, neck, around the eyes and décolletage, morning and evening, before serums, moisturizers and EyeCrème. Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol and Xylitol draw and bind surface water; SenePlex+®, Glucosamine HCl and Sodium Hyaluronate (a form of hyaluronic acid) add plump hydration. Climate Control® deeply hydrates and prepares skin for treatment actives. Its gel essence mimics the skin’s Natural Moisturizing Factor, supports the barrier and helps optimize delivery and absorption of the beneficial ingredients that follow. Beauty Book 2026 (p. 14). See what Climate Control does, how it works in your routine or how the sugar complex was tested, then Climate Control.

What does Nangai Oil add?

Nangai Oil is a biomimetic* facial oil.

Humectants draw water in; lipids help keep it there. Canarium Indicum (Nangai) Seed Oil leads the formula with Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil and Squalane, and inside it Jojoba Oil/Macadamia Seed Oil Esters, Squalene, Phytosteryl Macadamiate and Phytosterols form a skin-lipid mimetic blend designed to echo the lipid barrier of youthful, 22-year-old skin. When skin still feels dry, tight or depleted, Nangai Oil adds the lipid-rich comfort that seals in the hydration Climate Control brings. Nangai Oil hydrates and strengthens the skin barrier, helps support cell function, and softens fine lines for a youthful glow. Its oil profile explains why. Nangai oil’s 94–97% natural triglycerides help enhance moisture retention. Beauty Book 2026 (p. 20). See the skin-lipid evidence or follow the Vanuatu story behind Canarium indicum.

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Study results at a glance

Nature-derived sugar complex — hand hydration and hyaluronic-acid assays2 results
Nature-derived sugar complex — hand hydration and hyaluronic-acid assays
ResultKind of resultWhen it was measured
After 20 volunteers used a hand gel containing 1.5% Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, and Xylitol in 72% v/v alcohol at least five times daily, corneometry measured hydration 13.5% higher at 24 hours than the initial measurement.Ingredient study24 hours
In separate cell assays, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, and Xylitol increased hyaluronic-acid production by 24% in keratinocytes at 0.01% complex and by 20% in fibroblasts at 0.1% complex; the source does not state the assay duration.Ingredient studynot stated in the source

See the full finding: Nature-derived sugar complex — hand hydration and hyaluronic-acid assays · Open the source document (PDF)

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