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Superlative Essence

$225.00

Skin does not return to balance on its own after cleansing. It sits stripped and permeable for a short window, and what goes on during that window decides how the rest of the routine performs. Superlative Essence was formulated for that window specifically, around a bioengineered growth factor system rather than around water.

Skin does not return to balance on its own after cleansing. It sits stripped and permeable for a short window, and what goes on during that window decides how the rest of the routine performs. Superlative Essence was formulated for that window specifically, around a bioengineered growth factor system rather than around water.

Four movements, morning and evening

Applied straight after cleansing, before serum. The technique matters as much as the formulation: an essence pressed into damp skin behaves differently from the same essence swept over dry skin.

    • Restores hydration balance immediately after cleansing

    • Carries a growth factor signal while the barrier is open

    • Supports a calmer, more receptive skin state

    • Prepares skin for the serums and creams that follow

  • Bio-Signal Hydration

    A bioengineered growth factor complex carrying SH-Oligopeptide-1, SH-Oligopeptide-2, SH-Polypeptide-1, SH-Polypeptide-9 and SH-Polypeptide-11. Together they correspond to five growth factors: EGF, IGF-1, acidic FGF, basic FGF and VEGF, alongside a fermented folate and acetyl glutamine. Every one is produced by microbial fermentation rather than extracted, which is what allows consistent identity at this scale. The complex is included to support cellular communication and hydration regulation at the point in the day when skin is most receptive to it.

    NMF Moisture Matrix

    Sodium hyaluronate, panthenol, glycerin, acetyl glutamine, sodium lactate and potassium lactate. Together they replicate the natural moisturising factor that cleansing partially removes. The distinction that matters is binding rather than wetting: these hold water inside the tissue, where a toner leaves it on the surface to evaporate.

    Barrier Recovery Complex

    Biosaccharide gum-1 with a Bacillus and folic acid ferment extract, poria cocos and phragmites communis. Biosaccharide gum-1 is included for its soothing profile on stressed skin, the ferment and the two botanicals for rebalancing. This is the group responsible for the way the formulation behaves on skin that reacts after cleansing.

    Aloe Vera Base

    Aloe barbadensis leaf juice sits second on the ingredient list, ahead of glycerin. The essence is carried on aloe rather than on water alone, which is where the milky weight and the slip come from. Shea butter and lecithin sit with it to keep the emulsion stable between shakes.

    Fructooligosaccharides

    Prebiotic sugars, included to support the surface environment the barrier recovers into rather than to act on skin directly. They also contribute to the texture, which is part of why the formulation holds a milky body without a heavy emulsifier load.

    Lactates and Lactic Acid

    Sodium and potassium lactate are natural moisturising factor components and sit with the humectant matrix. Lactic acid, citric acid and sodium citrate set and hold the pH of the formulation. At these levels they are conditioning and buffering, not exfoliating, and the essence is not an acid step.