Our Formulations
Your Body Is A Universe...
There's more going on with your skin than meets the eye. It's a miraculous, sensing shield covered in trillions of microorganisms—your microbiome. Together, your skin and its microbiome have evolved to retain hydration, protect, and adapt in the face of stress. Your skin is healthiest and looks its best when you support these innate abilities, and that's precisely what our formulas are designed to do.
5-Kingdom Alchemy™
Manifested by Paul Schulick, our Master Herbalist and passionate servant of nature’s kingdoms, our formulations not only come from science and research, but a time-tested intuition. Our 5-Kingdom Alchemy™ highlights the world’s most valued botanicals, microalgae, mushrooms, honeys, and probiotics for a sensory serenade to your skin and its microbiome.
100% Active + Whole Ingredients
NO PRESERVATIVES, NO FILLERS, NO TOXINS
Sentient Skincare®
Steeped in common sense and validated with over 40 years of science, Sentient Skincare® respects the full expanse of the skin and its microbiome with exclusively active and whole-ingredient formulas. In the absence of disruptive ingredients, your microbiome's evolutionary wisdom is awakened, giving your skin the tools it needs to remain healthy in the face of stress.
How It Works
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Connects
100% active + whole ingredients deliver biocompatible formulas that seamlessly connect with the skin and its microbiome's environment. -
Communicates
Prebiotics, postbiotics, and phytonutrients conduct robust conversations with skin cells and surrounding microorganisms, essentially giving your skin and microbiome an instruction manual for holistic protection and preservation. -
Cultivates
The skin-microbiome relationship is skillfully balanced, recalibrating where necessary and maintaining what’s already working. Harmony is restored, enriching and cultivating the skin’s sensory abilities.
The Journey of Our Ingredients
When choosing ingredients from nature's kingdoms, our selections are grounded by both tradition and science. Our botanicals, microalgae, mushrooms, honeys, and probiotic strains have not only been clinically researched to soothe even the most reactive skin types, but to deliver unrivaled results that challenge natural and synthetic formulations.
Our sourcing integrity is based on R.O.S.E.S.: all our ingredients must be reliable, organic, sustainable, ethical, and safe. Throughout Paul’s 40 years of formulating, he has made connections with steadfast and trustworthy biomes. These relationships ensure the most efficacious form of each ingredient while sending a friendly ripple through their respective communities.
Our Technologies
Artisanal Fermentation™
This ancient practice further elevates already exquisite formulas by acting as a transformative matrix that helps stabilize, activate, and summon a myriad of new nutrients including skin-strengthening prebiotic and postbiotic actives.
- Condenses the molecular weight of nutrients to increase absorption, biocompatibility, and efficacy.
- Small batches elevate the wisdom of whole ingredients to deliver a harmonious prebiotic + postbiotic formula.
- Waterless powders and liquid ferments negate the use of chemical preservatives, fillers, and toxins.
VOLCANIC CO2 EXTRACTION
This gentle extraction retains even the most sensitive nutrients and aromas. Volcanic-derived carbon dioxide is placed under high pressure in a closed-loop system, protecting bioactives from harmful oxygenation and nutrient-damaging temperatures.
- Once pressure is released, carbon dioxide evaporates from the extract and yields an elegantly pure nutrient and scent profile.
- Elevated bioactivity and antioxidant support delivers extracts capable of protecting cells from the inside out.
- Solvent-free and waterless extraction process extends shelf life and negates the use of chemical preservatives.