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Emerald · Clear Skin
Breakout, strip, flake, redness, repeat. Most fixes attack the surface and leave your barrier worse than they found it. Emerald takes the other road—algae-derived actives that clear congestion, calm redness, and rebuild the barrier in one waterless step. Powerful enough to treat. Gentle enough to never strip.
When your skin reacts to everything
The flushing. The stinging. The breakouts that surface the moment you try to treat them. That’s not your skin failing you — it’s a barrier stripped one active at a time, left reacting to everything because it has nothing left to protect it.
So we stopped stripping. Emerald calms redness, starves breakout bacteria, and rebuilds collagen — in one waterless step that moisturizes instead of punishing.
You don’t have to take our word for it.
I really wish I had started taking care of my skin sooner. I used to think it was kinda hopeless. But now I’m actually seeing some progress after all this time. My dermatologist told me I just needed to wash my face more and watch my diet, which never really seemed to work and cost me $500 for a 15-minute conversation. Now I’m giving my skin all of its nutrients topically, and really feeling great about where I’m going instead of accepting my fate lol.
Absolute holy grail! I treat my face and neck as one continuous canvas, so I always bring this face product down. It leaves my skin incredibly smooth, plump, and glowing. It absorbs beautifully without any sticky residue. Obsessed is an understatement!
This is absolute skin food! I’m so excited to finally find one moisturizer that delivers all the rich nutrients my face actually needs. My skin feels deeply fed, healthy, and completely hydrated without needing a ten-step routine. A total game-changer for simplified skincare!
Officially my unskippable daily staple! Getting all my skin’s vital nutrients in one quick step is a dream. My face feels incredibly nourished, smooth, and healthy every single day.
Why It Works
Blue tansy quiets redness on contact.
Hits the same inflammation pathways as OTC anti-inflammatories.
Chlorophyll starves breakout bacteria.
No benzoyl peroxide, no antibiotics, no stripping.
Chlorella signals skin to rebuild.
Up to 30–50% more Type I collagen.
A base your skin reads as its own.
70/30 squalane + jojoba, up to 40% more moisture retention.
Emerald microalgae
Chlorella vulgaris is one of the oldest living organisms on Earth, having thrived for over 2 billion years. It did not just passively witness multiple mass extinction events, ice ages, and planetary shifts; it mastered them. This immense evolutionary timeline forced the organism to develop an ultimate, hyper-optimized survival matrix, packing it with an unmatched concentration of protective nutrients.
In nature, Chlorella possesses the unique ability to quadruple its biomass within a single 24-hour cycle. It achieves this evolutionary feat via Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF), a rare, naturally occurring nucleic acid and peptide complex consisting of RNA/DNA fragments combined with essential amino acids. Applied topically, this rapid-growth mechanism acts as a biological cellular signaling mechanism, triggering a documented 30–50% increase in Type I collagen synthesis and introducing a PDRN fraction for accelerated tissue regeneration.
While wild plants must battle unpredictable elements and modern environmental degradation, our microalgae are cultivated exclusively within sealed, freshwater closed-loop systems. This total isolation from the open ocean removes the environmental variables of marine pollution, ensuring its ancient survival mechanics are delivered to your skin free from heavy metals, microplastics, industrial runoff, and ocean-sourced contaminants.
Instead of relying on aggressive, stripping clinical chemicals like benzoyl peroxide or antibiotics, the Emerald line clears acne pathways naturally. It utilizes a sophisticated lipid-based extraction method to capture fat-soluble chlorella fractions, including chlorophyll, B-vitamins, amino acids, and vital peptides. Published research confirms these specific chlorophyll derivatives actively starve acne-causing bacteria. Concurrently, rare Blue Tansy, rich in chamazulene, inhibits leukotriene and prostaglandin production, targeting the identical inflammatory mediators managed by over-the-counter NSAIDs to instantly quell visible surface redness and heat.
To counter modern barrier burnout and chronic skin damage caused by over-exfoliation, the Emerald line implements an identical molecular repair strategy. Every product utilizing a carrier oil relies on a biomimetic base configuration of 70% Squalane and 30% Jojoba. This ratio is molecularly identical to human sebum, allowing the skin to recognize the base as native and safely carry high-potency algal actives past the outer stratum corneum without disrupting the natural acid mantle. In our salves, this matrix is concentrated within a solid, breathable, semi-occlusive natural beeswax seal that prevents transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and extends active ingredient delivery. Finally, rosemary extract and vitamin E facilitate microcirculation and fade post-breakout discoloration marks, all within a formula officially certified as safe for broken skin.
Professional Backed Consensus
“Applying vitamins topically has a variety of skin benefits that you can’t enjoy by consuming high amounts orally. In fact, chlorella is packed with magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins, all of which reduce inflammation of the skin and promote overall healthy dermis function.”
