4-terpineol: highly purified active fraction of Australia Tea Tree oil, delivers broad-spectrum inhibition of hostile skin flora without irritation or allergens associated with pure tea tree oil
Acidophilus/Grape Ferment: mild AHA complex from grapes smoothes rough, aging skin
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP): this fuel molecule energizes cellular activity, shortening the cell's response time for self-repair, protein production and natural antioxidant protection
AHA: Alpha-Hydroxy Acid, fruit-derived acid that has been proven to reduce wrinkles, acne scarring, hyper pigmentation and improve many other skin conditions. It reacts with the upper layer of the epidermis, weakening the binding properties of the lipids that hold the dead skin cells together. This allows the outer skin to "dissolve", which stimulates new skin growth, and new collagen and elastin production (the proteins that make skin elastic and young-looking)
AHAminoPlexTM: glycolic/amino acid complex ensures maximum anti-aging AHA delivery with minimum discomfort
Algae and Mugwort: unique anti-sting complex helps reduce discomfort in sensitive skin
Algae Extract: sea plant-derived hydrator; improves skin's barrier and moisture-holding ability
Algae Peptides: helps increase skin firmness up to 20%, reduces appearance of lines and wrinkles by 27%
Allantoin: derived from comfrey root, powerful soothing and anti-redness agent; calms visible irritation within seconds
Ascorbyl Methylsilanol Pectinate: water-soluble, stabilized, time-released vitamin C helps fight sun damage
AuraspheresTM: minimizes the appearance of lines and wrinkles, protects skin barrier and firms the skin
Azulene: soothing blue calmative derived from chamomile
Beta glucans: Biological Response Modifier, derived from brewer's yeast (without the allergy-causing proteins); works with the skin's own immune system to reduce the signs of skin damage and aging
Betaine salicylate: natural skin conditioner from sugar beets complexed with keratolytic BHA; provides time-released exfoliating action long after cleanser is rinsed away; perfect for acne-prone skin
Bioflavonoids: vitamin C "bridging" agent, delivers vitamin C to skin cells to ensure activity
Black Currant: protects from loss of firmness, maintains skin's elasticity
CalmosensineTM (acetyl dipeptide 1 cetyl ester): patented peptide relaxes visible tension lines and wrinkles while calming feelings of heat, stinging and discomfort
Camellia oleifera: Japanese green tea, helps control signs of aging due to chronic irritation
Camellia sinensis oil: a soothing oil from green tea
Ceramides: skin-fortifying lipid; moisturizes deep within the skin
Chlorella Vulgaris: Harvested from the pristine beaches of Brittany, this peptide-rich microalgae is proven to stimulate production of collagen and elastin while protecting these dermal proteins from destruction by inflammation enzymes. The result is denser, firmer, more wrinkle-resistant skin
Cholecalciferol: Vitamin D: required for skin's healthy vitality: texturizes and conditions rough skin
Citrus essential oils: refreshing, purifying natural oils from a variety of citrus fruit
Coneflower (Echinacea Angustifolia): improves skin firmness up to 21% in four weeks
Copper PCA: humectant "pilot" molecule guides copper to targeted biosites for improved cellular energy
Corn extract: combining two forms of corn extract can help energize skin up to 145%
CortinhibTM (helichrysum italicum extract): inhibits the visible effects of cortisol, controlling signs of aging due to stress; it is anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and antimicrobial
Cranberry oil (vaccinium macrocarpon): extremely moisturizing oil easily penetrates; aids in absorption of essential fatty acids; rich in antioxidant tocotrienols as well as Omega-6 and Omega-3 essential fatty acids
Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12): increases cellular energy
DermaxylTM, a patented oligopeptide and cermide blend, inspires older cells to communicate like younger cells. When cells communicate more fully, repair cells can focus on areas of skin damage caused by aging processes. The result is enhanced firmness, better moisture retention, and a visible lessening of deep wrinkles. Clinical studies testing 24 female subjects aged 42 to 66 with a once daily application of 2% DermaxylTM for 56 days, showed visible wrinkle volume reduced up to 36% while depth of wrinkles visibly was reduced up to 27%
