KEY INGREDIENTS EXPLAINED
DAY
Hyaluronic Acid
Main Function: Moisturising + anti-ageing
Effect: Boosts the skin’s moisture content and defends against moisture loss. Also has anti-ageing properties by helping visibly decrease wrinkle depth and skin surface roughness while reinforcing the skin’s protective barrier.
Vitamin C
Main Function: Anti-ageing
Effect: Preserves key substances skin needs to look smoother, brighter, and younger. Improves uneven skin tone and hyperpigmentation.
Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide)
Main Function: Anti-ageing + repair + moisturising
Effect: Visibly reduces enlarged pores and wrinkles. Improves dull and uneven skin tone. Strengthens skin barrier and repairs skin from sun damage. Boosts production of ceramides, which protect against dehydration and moisture loss.
Peptides
Main Function: Anti-ageing
Effect: Stimulates collagen production in the skin, resulting in anti-ageing effects, such as reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles, improving skin texture, and increasing skin firmness.
Coenzyme Q-10 (Ubiquinone)
Main Function: Anti-ageing + protection
Effect: Protect cells from oxidative damage. Coenzyme Q-10 has a skin energizing effect – it helps generate energy in your cells – a process that decreases with ageing and sun exposure.
Glycerin
Main Function: Moisturising
Effect: Restores and replenishes skin whilst providing powerful hydration and defense against dryness.
Dimethicone
Main Function: Moisturising
Effect: Hydration enhancing skin protectant, working to prevent moisture loss, and helps the active SPF ingredients distribute evenly on the skin.
Vitamin E
Main Function: Anti-ageing + protection
Effect: Essential natural antioxidant that helps protect your cells from damage and slow the ageing process of your cells.
Green Tea Extract
Main Function: Anti-ageing + anti-inflammatory + skin soothing
Effect: Potent antioxidant that helps improve the appearance of UV-damaged skin whilst protecting and soothing the skin.
Aloe Vera Extract
Main Function: Anti-inflammatory + skin soothing + moisturising
Effect: Rich source of antioxidants and vitamins, Aloe vera extract soothes, calms and hydrates the skin, whilst providing effective anti-inflammatory benefits.
NIGHT
Retinol (Vitamin A)
Main Function: Anti-ageing
Effect: Boosts collagen production, accelerates cellular turnover and cell reproduction, destroys free radicals, combats acne and fades dark spots on your skin. Significantly improves skin smoothness, brightness and firmness. Gives you younger, clearer and healthier looking skin.
Hyaluronic Acid
Main Function: Moisturising + anti-ageing
Effect: Boosts the skin’s moisture content and defends against moisture loss. Also has anti-ageing properties by helping visibly decrease wrinkle depth and skin surface roughness while reinforcing the skin’s protective barrier.
Vitamin C
Main Function: Anti-ageing
Effect: Preserves key substances skin needs to look smoother, brighter, and younger. Improves uneven skin tone and hyperpigmentation.
Ceramides
Main Function: Moisturising
Effect: Ceramides are fat molecules (lipids) necessary for water retention in the skin. They naturally moisturize the skin and help form the barrier preventing dehydration.
Peptides
Main Function: Anti-ageing
Effect: Stimulates collagen production in the skin, resulting in anti-ageing effects, such as reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles, improving skin texture, and increasing skin firmness.
Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide)
Main Function: Anti-ageing + repair + moisturising
Effect: Visibly reduces enlarged pores and wrinkles. Improves dull and uneven skin tone. Strengthens skin barrier and repairs skin from sun damage. Boosts production of ceramides, which protect against dehydration and moisture loss.
Resveratrol
Main Function: Anti-ageing + moisturising + protection
Effect: Fights ageing, hydrates the skin, helps protect the skin’s surface from harmful environmental influences. Minimises redness and inflammation, brightens & evens skin tone and improves texture.
Glycerin
Main Function: Moisturising
Effect: Restores and replenishes skin whilst providing powerful hydration and defense against dryness.
Vitamin E
Main Function: Anti-ageing + protection
Effect: Essential natural antioxidant that helps protect your cells from damage and slow the ageing process of your cells.
Aloe Vera Extract
Main Function: Anti-inflammatory + skin soothing + moisturising
Effect: Rich source of antioxidants and vitamins, Aloe vera extract soothes, calms and hydrates the skin, whilst providing effective anti-inflammatory benefits.
Jojoba Oil
Main Function: Moisturising + skin replenishing
Effect: An emollient that enhances skin’s restorative properties, has skin-soothing benefits and hydrates dry skin. Extracted from the seeds of the jojoba plant, it is not actually an oil, but is technically a wax.
SHOWER
Willow Bark Extract
Main Function: Exfoliant + anti-acne
Effect: Plant extract containing salicin, a substance that alleviates acne & breakouts. Has proven skin soothing and anti-inflammatory benefits. A natural alternative to a Beta-hydroxy acid. A gentle exfoliant which removes dead skin cells and excess oil. Promotes production of new skin cells.
Lactic Acid
Main Function: Exfoliant + anti-ageing + moisturiser
Effect: Alpha-hydroxy acid that exfoliates on the surface of skin by breaking down the material that holds dead skin together. Has hydrating properties, helps brighten an uneven skin tone, firms the skin and reduces appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Glycolic Acid
Main Function: Exfoliant + anti-ageing + moisturiser
Effect: Alpha-hydroxy acid that helps shed dead skin cells to renew the skin’s surface, visibly reducing the signs of ageing (especially from sun damage). Helps fight breakouts and acne by unclogging the skin’s pores. Helps skin retain moisture.
Vitamin C
Main Function: Anti-ageing
Effect: Preserves key substances skin needs to look smoother, brighter, and younger. Improves uneven skin tone and hyperpigmentation.
Vitamin E
Main Function: Anti-ageing + protection
Effect: Essential natural antioxidant that helps protect your cells from damage and slow the ageing process of your cells.
Aloe Vera Extract
Main Function: Anti-inflammatory + skin soothing + moisturising
Effect: Rich source of antioxidants and vitamins, Aloe vera extract soothes, calms and hydrates the skin, whilst providing effective anti-inflammatory benefits.
Green Tea Extract
Main Function: Anti-ageing + anti-inflammatory + skin soothing
Effect: Potent antioxidant that helps improve the appearance of UV-damaged skin whilst protecting and soothing the skin.
Glycerin
Main Function: Moisturising
Effect: Restores and replenishes skin whilst providing powerful hydration and defense against dryness.
Witch Hazel Extract
Main Function: Anti-inflammatory + skin soothing
Effect: Plant extract that helps remove excess oil, has anti-oxidant properties and reduces inflammation. Soothes the skin, reduces redness and fights bacteria in acne, pimple and breakout prone skin without drying the skin out.