Dr. Joshua Zeichner
Director of Cosmetic & Clinical Research in Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital
“While there is skepticism about taking chlorophyll orally, there is more evidence to support beneficial results when chlorophyll is applied topically. Studies have shown that applying chlorophyll to the skin can reduce inflammation and bacteria, which can help with acne.”
Dr. Dendy Engelman
Board-Certified Dermatologist
The Emerald Origin
Not the ocean. Somewhere quieter, more controlled — cleaner than anything the sea could offer.
The Problem
Somewhere along the way, we built our routines around ingredients designed to overpower skin instead of support it.
But healing was never supposed to hurt.
The Shift
Especially the skin that needs it most:
The Solution
Long before skincare existed, these organisms evolved a complete toolkit to repair and defend themselves:
We cultivate that same toolkit in sealed, freshwater, closed-loop systems — free from ocean contaminants — and deliver it straight to your barrier.
So it can:
The steps. The actives. The routine you’ve quietly organized your whole day around.
Wanting to stop thinking about your skin. Wanting a bad day to just be a bad day — not a flare-up you have to manage in front of everyone.
The Calm-Down Challenge
Not a promise. A challenge — and one we’re confident enough to guarantee.
Clears the noise so calming actives can actually land.
Makes room without stripping.
The step that actually quiets the redness.
The Promise
Give it 21 days. If you don’t feel the difference—visibly, physically—we’ll refund you. All of it.
*Individual products in this ritual are each backed by our standalone money-back guarantee too, whether you complete the full 21 days or not.
Not sure where to start?
Try taking the quizThe Algae Aura Skin Finder
Answer three quick questions and we’ll assemble your personalized ritual — the primer that opens the door and the moisture your skin is actually asking for, built to calm and heal instead of strip.
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Matched to your answers — a primer that opens the absorption window, and the moisture your skin is asking for.
Break the cycle
Stripping your skin with aggressive acne treatments destroys your natural barrier — trapping you in a never-ending cycle of fiery redness, sensitivity, and recurring breakouts.
Calm the inflammation, starve the bacteria, and rebuild your barrier with pure marine botanicals.
We’ve been taught a very toxic lie about skincare: if you have a breakout, you need to ‘burn’ it away.
Think about your current routine. Every time you use harsh chemical acids, drying foams, or spot treatments, you are practicing a ‘scorched earth’ approach. You might be temporarily drying out a blemish, but you are completely destroying your skin’s protective lipid barrier in the process.
Imagine treating a sunburn with sandpaper. That is exactly what harsh acids do to inflamed skin. When your barrier is stripped, your skin goes into a state of pure panic. It becomes hot, visibly red, and hyper-sensitive. Worse, it triggers your pores to overproduce oil to overcompensate, trapping you in an endless, frustrating cycle of fiery breakouts and stinging redness.
Your skin isn’t rebelling against you. That redness is its ‘check engine’ light. It is begging for relief.
To break the cycle of redness and breakouts, you don’t need a stronger acid. You need a botanical reset.
Enter Emerald. Instead of stripping your skin, we formulated a soothing, 100% waterless rescue oil powered by two of nature’s most profound healers: Blue Tansy and oil-extracted Chlorella algae.
The Blue Tansy acts as an instant botanical fire extinguisher. It is rich in a rare compound called chamazulene—which gives the oil its deep blue color—that immediately cools heat, soothes irritation, and drastically reduces visible redness on contact.
At the exact same time, the Chlorella Algae goes to work. Because we use an oil-extraction method, we capture the pure, lipid-soluble Chlorophyll from the algae. Chlorophyll is nature’s ultimate detoxifier. It naturally starves acne-causing bacteria without drying out your skin, while flooding your broken barrier with the repairing vitamins it needs to heal.
No burning. No stinging. Just cool, radical relief.
Why Topical Wins
Chlorella delivers every nutrient your face has been starving for—directly, the moment it touches your skin. No digestion. No detours. Just results.
You’ve cleaned up your diet. You added the greens, cut the sugar, took the supplements—and your skin still isn’t where you want it to be. That isn’t failure. It’s biology.
Even the most pristine diet has to survive your gut, your bloodstream, and a long queue of competing organs before a single nutrient ever reaches your face. By the time anything arrives, the line has moved on. Chlorella changes that equation entirely—because it skips the queue completely.
And it never arrives empty-handed. Chlorella is extraordinarily dense in omega fatty acids—the omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturates, alongside omega-9, that your skin barrier is quite literally built from. These are the lipids that hold moisture in, keep the barrier supple, and quiet the over-production of oil that drives breakouts. Applied straight to the skin, they don’t have to be rationed out by your digestion. They go directly to the cells that have been waiting for them.
Here’s what makes that remarkable: dermatologists have found that applying certain nutrients topically can deliver skin benefits you simply cannot achieve by mouth—even at high concentrations. Chlorella doesn’t just meet your skin. It feeds it.
