Ingredient Glossary
Explore our Ingredient Glossary to understand the science, sourcing, and skin benefits behind every formula. From antioxidant-rich vitamins and nourishing botanical oils to advanced hydrators and active ingredients, we break down what each ingredient does and why we use it, so you can make confident, informed skincare choices. Transparent, results-driven skincare starts with knowing exactly what’s inside.
Vegan Lactic Acid
Vegan lactic acid, derived from plant-based fermentation, supports the renewal process, hydrates, brightens, and improves skin elasticity, while reducing fine lines, wrinkles, and pore appearance.
10% Vitamin C
Derived from ascorbic acid, a powerful antioxidant that helps even the appearance of skin tone, promote radiance and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
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×3 molecular weights of plant-derived hyaluronic acids plump moisture back into the skin, each weight going deeper into the skin's layers.
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5-blend AHAs (Alpha-hydroxy acids), help to remove dead skin cells, reduce appearance of pores and smooth texture.
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A breakthrough microalgae bioactive that helps strengthen the skin barrier, balance the microbiome, and calm visible redness, supporting clearer, healthier‑looking, more resilient skin.
Acerola Extract
This wonder fruit is a powerful antioxidant that delivers essential skin conditioning benefits for an overall radiant and healthy looking complexion.
Aloe Vera
Famous for its cooling and calming properties, Aloe Vera replenishes and hydrates while soothing irritated or sensitive skin.
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Also known as Indian gooseberry, amla is well known for its powerful antioxidant properties and is an excellent source of Vitamin C.
Avocado Oil
Rich in skin-nourishing fatty acids and vitamins, avocado oil provides excellent replenishment for dry skin.
Bakuchiol
Nature’s answer to retinol and suitable for those who are pregnant. Ideal for those looking to address signs of ageing, hyperpigmentation, skin elasticity, and to improve skin’s brightness.
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Wax sourced from the honeycomb of New Zealand bees, this multifunctional ingredient is used to give texture to creams and balms; it also helps prevent moisture loss from the skin.
Caffeine
The primary stimulant in coffee and tea, caffeine is an energising skin conditioning compound with antioxidant benefits.
Calendula Flower Extract
Extracted from calendula blossoms this ingredient provides soothing hydration and is well suited for all skin types, including sensitive skin.
Camellia Oil
Also known as tea oil, this cold pressed seed oil is known for it’s strong antioxidant properties, which help revitalise and restore a healthy skin complexion.
Candelilla wax
This noncomedogenic plant-based wax is a humectant, aiding in hydration while protecting the skin barrier.
Caviar Lime Extract
Australian caviar lime is a natural source of AHAs to gently exfoliate the skin for a smoother, brighter and more even complexion.
Ceramide
This skin-identical lipid boosts your skin barrier to help maintain hyciration for soft and smooth skin.
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This skin-identical lipid boosts your skin barrier to help maintain hydration for soft and smooth skin.
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Our cold pressed chia seed oil is high in the essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 to nourish and restore, promoting in a healthy, balanced and hydrated complexion.
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A powerful antioxidant, CoQ10 has been shown to visibly improve the signs of ageing to restore and revitalise skin appearance.
Coconut Oil
Extracted from the dried inner flesh of the coconut, this oil is rich in skin replenishing fatty acids. Particularly suited to dry skin.
Cyclic Peptide
Daisy Flower Extract
Extracted from organic daisies, this ingredient improves the appearance of skin tone and pigmentation, providing a brightening boost to dull skin.
Ectoin
Ectoin deeply hydrates, soothes sensitivity, and helps to strengthen the skin barrier. Promotes a calm, balanced and a visibly heathier complexion.
Evening Primrose & Coconut Oil
Evening primrose and coconut oil, rich in fatty acids, effectively moisturize all skin types, with evening primrose particularly beneficial for dry skin.
Evening Primrose Oil
Very high in the essential fatty acid linoleic acid (omega-6), this emollient oil treats dry skin by locking in moisture and is suitable for all skin types.
Ferulic acid
Plant‑derived antioxidant that boosts and stabilises vitamins C and E, helping defend against free radical damage while supporting firmer, brighter‑looking skin.
Geranium Oil
Obtained via steam distillation, this essential oil has a sweet and powerful rosy, leafy odour and has a balancing effect on skin.
Glycablend™
A blend of plant oils that encourages collagen rebuilding while also strengthening the natural skin barrier function.
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This vegetable derived ingredient functions as a humectant, drawing in water for long lasting hydration.
Glycoin®
Glycoin® is a natural, multifunctional stress protection bioactive. In nature, it is found in African desert’s unique resurrection plant called Myrothamnus flabellifolia.
