PHA
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The gentlest acid we could find. Eight per cent gluconolactone, which is a PHA, which means a bigger molecule and a slower job. If acids have gone badly for you before, start here.
- 8% gluconolactone
- Hand-blown terracotta glass
- Not for the same night as retinal
What is in it
One active per bottle, stated with its strength, and the full ingredient list printed on the base beside the batch date. The active and its percentage are in the description above; the rest is water, glycerin and what keeps it stable.
How to use it
Actives go on clean skin before anything heavier: morning actives before SPF, night actives before the moisturiser. Introduce one at a time and start slowly. The dropper is the dose.
The bottle, the print, the batch
Hand-blown glass, so the shoulder of yours will not match the photograph and there may be a bubble in it. The indigo on the carton is block-printed by hand and the repeat does not quite meet at the seam. Batches are small and dated on the base.
Delivery and returns
Free standard delivery on orders over $40. Orders leave within two working days.
Thirty days to return anything unopened. Opened bottles cannot come back, but if one arrives broken we replace it.
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Made by hand
Three things are made by hand, and it shows
The active is stated with its strength and nothing else. Everything around it was made by someone, and you can tell.
The glass
Every bottle is blown rather than moulded, which is why the shoulders differ and why some carry a bubble. We sort for leaks, not for looks.
The print
The indigo on the carton is block-printed: cut by hand, inked by hand and pressed by hand. Look at a seam and the repeat does not quite meet.
The batches
Small enough that the date on the base means something. When a batch runs out there is a gap before the next one, and we would rather have the gap.
Four drops, pressed in
The five in the light
Morning, done
Taken at face value
I bought the Vitamin C because the bottle was amber and the label was honest. A week later I understood the amber.
Nadia R. · Verified buyer
There is a bubble in my glass and I love it. The serum is exactly what it says it is, at the strength it says.
Tom H. · Verified buyer