Cleansers
As basic and simple as Cleansers are, many still get it very wrong. A cleanser can enhance or detract from your desired skin health in many ways; by stripping away natural and protective oils or depositing heavy pore and follicle-clogging ingredients and oils. But we want to make clear Cleansers at best remove make-up and sunscreen, and with a little help of a vigorous massage and a facecloth can even slough off some dead skin cells, but the magic ends there. Don't let hyped and misleading marketing tell you otherwise, it is after all only on your skin for 30 seconds, nothing transformational is happening in that time we can assure you.
Exfoliators
The introduction of Alpha Hydroxy and Beta Hydroxy Acids along with many other enzymatic ingredients more commonly known as your liquid exfoliators, saw the downfall of the old and not-so-faithful exfoliating scrubs and for good reason. Not only are they more effective at removing dead skin cells far beyond the outermost layer of skin, which is the extent to which exfoliating scrubs and the like target. These ingredients can also penetrate dead skin cells that line sweat and hair follicles not only removing dead skin at the surface layer but also cleaning out the lining and debris within pores and follicles. They also work to prepare the skin to effectively receive and utilise active ingredients far more efficiently and effectively. Ever the overachievers our liquid exfoliators also include ingredients to target other conditions such as pigmentation, acne, and rosacea.
Serums
Serums are some of the worst offenders when it comes to false and misleading advertising and like most things in the industry are not created equally. Serums ideally should contain high levels of quality active ingredients that create change both topically and dermally (deeper within the skin). Instead, most serums on the market contain very cheap and ineffective active ingredients in such minuscule amounts that at such levels have no researched benefit to the skin, yet simply as it contains that ingredient companies still claim and market these benefits whether they are in the amounts necessary to achieve those results or not. We very proudly have the highest levels of active ingredients we could cram into our serums. Where we also differ from nearly every other product on the market is that our bulking ingredients that make up the rest of our formulas secondary to our hero actives are active ingredients in and of themselves and are primarily naturally derived and not cheap, toxic, and nasty like their counterparts. Some products don’t even contain the same number of actives that our bulking ingredients alone do!
Serums are your hardest workers and not only can they treat mild to moderate skin issues and concerns but can even reverse and prevent further cellular damage. High-quality serums used daily are essential if you wish to create changes visibly and deeper within the skin for long-lasting skin health and vitality.
Moisturisers
Don’t be fooled by the name our Moisturisers are far from just Moisturisers. They are packed full of anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and active ingredients that create long-term correction in the skin to reduce inflammatory skin conditions and train the skin to hydrate and moisturise itself optimally, ultimately creating a healthier functioning skin. internally and externally bringing the skin into a state of calm and equilibrium whilst repairing the external lipid barrier long-term. They are as much treatment serums as they are moisturisers, and unlike most moisturisers & oils which use thick occlusive oils that do nothing more than sit on the skin both our moisturisers and oils only use biomimetics oils that mimic our skin’s natural sebum, so the skin
Barrier Protection / SPF
The Mineral Spf that does it all!
As you’d know our product names are super self-explanatory e.g. Vitamin A, we didn’t want wanky names that mean nothing to no one even if it makes them more marketable. Our Barrier Protects are the exception. Our BPs for short are so much more than just SPF’s and we didn’t want them perceived as such.
First and foremost, they are physical broad-spectrum SPFs that come in a tinted or non-tinted version, with the tinted version I’d say many if not all our customers have swapped their everyday foundation for and not to mention it is our top-sold product which sells out on the regular. They contain moisturising factors and for some especially acneic skins can substitute for your daily moisturiser. More than that though they are a skin-protecting, skin-repairing powerhouse.
Our BPs are Loaded with our signature anti-inflammatory ingredients and antioxidants for skin health to boot whilst also protecting from external aggressors caused by the sun from not only a physical aspect but also internally by constantly keeping some of our immune fighting cells on high alert where they would typically clock off and retreat deeper into the skin with exposure to UV. There is so much more we can say but trust us when we say you need our BP2!
Barrier Repair
An impaired barrier is where the two components that make up the skin's first line of defence, sweat, and oil are either not being produced in amounts capable of protecting the skin from external triggers or excessive moisture loss for example naturally dry skin, or other contributing factors such as inflammation created from internal conditions such as dermatitis, eczema, etc. External factors that strip the skin of its natural oils can be ingredients commonly found in many skincare and makeup brands and in more extreme cases can even create mild burns on the surface of the skin.
The term impaired barrier refers to the skin not being able to perform its natural function to create a line of defence through an ideal state of homeostasis on the surface of the skin. Sometimes we may intentionally impair the barrier of the skin with ingredients and or by performing skin treatments to ablate the epidermis eg chemical peels, laser resurfacing, and some forms of skin needling to name a few. In these instances, we use ingredients and products such as Recovery Balm, Facial Oil and even our Moisturiser 2 depending on the level of impairment to moisturise, heal, and protect the skin whilst it is recovering and until the barrier is repaired.
Peels
We created our Peels so that you wouldn’t have to choose between having an expensive in-salon treatment or your everyday skincare, you can now have your cake and eat it too! Having been in the skin industry for 30 years I often saw the struggle between clients having to choose between having a treatment or product recommendations. More often than not clients would opt for the treatment feeling that this would achieve quicker and greater results, which is somewhat true however these results are not lasting especially when not backed up with at-home skincare. Like our brand name, our philosophy with anything in life is that it is what you do daily that has the greatest and most sustainable and long-lasting results 90% of the time. Peel 1 and 2 are salon-strength versions of our exfoliating serums for faster and more targeted results for more stubborn and or severe skin issues or an at-home alternative if you want to replace your mild-moderate in-salon peels, teamed with our at-home micro you have yourself a full at-home facial.
Masks
Our masks like our peels are treatments in and of themselves and like the entirety of our range are packed full of active ingredients that work to treat and correct the skin but with the added benefit of delivering immediate and visible results; such as calming and decongesting with our Detox mask to supple, plump and hydrated skin with our Moisture mask. Hot tip our moisture mask is a must slathered over the top of your skincare on a long-haul flight, thank us later.