Grape Seed Oil
An emollient oil from the seeds of grapes. Our cold pressed grape seed oil is rich in polyphenols and flavonoids to provide antioxidant protection while lightly hydrating to leave skin feeling silky smooth.
Hemp Seed Oil
A skin conditioning oil expressed from the seeds of hemp plant. Hemp seed oil contains very high levels of essential fatty acids, primarily omega-3 and omega-6.
Hyaluronic Acid
This hydration superstar can boost skin's moisture content, plumping and smoothing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
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Dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline is a lipophilic collagen supporting active shown to hydrate, firm and reduce the appearance of wrinkles, promoting supple, younger looking skin.
IBR-Dragon®
IBR-Dragon® is a clinically proven prebiotic to enhance skin radiance, reduce redness and protect the skin barrier function.
IBR-Snowflake®
A powerful natural active derived from the bulbs of the summer snowflake plant that mimics the natural mechanism similar to Botox, helping freeze and block muscle contractions to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Inst’Tight™ C
Rich in polysaccharides, this eco-designed honey locust seed extract instantly smooths and tightens the skin.
Jojoba Oil
Rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and easily absorbed, the composition of jojoba oil is structurally similar to natural oils in the skin (sebum).
Kakadu Plum
This extract is a multifunctional active proven to improve skin tone, brighten, and reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Kalibiome AGE
Shown to increase hydration and improve the lookof skin firmness and redness.
Kangaroo Paw Flower Extract
Kangaroo Paw flower extract, sustainably sourced from Western Australia, boosts tenascin-X secretion, supporting collagen and elastin production to reduce wrinkles, improve neck skin elasticity, and visibly reduce sagging over time.
Kawakawa Extract
From the native New Zealand pepper tree this extract rejuvenates and enhances skin condition.
L-ascorbic acid
Gold‑standard pure vitamin C, housed in the mega cap for fresh activation. This highly potent antioxidant helps visibly brighten skin, smooth texture, even the look of pigmentation, and support collagen for a more radiant, even‑toned complexion.
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A patented lipid complex that works to restore the skin lipid profile to what it was at age 22, helping improve the appearance of elasticity and firmness.
Lavender Oil
A pure essential oil from the lavender plant, it has the ability to even skin tone.
Liquorice Root Extract
With natural skin conditioning properties to help soothe irritated skin, liquorice root extract also helps brighten and improve the appearance of uneven skin tone.
Macadamia Oil
Our easily absorbed cold pressed macadamia oil is rich in fatty acids to nourish and improve the appearance of dry, ageing skin.
Magnesium
A calming mineral that helps soothe and restore stressed skin.
Mandarin Oil
Obtained from cold pressed mandarin peel, this oil uplifts the senses with its sweet citrus odour.
Manuka Honey
New Zealand Manuka honey is famous for its antibacterial and nourishing properties as well as providing excellent moisturisation to dry skin.
Maqui Berry Oil
This cold pressed seed oil derived from the exotic purple fruit is rich in fatty acids to nourish and powerful tocopherols (vitamin E) to promote a healthy looking complexion.
Marine Algae
Deeply hydrating, this advanced marine complex is created from brown and green algae combined with sea water minerals. It forms a hydrating protective film across the skin surface for both instant and lasting moisturisation.
Marula Oil
This velvety oil is a rich source of fatty acids and natural antioxidants to help retain moisture and promote healthy skin.
Mica
Our natural, sustainable and ethically sourced Mica is a light-reflecting ingredient that provides an instant glow for dewy, healthy looking skin.
Myralys
Sourced from the wild yellow gentian root (organically grown in France), Myralys is a unique compound isolate with excellent anti-aging benefits.
Natural mineral pigments
Natural mineral pigments from iron oxides that provide sheer colour to our sunscreen. Three pigments are used in all three formulations, but at varying levels for different skin tints.
NovoRetin™
A natural retinol alternative, it boosts retinoic acid production to improve elasticity, lift and visibly reduce the appearance of pores and blemish marks. Derived from renewable Mastic resin.
OceanDerMX™
This complex is made from two NZ natives. A natural source of peptides that targets crow's feet.
Papaya Extract
Derived from papaya, this extract also includes papain, a natural enzyme that helps loosen dead skin cells from the surface of the skin revealing a brighter, more radiant complexion.
Peptide CycloRetin™
Peptide CycloRetin™, a plant-derived cyclic peptide from ginseng root extract, boosts collagen and elastin synthesis, improves skin clarity, texture, and firmness, while enhancing barrier function and hydration.
Peptide Goldrella
Peptide Goldrella, a sustainable peptide from chlorella protothecoides, improves skin tone, reduces fine lines and wrinkles, supports collagen function, enhances skin turnover, and provides antioxidant protection.
Peptide Quina
Quinoa rejuvenates the skin by supporting cellular renewal and enhancing collagen production.
