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BAKUCHI — Natural Retinol-Alternative Oil Serum
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BAKUCHI — Natural Retinol-Alternative Oil Serum

Three actives. Nineteen ingredients in all.

Bakuchiol·Rosehip·Jojoba

$55.00USD
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Not sure it's right for your skin? Four questions — Daddy will tell you.

Bakuchiol, rosehip, jojoba. The retinol alternative — same job, none of the irritation. Flesh, without the burn.

Retinol works. It also peels, stings, makes the skin photosensitive, and comes with a warning list longer than the benefit list. Bakuchiol does the same work — supports elasticity, encourages the skin's own renewal, softens fine lines and evens tone — without the red weeks in between. BAKUCHI is that, in an oil.

Bakuchiol from the babchi seed, paired with organic rosehip oil, the classic for scarring, tone and texture. Jojoba, evening primrose, strawberry, raspberry and blueberry seed oils carry it in and feed the barrier while it works. The finish is velvety, not slick; it absorbs, leaves the skin rejuvenated, and can be worn morning or night without a sunscreen panic. No gluten, no nuts, nothing that argues with sensitive skin.

Mature, dull, uneven, dry — this is the serum for the face that's been told retinol was the only option.

What it does

  • Reduces the appearance of fine lines
  • Supports elasticity and firmness
  • Promotes the skin's self-renewal
  • Helps even out tone and soften the look of dark spots
  • Mild to skin — no retinol irritation or photosensitivity

What is in it

Bakuchiol

Bakuchiol comes from the seeds of the babchi plant, Psoralea corylifolia, and is not a retinoid. It asks skin for the same things retinol does — smoother texture, softer fine lines, a more even tone — without the dryness and peeling that make people quit retinol. In a small twelve-week trial against retinol it matched it on lines and pigmentation, and skin tolerated it better. That is why it can go on every morning and every night, and why it is the active in BAKUCHI.

Rosehip

Cold-pressed, high in linoleic acid. Works on texture and elasticity over weeks, not overnight.

Jojoba

Technically a wax ester, and close enough to skin's own sebum that it absorbs instead of sitting on top. Conditions without the grease.

Evening primrose oil

Gamma-linolenic acid. Barrier support for skin that has been over-cleansed.

Tocopherol (vitamin E)

Vitamin E. Protects the oils in the bottle as much as the skin they go on.

Strawberry seed oil

Light, fast-absorbing, high in linoleic acid. Keeps a serum a serum.

Raspberry seed oil

Organic, cold-pressed. Antioxidant, and one of the reasons this finishes dry rather than slick.

Blueberry seed oil

Organic, antioxidant-rich. Protects the peptides it sits beside.

How to use

Morning or evening, on clean skin. Three or four drops warmed between the palms, pressed into face and neck. Alone, or under BASIS, HELIOS or SOMNUS. Pairs with BAKUCHI SERUM — the lighter, faster-absorbing partner — serum first, oil over it. Suitable for daily use; on ACIES nights, skip it and resume the next day.

Daddy gave retinol up years ago — the red, the peeling, the sun-shyness. This is the gentler road to the same place: a few drops at night, no recovery calendar. Slow, steady, still working in the morning.
Daddy Jo

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