This patented ingredient features a viscoelastic matrix of bioactive, bioavailable and biomimetic polymers from native New Zealand Red Seaweed. The hydrating and plumping effect of red seaweed on the skin, is attributed to the various mix of versatile biomimetic sulphated gycosaminoglycans (sGAG). These natural biopolymers are known to form a fish-net like matrix that can help hold water molecules, while also acting as a structural scaffold to tighten the skin. The sGAGs from red seaweeds have structural features that resemble the “eight essential sugars” of human cells, allowing specific binding to proteins, polysaccharides and bioactives within cells to induce and elevate focused activities.

Known as nature’s retinol, this plant-derived compound has become a very popular skincare ingredient recently. Bakuchiol is found in the seeds of the Babchi plant native to East Asia. While it has the same beneficial effects of retinol, Bakuchiol is far gentler, without the side effects of irritation, redness and dryness. Bakuchiol boosts the skin’s production of collagen and works on signs of ageing, such as lines, wrinkles, dark spots and pigmentation.

It can smooth skin texture while restoring elasticity and helping skin to ‘glow’. Long used traditionally in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, bakuchiol is well tolerated on sensitive skin, anti-inflammatory and full of antioxidants. The calming and alleviating properties of bakuchiol allow retinol to stabilise and its effects to amplify.

Otherwise known as The Black Fern, the Mamaku Tree Fern is a South Pacific bioactive plant native to New Zealand. In the wild, Mamaku protects native forests from water loss. This indigenous tree has been used topically for generations as a traditional Māori herbal medicine. This powerful healer soothes, cools and deeply moisturises the skin. Mamaku Fern extract is revered for its ability to stimulate skin cells, encouraging and repairing cells. You’ll feel an immediate tightness when it’s first applied to the skin, as the ingredient forms a structure of molecules that bind together to support and lift.

Low molecular or short-chained hyaluronic acid provides intense moisture and sustained hydration deep within the skin. It is naturally found in our skin and joints and unfortunately our levels decline as we age. Thought to hold 1000x its own weight in moisture, this wonder humectant, healer, protector and a plumping ingredient is found in sugar, drawing and holding water into the skin predominately in the dermis. Hyaluronic acid instantly plumps and hydrates the skin, improving elasticity.

Obtained by a molecular distillation process from Virgin Maracuja oil molecules. It regenerates, restructures and remodels the skin, stimulating the production of elastin and collagen. It repairs skin tissue at three levels by stimulating the key markers of cell proliferation, cell migration and the DEJ. It particularly soothes weakened and broken skin and remodels skin in the healing process.