Peptide Teff
Derived from ancient grain, revitalizes the skin by boosting collagen and hyaluronic acid production, enhancing elasticity, and reducing wrinkle appearance.
Phytosoothe™
A compound of phytosterols from canola (rapeseed) and cetearyl alcohol that have a prebiotic effect, helping to nourish and care for the delicate balance of the skin microbiome.
Pineapple Fruit Extract
This skin conditioning extract contains bromelain, a natural fruit enzyme, which helps gently remove dead skin cells to help promote a clearer, brighter complexion.
Plant-Based Keratin
A vegan keratin alternative this helps strengthen and protect for heathy hands and nails.
Plantacare®
A non-ionic plant-based surfactant that helps to remove make-up, dirt and debris.
Polyglutamic Acid
Fermentation‑derived biopolymer that delivers intense hydration while helping support the skin barrier, smoothing texture and boosting skin elasticity for a plumper, brighter look.
Prickly Pear Fruit Extract
Prickly pear has antioxidant, moisturising and exfoliant properties to help smooth and improve the visible signs of ageing.
ProRenew Complex
Contributes to balancing microbial diversity, supporting and protecting the skin microbiome.
Pumice
An excellent natural, physical exfoliant ideal for cleansing and polishing skin to restore clear and smooth skin.
Rosapene™
Our proprietary oil-blend of certified organic rosehip oil supercharged with additional antioxidants that protects from free radical damage and improves the signs of ageing.
Rose Bio-Active
Nature‑powered rose extract that delivers deep hydration and youthful resilience, helping support skin elasticity, firmness, and a healthier‑looking complexion.
Rose Flower Oil
A pure essential oil from rose. It has a warm, deep floral scent.
Rosehip Oil Antioxidant+
Our proprietary oil-blend of certified organic rosehip oil supercharged with additional antioxidants that protects from free radical damage and improves the signs of ageing.
Rosehip Seed Oil
Extracted from the seeds of organically grown rosehips, this oil is a super food for the skin.
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This fragrant extract has antioxidant, skin conditioning, and antibacterial properties.
Salicylic Acid
One of the hardest working acids there is, salicylic acid breaks down oil, reduces redness, and unclogs pores for a clearer complexion all round.
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This emollient oil, rich in essential fatty acids and a wide range of bioactive compounds, delivers restorative and nourishing properties improving hydration and skin elasticity.
Shea Butter
This rich, natural moisturiser deeply nourishes and soothes dry skin, helping to restore softness, smoothness, and long-lasting hydration.
Squalane
Derived from olives, this stabilised version of squalene is easily absorbed and is strongly moisturising for smooth and supple skin.
Sunflower Seed Oil
An emollient oil, sunflower seed oil is especially rich in the essential fatty acid omega-6, helping to smooth and restore dry skin.
Sweet Almond Oil
A skin conditioning oil with a rich composition of fatty acids and antioxidants to nourish and maintain healthy skin.
SyriCalm®
A natural product derived from Poria cocos and Phragmites. It effectively reduces inflammation and strongly supports skin in dealing with external stresses.
Tamanu Oil
Used in traditional medicine, this exotic cold pressed oil provides multiple skin benefits to help target ageing skin concerns.
Tomato Seed Oil
Pressed from tomato seeds, this oil is rich in carotenoid antioxidants including β-carotene and lycopene to protect while fatty acids hydrate and nourish.
Triple-blend omega-boost
An omega-rich blend of rosehip, avocado and coconut oils all working together to hydrate, restore and create a natural barrier against moisture loss.
VanilleActiv2™
Exclusive to Trilogy, VanilleActiv2™ is a natural active anti-ageing ingredient. As a fatty-acid-rich lipid it keeps in moisture, protects the skin barrier, and soothes when dry or flaky.
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A skin firming complex rich in amino acids proline, glycine and hydroxyproline, sustainably sourced from astaxanthin. These building blocks boost natural collagen & hyaluronic acid for improved hydration, elasticity and firmness.
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A powerful antioxidant that helps even the appearance of skin tone, promote radiance and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
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A powerful antioxidant, vitamin E is naturally present in healthy skin and helps protect skin from environmental stressors. Our vitamin E is naturally derived from GMO-free soy beans.
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Distilled from the witch hazel shrub, witch hazel has a mild astringent effect to help cleanse and tone the skin.
Ylang Ylang Oil
Obtained via steam distillation. An essential oil with a sweet, exotic and relaxing fragrance.
Zinc Oxide
A mineral sunscreen ingredient providing physical protection from UV exposure.
cold pressed
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Guaranteed min 80% Omega 3,6 & 9
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Our rosehip seeds are hand picked from wild grown organic rose bushes
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