Formulation·April 2026
the science of camu camu
Forty times the vitamin C of an orange — but the chemistry is more interesting than the number. How we stabilise the ascorbic acid without sacrificing potency.
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Journal
field notes
Long-form writing on sourcing, science, sustainability, and the slow practice of botanical skincare. From the cordillera, twice a month.
Featured·Field Notes·May 2026
notes from a cinchona harvest
Three days in the cloud forest with the cooperative — sorting the bark by hand, drying it under woven cane mats, and the quiet ceremony that opens every harvest morning. A meditation on what is gathered, what is left behind, and what the mountain itself is owed.
Read the pieceFounder·April 2026
an hour with our founder
On the kitchen lab, leaving the cosmetics industry at thirty-two, and why she returned to the cordillera to start this house.
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Philosophy·March 2026
why slow skincare endures
An argument for the twelve-week regimen over the four-week one. Skin, like soil, prefers patience to volume — and we have the trial data to prove it.
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Process·February 2026
inside the cordillera laboratory
A walk through our cold-press facility — where the harvest arrives, how it is sorted, and the 48-hour clock that governs every formulation.
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Ingredient·February 2026
the maqui berry, plotted on a chart
ORAC scores, polyphenol density, and the specific compound — delphinidin — that makes maqui the most potent antioxidant berry on the planet.
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Sourcing·January 2026
on the water of the cordillera
Every emulsion begins with water. We source ours from a single glacial spring at 4,200m — and pay the cooperative that stewards it twice over.
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