Dipotassium glycyrrhizate (from licorice): soothes sensitive eye area skin; calms on contact; helps control appearance of under eye circles. Inflammation is the bottom line of aging: this ultra-calming molecule from licorice keeps skin calm while soothing visible redness and sensitivity. It also inhibits signs of inflammation due to dehydration
Ergothioneine: energizing antioxidant amino acid nutrient, helps skin counteract damage from oxidative stress (cortisol)
Evening primrose oil: lipid-rich oil, mimics skin's own moisture-holding lipids
EyelissTM Complex: Patented anti-puffiness multi-peptide and flavonoid complex improves skin's contours, lymphatic circulation, firmness and elasticity, and decreases capillary permeability to help reduce swelling and irritation
Farnesol complex: helps normalize oily skin in 15 days, dry skin in 45 days
Gatuline ATM: Patented complex derived from ranunculus ficaria (fig buttercup); helps strengthen underlying components of the skin that lead to chronic redness
Gentian extract: soothing; used in Europe as natural antiseptic
Glucosamine HCL: non-acid sugar complex gently exfoliates to deliver the same results as AHAs
Glycerin: derived from palm and coconut oils; deeply hydrating, keeps skin moist during cleansing
Glycolic acid: fast-acting, highly purified AHA, retexturizes, clears away pore-clogging debris, helps fight acne, wrinkles, and hyper-pigmentation (blotchiness)
Grape leaf: protects from loss of firmness, maintains skin's elasticity
Green tea (camellia oleifera): soothing plant antioxidant calms redness and discomfort
Guarana: Brazilian plant clinically-proven to reduce signs of irritation caused by AHAs, sunscreens, and acids
HaloxylTM2: visibly repairs the look of dark under eye circles; firms eye contours
Hibiscus Esculentus (Okra) Extract: patented complex helps relax away lines and wrinkles from repetitive facial movements and stress
Hydrolyzed wheat starch and protein: after rinsing, protects skin from moisture loss and surface irritants, helps tighten and firm skin in seconds
Jojoba oil: skin conditioning, moisture-control oil from the Sonoran desert jojoba bean; protects from moisture loss and is similar to skin's own natural oils; keeps lipids fresh
Kola: Brazilian plant clinically-proven to reduce signs of irritation caused by AHAs, sunscreens, and acids
Kukui nut oil: lipid-rich oil from the Hawaiian kukui nut; mimics skin's own moisture-holding lipids
Leptospermum scoparium oil: New Zealand Tea Tree oil delivers broad-spectrum inhibition of hostile skin flora without irritation or allergens associated with pure Tea Tree oil
Lichochalcone: powerful skin calming molecule from Chinese licorice that limits the growth of undesirable flora and lipase - an enzyme known to trigger redness episodes
Lithospermum extract: soothing red extract from seaweed
Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate: water-soluble, stabilized, time-released vitamin C helps repair visible sun-damage
Mate: Brazilian plant clinically-proven to reduce signs of irritation caused by AHAs, sunscreens, and acids
MatrixylTM Peptides (Palmitoyl pentapeptide-3): an amino acid chain based on a skin-repair peptide discovered at the National Institutes of Health - reduces as much as 68% of visible wrinkling within 2 to 6 months
Merespheres (liposome encapsulated rosemarinus officinalis, or rosemary): stimulates up to 450% increase in barrier lipid production, which protects the skin from environmental damage and helps skin repair itself
MoistureZomes: moisture-filled liposomes deliver time-released moisture between skin cells for deep, prolonged hydration
Moisturizing lipids: found naturally in skin, these lipids hold comforting moisture between skin cells
Mugwort Complex: calms signs of redness due to UV, chemical irritants and the environment
Multi-silicones: instantly smoothes surface irregularities
Panthenol (Vitamin B5): calms and encourages repair of skin's surface, returns skin's moisture level to normal; draws moisture into skin, protects from dehydration during cleansing
