Ingredients

An inside look at the science, purpose, and benefits behind the actives that power your skincare routine.

Luxury or Life Changer? Skin Care Ingredients Worth Every Penny
Luxury or Life Changer? Skin Care Ingredients Worth Every Penny
  Believe it or not, some people pay upwards of $1000 for less than 2 ounces of face-firming cream. We’re going to go on record here and say we think spending thousands on a single product is a bit excessive....
Mandelic Acid: Glycolic’s Less Irritating Cousin
Mandelic Acid: Glycolic’s Less Irritating Cousin
Oh, hey, have you met mandelic acid? Allow us to introduce you to the gentle, multi-tasking, high-performance AHA derived from bitter almonds and best known for its ability to effectively target acne, aging and hyperpigmentation while keeping it all totally...
Copper: Mining for Skin Care Gold
Copper: Mining for Skin Care Gold
  Copper and humans have a long and chummy history. It was the first metal to be sourced (c. 8000 B.C.), smelted (c. 5000 B.C.), and shaped (c. 4000 B.C.). We’ve used it for tools, coins, cooking implements, art, jewelry,...
Can You Pass The Acid Test?
Can You Pass The Acid Test?
  How much do you know about skin care’s best and brightest, alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs)?   Derived from food and plant-based sources, these alpha ingredients have something for every skin. AHAs are highly effective multi-taskers whose main strength is...
Bentonite: Dirt Has Never Looked So Beautiful.
Bentonite: Dirt Has Never Looked So Beautiful.
  Bentonite is clay mined from the earth. Basically dirt. But really, really amazing dirt. It comes from volcanic ash, is loaded with essential minerals, and does some magical things when you put it on your skin. It’s a detoxifier,...
Wine Is Fine, But Grape Seed Oil Is Quicker
Wine Is Fine, But Grape Seed Oil Is Quicker
When the space colonization begins, they’d better be packing large quantities of grapes seeds because a world without this prolific source of skin care benefits (not to mention the wine) is not one we want to live in.   We’re...
Algae: The Anti-Muck, Muckety Muck
Algae: The Anti-Muck, Muckety Muck
    In order to survive and thrive in the ocean’s extreme environment, the organisms that live there develop unique mechanisms for defense—anti-tumor, anti-microtubule, anti-proliferative, photoprotective, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-infective. These adaptive abilities are a boon for scientific advances in...
Peptides: Let's Talk Science, Undergarments and Cheerleading
Peptides: Let's Talk Science, Undergarments and Cheerleading
    You’ve probably seen plenty of skin care products touting the anti-aging benefits of peptides. But what exactly are peptides and what do they do?   To get a better understanding, let’s talk science, undergarments and cheerleading.   First,...
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