cleanse dissolve, oil-to-milk cleanserorlather, foaming cleanser am + pm
prepare balance, hydrating toner am + pm
treat illuminate, vitamin c serumorrise, ginkgo gel booster am
moisturise sustain, moisturiserorquench, gel moisturiser am
treat steep, bakuchiol serum pm
night rest, night creamthenharvest, facial oil pm
the week refine, lactic acid peelorpause, clay mask weekly
vitamin C is famously unstable: in its pure form it oxidises on contact with light and air. illuminate is built around a stable form, ascorbyl glucoside, with ferulic acid beside it and sea buckthorn as a second source. hyaluronic acid holds water alongside them.
a little in the morning, between the cleanser and your sun step.
the vitamin C serums tried and given up on. the morning step skipped in a rush. the bottle that turned dark. one cream serum, for the morning.
vitamin C for the morning, with sea buckthorn, in a cream serum.
illuminate is a vitamin C cream serum: ascorbyl glucoside — a stable form of vitamin C — with ferulic acid alongside it, sea buckthorn oil, rosehip oil, and hyaluronic acid in two molecular weights.
nothing in it is dramatic, by design. no synthetic fragrance — naturally aromatic from its essential oils.
each morning, to cleansed skin, before sun. this is the sequence. consistency is the practice.
after the cleanse, and after balance if it’s in your practice. a little, pressed gently into clean skin.
read the full practice →open any ingredient to read its part.
if you want overnight drama, this is the wrong serum — nothing here is dramatic, by design.
if your skin has quarrelled with vitamin c before, patch-test at the wrist before it earns your face.
if you avoid nuts, illuminate isn’t for you — sweet almond oil is on its list.
if you’ve been advised to avoid essential oils, illuminate isn’t your serum — it is naturally aromatic, and the list names the allergens plainly.
and if your skin is in medical territory — eczema, psoriasis, a diagnosed condition — a pharmacist or gp will serve you better than we can. we'd rather you were served well.
within 30 days of arrival: a full refund, to the card that paid — and what you bought stays with you. keep it, or pass it on. nothing comes back. the refund policy →
the ingredients in full, exactly as they are declared — the largest by weight first. open the list.
Aqua/Water, Glycerin², Cetearyl Alcohol, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil¹, Pentylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sodium PCA, Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ferulic Acid, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Oil¹, Tocopherol, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Isoamyl Laurate, Triheptanoin, Potassium Hydroxide, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil¹, Parfum/Fragrance, Cellulose, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil¹, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Fruit Oil¹, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil¹, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Phytate, Citric Acid, Limonene³, Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil, Geranyl Acetate³, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Linalool³, Pinene³, Geraniol³, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Citronellol³, Vanillin, Beta-Caryophyllene³, Carvone³.
¹ Ingredients from organic farming. ² Made using organic ingredients. ³ From natural essential oils.
vegan · made under Ecocert COSMOS certification.