Passionflower: protects from loss of firmness, maintains skin's elasticity
PEG-8/SMDI Copolymer: time-released, targeted delivery for increased AHA penetration
Pheohydrane (hydrolyzed algin, chlorella vulgaris (algae) extract, sea water): rapidly improves hydration; long-term effect lasts up to a week; helps revitalize barrier function so skin can protect itself and repair itself
Phospholipids: moisturizing lipids; form liposomal delivery systems for vitamin C, E and AHAs
Pullulan: water soluble polysaccharide; forms firming, hydrating barrier
RenovageTM (teprenone): supports cell vitality; improves hydration, firmness, elasticity and tone; visibly reduces wrinkles, pores and discoloration
Retinol: pure bioactive vitamin A works inside skin's surface, where dryness and wrinkles develop
Retinyl palmitate: stabilized ester of vitamin A; antioxidant that protects environmental aging and irritation, and helps visibly soften surface signs of aging like find lines and wrinkles
Rose hips seed oil: helps repair skin's natural moisture zone, revives radiance from within
Saccharomyces lysate extract: soothing, moisturizing "repair substances" from live yeast cells
Sandalwood, philodendron and barley: increases skin's moisture, revives softness
Sea whip (pseudopterogorgia elizabethae): One of the most potent calming extracts found to date, this patented extract soothes signs of redness and other visible stress in seconds
SepicalmTM: patented Water Lily and Peptide complex cools heat-activated skin, reducing a primary factor that leads to redness and blotchiness
Silicone blend: non-comedogenic breathable barrier; provides smooth-as-glass finish
Silver Ear Mushroom (tremella fuciformis polysaccharide): five times more hydrating than hyaluronic acid, one of the top skin hydrators
Sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronic acid): bioactive moisturizer. Binds up to 1000 times its weight in water to skin, making it an incredibly effective hydrator that can plump lines and wrinkles from within skin's surface
Sodium lauroyl oat amino acids: exceptionally mild foaming cleanser from oats
Spirea ulmaria: dermatologist-tested extract of meadowsweet, an herb rich in skin calming and pore purifying phenolic acid and a natural skin-defense booster
Stearyl glycyrrhetinate: calming molecule from licorice root
Sugar Cane, Citrus and Apple: natural AHA blend gently works to dissolve sebum in clogged pores
Sweet Almond Extract: patented almond proteins help remodel skin's surface to visibly lift and smooth wrinkles and fines lines
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate: an extra potent, stable, time-released Vitamin C Ester, with over twice as much collagen boosting action as ascorbic acid. Studies have found it to be over 3 times stronger in inhibiting the collagen and elastin destroying enzymes matrix metalloproteinases (MMP). It doesn't just help the skin's surface refirm and fill in the look of lines and wrinkles for a smoother appearance, it also reduces the risk of clogged-pores
Tocopherol Acetate: antioxidant vitamin E, keeps skin lipids fresh by fighting lipid and sebum oxidation, discourages blackheads and protects youthful radiance
Tocopheryl Linoleate: moisturizing vitamin E, delivers a comforting reservoir of moisture between skin cells for up to 20 hours
Toniskin (yeast extract): revives tone and energizes cells in regions of the face with frequent movement
Trehalose: antioxidant cell rehydrator; found in "resurrection" plants that bloom after years of dormant dehydration
White Tea (camellia sinensis): richest antioxidant source of all teas. A more potent calmative than green tea, this natural antioxidant helps keep skin calm by inhibiting reactive stress brought on by exposure to UV, tobacco smoke and urban smog; calms signs of redness and tingling in seconds
Willow Bark (salix nigra): natural BHA, helps dissolve dead surface cells blocking pores; purifies
Yucca (yucca schidigera): desert plant rich in naturally-cleansing saponins; won't dry skin. This natural cleanser helps remove makeup without drying or irritating eye area
Zinc PCA: sebum-reducing zinc
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