Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume On your shelf ✓
Our read, in one look
Ceramide 3 is the reason to consider this moisturizer, with Ceramide 6-II behind it.
The case for it
- Ceramide 3, strong evidence for the barrier
- Ceramide 6-II, strong evidence for the barrier
- No fragrance, alcohol, silicones or parabens
Mind this
- Morning or evening, whichever suits your routine
- Add it on its own for a week or two, so you know what your skin is answering to
Maya's readBioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume is a moisturizer built around Glycerin, Ceramide 3 and Mineral Oil. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair. Best suited to dry, dehydrated and sensitive skin. Nothing in it we'd flag for most people.
Skip it if you already own something similar: it's a solid, honest basic rather than a must-have upgrade.
The formula, drawn
Every ingredient in label order, coloured by the job it does here.
23 of the 35 sit above the 1% line. The other 12, hatched, are each under 1%. Widths show the ORDER on the label and nothing else: the label never discloses amounts, so we never draw them.
- Actives & signals
- Hydrators
- Texture & base
- Preservation
- Not in our library yet
- No fragrance anywhere on the label
What it delivers
How it feels A rich, cushiony cream that sinks in slowly. Comforting on dry skin, possibly too much for oily skin in summer. (estimated from the formula)
What's in it that matters
Classic humectant with strong evidence for improving skin hydration and supporting barrier when combined with emollients.
Skin-identical ceramide that plays a key role in restoring and strengthening the skin barrier.
Highly purified mineral oil that forms an occlusive layer to reduce water loss and soften very dry skin.
Linoleic-acid-rich oil that strengthens the skin barrier, reduces water loss and is suitable even for sensitive and infant skin.
Ceramide that supports barrier integrity and helps smooth rough, dry skin when combined with other skin lipids.
Skin-identical sterol that is essential in barrier lipid mixtures and helps restore normal lamellar structure when combined with ceramides and fatty acids.
How to use it
Morning and/or night, after your thinner water-based steps and before heavier creams.
Where it acts
The same cross-section as our 500 dalton page, with this formula's actives on the layer each one works on. Depth is the anatomy's, never an ingredient's.
Skin surface
The stratum corneum
- Ceramide 3derived from what it is
- Ceramide 6-IIderived from what it is
- Cholesterolderived from what it is
- Glycerinderived from what it is
- Mineral Oilderived from what it is
- Sunflower Seed Oilderived from what it is
6 of this product's actives have a layer we can defend.
Against the average moisturizer
It scores lower than the median moisturizer on brightening and oil control.
On hydration, barrier repair and anti-aging it is level with the median, so that is not what sets it apart.
A median, not an average: one unusual formula should not move the middle. The numbers are the same 0 to 10 reads the comparison pages use.
The full ingredients list, decoded
Every ingredient on the label, in the order it appears (highest amount first). We link the 21 our library knows, name what each one does, and flag anything that can irritate or clog. The rest we leave plain, nothing is hidden.
All 35 ingredients, decoded
- Aqua/Water/EauSolvent (base)
- GlycerinHumectant
- Behenyl AlcoholEmollient (fatty alcohol)
- Canola/Canola Oil/Huile De ColzaPlant oil / butter (emollient)
- Sucrose Stearate
- Pentylene GlycolHumectant
- Phytosterols
- XylitolHumectant
- Zinc GluconateMineral
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate CrosspolymerThickener
- Palmitamide MEA
- 1,2-HexanediolPreservative booster
- Caprylyl GlycolPreservative booster
- Sodium CitratepH buffer
- MannitolHumectant (sugar)
- RhamnoseHumectant (sugar)
- Sodium Lauroyl LactylateSurfactantmild irritant
- Sodium HydroxidePh adjustermild irritant
- Polysorbate 60Emulsifier
- Sorbitan IsostearateEmulsifier
- roughly the 1% lineThe rules only require descending order above 1%. From Tocopherol down, these 12 can be listed in any order the brand likes, so position stops telling you anything.
- TocopherolAntioxidantmild irritant
- PhytosphingosineSphingoid base
- Ceramide NPBarrier lipid
- EthylhexylglycerinPreservative booster
- Ceramide APBarrier lipid
- CholesterolBarrier lipid
- CarbomerThickener
- Xanthan GumThickener
- FructooligosaccharidesHumectant (sugar)
- Caprylic/Capric TriglycerideEmollient
- Laminaria Ochroleuca ExtractBotanical extract
- Ceramide EOPBarrier lipid
Worth knowing: Cholesterol sits below that line. It is in there, and the label does not tell you how much. That is not the same as saying it is too little to matter.
Copy the raw INCI list
Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Paraffinum Liquidum/Mineral Oil/Huile Minerale, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Behenyl Alcohol, Canola/Canola Oil/Huile De Colza, Sucrose Stearate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Pentylene Glycol, Phytosterols, Xylitol, Zinc Gluconate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Palmitamide MEA, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Mannitol, Rhamnose, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Sodium Hydroxide, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Tocopherol, Phytosphingosine, Ceramide NP, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ceramide AP, Cholesterol, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Fructooligosaccharides, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract, Ceramide EOP
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We don't make or sell skincare of our own. So there's nothing here we're trying to push, just an honest read of whether this formula suits your skin.
Against your shelf
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All 9 comparisons
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Common questions
Is Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume good for dry skin?
By our read of the formula, it suits dry, dehydrated, sensitive skin. Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume is a moisturizer built around Glycerin, Ceramide 3 and Mineral Oil. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair. Best suited to dry, dehydrated and sensitive skin. Nothing in it we'd flag for most people.
How do you use Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume?
Morning and/or night, after your thinner water-based steps and before heavier creams.
What are the key ingredients in Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume?
The actives that do the work are Glycerin, Ceramide 3, Mineral Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil, Ceramide 6-II, Cholesterol. The rest of the list is texture, preservatives and emulsifiers that hold the formula together.
Does Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume contain fragrance?
No. By our reading of the ingredient list it is fragrance-free, which is a plus for sensitive or reactive skin.
What the 3D scene shows
The scene shows Bioderma Atoderm Intensive Baume beside a cross-section of skin, with 3 of its ingredients drawn at the layer each one acts on and at one shared molecular scale: Ceramide 3 and Cholesterol and Glycerin in the stratum corneum, the dead outer layer where most skincare works. Depths come from the same sourced layer data as the rest of this site, and any ingredient whose layer is not established is left out rather than guessed.