Because chlorella evolved to survive harsh aquatic environments, it developed protective compounds that shield against oxidative stress, UV damage, and moisture loss. Applied to your skin, those same defenses go to work on your behalf—quietly neutralizing the pollution, sun, and stress that age a complexion year after year.
This isn’t nutrition that has to find its way to you.
It’s nutrition that’s already there.
The Evidence
The claims on this page aren’t ours alone. The mechanisms behind chlorella-derived oils have been studied for years across dermatology, cosmetic chemistry, and regenerative medicine.
A study published in Phytotherapy Research (Chen et al., 2011) examined how chlorella-derived peptides behave on skin fibroblasts after UVB exposure. The researchers reported that chlorella-derived peptide diminished UVB-induced MMP‑1 and restored procollagen mRNA—meaning it both blocked the enzyme that breaks collagen down and helped restart the body’s own collagen production.
Chen et al., Phytotherapy Research (2011) View on PubMedA 2023 review in Molecular Medicine Reports described PDRN as a mixture of deoxyribonucleotides that serves as an anti-inflammatory and tissue-regenerating agent, with documented effects on fibroblast proliferation, migration, and Type I collagen accumulation. Clinicians have used PDRN injectables for years to accelerate wound healing; what’s new is delivering it topically through a stable lipid carrier—which is exactly what chlorella oil is.
Molecular Medicine Reports (2023) View on PubMed CentralLutein’s absorption peak sits at 445 nm—squarely inside the blue-light band emitted by screens. A 2024 review in Nutrients on carotenoid skin protection notes that lutein filters radiation in the 400–475 nm range, protecting skin against oxidative damage. This is the molecular reason a single oil can address both screen fatigue and sun-amplified aging without an added SPF active.
Bohn et al., Nutrients (2024) View on PubMed CentralFurther readingChen et al., Phytotherapy Research (2011) · Squadrito et al., Frontiers in Pharmacology — PDRN and skin wound healing (2021) · Bohn et al., Nutrients — Skin protection by carotenoid pigments (2024)
Reactive skin doesn’t need another harsh active. It doesn’t need a six-step routine built on stripping acids, alcohol-laden toners, or synthetic preservatives that stoke the very inflammation you’re trying to resolve. What it needs is what it was designed to recognize — biocompatible, barrier-identical nourishment that tells your skin it is finally safe to stop fighting and start healing. Marine botanicals deliver exactly that: a living matrix of antimicrobials, essential fatty acids, and cellular repair compounds that mirror your skin’s own sebum. No burning. No barrier destruction. Just deep, intelligent calm.
Why marine botanicals?
Most acne brands use synthetic antibacterials and drying agents produced in industrial labs — molecules that obliterate bacteria by obliterating everything else, including your protective lipid barrier. Marine botanicals are different. Blue Tansy and oil-extracted Chlorella evolved over millions of years in some of the most volatile aquatic environments on earth. When we formulate with them, we’re not forcing your skin to adapt to a foreign chemical. We’re giving it back the kind of nourishment evolution already designed it to receive.
Waterless Blue Tansy & Chlorella in a biomimetic squalane–jojoba base. Instant redness relief, zero pore-clogging.
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Rich squalane balm fortified with Chlorella. Deep overnight barrier lock-in, zero sting.
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Water-soluble Chlorella amino acids & Rose Water Activator. Floods pores with healing proteins and creates the perfect canvas for Emerald Oil.
Build Your RitualWhy does your current skincare sting when you apply it? Because the first ingredient is water, which means the brand had to use harsh synthetic preservatives and alcohols to keep it from growing mold on the shelf. We removed the water entirely. Every drop of Emerald is purely active botanical power. No fillers. No stinging alcohols. Just 100% natural, biome-friendly chemistry designed specifically for highly reactive skin.
Contains chamazulene, a wildly powerful anti-inflammatory compound that rapidly reduces visible redness, heat, and irritation on contact.
Farm-to-Face
For a long time, we couldn't find what we were looking for. There were harsh prescription treatments on one side, and feel-good natural products with little science behind them on the other. Nothing in between — especially not for sensitive skin.
So we did the research ourselves.
My wife has always been passionate about skincare — the rituals, the ingredients, what actually works and why. I came at it from a different angle. I'd struggled with acne most of my life, and I'd also become fascinated with microalgae — not just as an ingredient, but as one of the most important organisms on the planet. The more scientists study it, the clearer it becomes: algae is going to play a significant role in how humans live and eat sustainably. That felt worth paying attention to.
When we started combining those two interests — her deep knowledge of what skin actually needs, and my obsession with what algae is capable of — something clicked. We spent months researching, formulating, and testing on ourselves. What we discovered is that the skin doesn't need more actives thrown at it. It needs ingredients that work with it, delivered in a way the skin already understands.
These products came out of that process. They're what we actually use. Every morning, the two of us still do our skincare rituals together — and that hasn't changed since the beginning.
