A 100% waterless, profoundly rich restorative salve powered by pure astaxanthin microalgae, rosehip seed oil, and beeswax. Designed for intense overnight barrier repair, it forms a breathable, semi-occlusive shield that locks in active nutrients while you sleep — neutralizing environmental damage and restoring resilience to weathered skin.
Wrinkles and fine lines are a chemical reaction, neutralize it.
For maximum absorption, apply to slightly damp skin after cleansing. The biomimetic base penetrates deeper on a hydrated barrier.
Scoop a small amount and warm it between your hands until it becomes beautifully gooey and spreadable. This softens the beeswax for easier application.
Firmly press the warmed salve into your skin. This creates a protective, locking layer that maximizes Astaxanthin absorption throughout the night.
Our astaxanthin-bearing Haematococcus pluvialis is cultivated inside a pristine freshwater closed-loop system — sealed from the open ocean and the contamination risks that come with it. Open-water algae can accumulate heavy metals, microplastics, and industrial runoff as a natural consequence of its growth environment. We remove that variable entirely.
The result is an ultra-clean crop, sustainably cultivated, and verified free from:
When the ingredient is this biologically active, purity isn't a selling point. It's a clinical requirement.
Free from: parabens, synthetic fragrance, silicones, mineral oil, PEGs, and ocean-sourced contaminants.
UV, pollution, blue light, and even normal metabolism create unstable molecules called free radicals. These molecules degrade collagen the same way oxygen rusts metal or browns a sliced apple. Astaxanthin is the reducing agent — it neutralises the reaction before your skin pays the price.
Most antioxidants only work on one side of a skin cell. Vitamin C protects the water-based interior. Vitamin E sits in the fatty layer. Astaxanthin is the only known antioxidant that spans the entire membrane, defending both at once.
Free radicals damage collagen directly and trigger enzymes (MMP-1) that chew through existing collagen. Astaxanthin has been shown to neutralise the radicals and suppress the enzymes — interrupting the reaction at both the spark and the fire.
Astaxanthin is fat-soluble and notoriously hard to deliver. Our 70/30 squalane and jojoba base mirrors your skin's own sebum, carrying the active into the membranes where it actually works. Most astaxanthin products fight their own formula. Ours doesn't.
"Astaxanthin's potency as a free radical scavenger is unmatched in nature."
Board-certified dermatologists Dr. Howard Sobel, Dr. Ava Shamban, Dr. Dendy Engelman, and Dr. Shari Marchbein have each publicly recognised astaxanthin's role in protecting skin from oxidative and UV-induced damage.
We'd ask you to read this first.
Collagen production starts declining around age 25 — at roughly 1% a year. In your late teens and twenties, your collagen factory is still running near full capacity. The problem isn't production. It's preservation.
Retinol stimulates new collagen, but it also brings photosensitivity, peeling, barrier disruption, and a long adjustment period. For younger skin, that's renovation work on a building that doesn't need it yet.
Astaxanthin is roof maintenance. Keep the rain out. Slow the chemistry. Delay the day you need to start rebuilding.
Astaxanthin is one of the most logical companions to a retinol routine, for three reasons:
As one dermatologist-led review put it: astaxanthin "supports the function" of retinoids, and together they work more strongly than either alone.
No fragrance. No botanical irritants. No allergenic proteins. Squalane and jojoba are the closest plant-derived match to human sebum that exists — your skin can't tell them apart from its own.
Anti-inflammatory at the cellular level. Astaxanthin has been shown to calm the same inflammatory pathways (NF-κB, IL-6, TNF-α) involved in rosacea, eczema, and post-procedure redness.
One active. One carrier. Nothing else to react to.
Sourced from Haematococcus pluvialis, a freshwater microalga that produces astaxanthin as its own defense against UV radiation. This is the same compound that gives salmon and flamingos their pigment — and one of the most powerful free radical scavengers found in nature. It neutralizes oxidative stress at the cellular level, protecting collagen and elastin from the silent damage sunlight leaves behind.
Your skin already knows these oils. Squalane is a stabilized form of squalene, a lipid your body naturally produces. Jojoba is the closest botanical match to human sebum ever identified. Together, they're recognized by your skin as its own — absorbing quickly and carrying astaxanthin past the outer barrier into the deeper layers where oxidative damage actually occurs. No film. No clogged pores. No wasted actives.
Harvested from honeybee hives and refined to a pure, single-source solid, beeswax has anchored the world’s finest salves since antiquity. Its complex matrix of long-chain esters and fatty acids forms a breathable, semi-occlusive layer that locks actives beneath the surface overnight — giving astaxanthin more time to work while the wax itself shields the skin from moisture loss and environmental stress.
Cold-pressed from the seeds of Rosa canina, rosehip oil is one of nature’s richest sources of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, along with naturally occurring trans-retinoic acid — the same family of compounds dermatologists prescribe for cellular renewal. It absorbs cleanly without clogging pores, replenishing the lipid barrier your skin loses throughout the day while quietly working on fine lines, scarring, and uneven tone.
Rosemary stimulates microcirculation beneath the skin, drawing fresh blood flow to areas dulled by congestion and puffiness. Vitamin E works alongside it as a fat-soluble antioxidant, reinforcing cell membranes already weakened by environmental exposure. Together they don't just protect — they help accelerate the skin's own repair of existing damage from years of accumulated UV stress.
Dr. Ava Shamban, board-certified dermatologist and founder of Ava MD Dermatology:"Because astaxanthin protects against oxidation and UV damage, it functions to protect skin from the external factors causing its degradation."
Reference: The Zoe Report: Astaxanthin Skin Benefits
Dr. Mark Miller, biomedical researcher:"Its potency as a free radical scavenger is unmatched in nature."
Reference: NutraIngredients: Astaxanthin for Skin
The NIH-hosted paper "Astaxanthin in Skin Health, Repair, and Disease" (PMC5946307)
View Research at NIH (PMC5946307)
