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Ingredients

Every ingredient has to earn its place.

Where it comes from, how it is made, and what it does for the skin.

01Hydration Gel

Hydration Gel in its 4 oz aluminum bottle
Hydration Gel spread thin, showing the clear gel texture

Glycerin from the karanja tree and aloe from the inner fillet of fresh leaves work together to pull water into the skin instead of leaving it on the surface.

Full ingredientsAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate.

Aloe vera

Made from the inner fillet of the leaf, the soft water-rich tissue, pressed undiluted rather than rebuilt from powder or thinned with water. It forms the gel's water phase: a light base that spreads easily over damp skin and supplies the moisture glycerin helps retain.

  • INCI Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
  • Source Inner-fillet leaf, undiluted
  • Function Water-rich base

Vegetable glycerin

A small molecule that pulls in and holds water, and one skin already makes. Distilled from the fruit of the karanja tree, a non-food crop, to 99.5% purity, for a traceable, palm-free source. In the formula it holds water in the outer layers of skin, helping the skin barrier keep that hydration from escaping.

  • INCI Glycerin
  • Source Karanja fruit, refined
  • Function Humectant

Xanthan gum

A polysaccharide grown by fermenting plant sugars, then cleaned and dried to a powder. A small amount turns the aloe and glycerin mix from a thin liquid into a gel that pumps and spreads evenly.

  • INCI Xanthan Gum
  • Source Plant-sugar fermentation
  • Function Gel structure

Preservative system

The gel contains water, and anything with water can grow bacteria, yeast, and mold, so preservation is a requirement. Citric acid sets the acidic pH that lets sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate work. All three have decades of use in water-based products and are reviewed safe at cosmetic levels.

  • INCI Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate
  • Source Food-grade acids and salts
  • Function pH + preservation
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02Barrier Balm

Barrier Balm, the closed 2 oz tin
Barrier Balm spread thin, showing the texture up close

Meadowfoam seed oil from the Pacific Northwest, olive-derived squalane, and US-sourced beeswax keep moisture in, soften the skin, and strengthen its barrier.

Full ingredientsLimnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Squalane, Cera Alba (Beeswax).

Meadowfoam seed oil

Cold-pressed from the seed of a Pacific Northwest wildflower. Its longer fatty acid chains and low levels of unstable fats help it stay fresh and stable without added antioxidants. It gives the balm most of its body and a smooth, light glide.

  • INCI Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil
  • Source Cold-pressed seed oil
  • Function Lightweight emollient

Squalane

The stable, saturated form of squalene, a lipid skin's own surface makes. Olive-derived and refined to a clear, odorless liquid with a fast, dry finish. It lightens the meadowfoam and beeswax base so the balm spreads thin without a heavy, waxy residue.

  • INCI Squalane
  • Source Olive-derived, refined
  • Function Skin-similar lipid

Beeswax

Taken from the cappings, the fresh wax sealed over honey cells and the cleanest wax in the hive. US-sourced and triple-filtered, not bleached or deodorized, so its natural color and faint honey scent stay. It gives the balm its structure and leaves a thin layer that slows water leaving the skin.

  • INCI Cera Alba (Beeswax)
  • Source Hive cappings, triple-filtered
  • Function Structure + seal
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