This is the whole list. 24 ingredients across the range, each with its INCI name, where it comes from, what it does and the formulas it appears in. If a thing is in an Aralia product, it is on this page.
Cold-pressed where it matters, for barrier and slip.
The seed, not the fruit. Cold-pressing keeps the trans-retinoic acids and the high linoleic content that congested and mature skin both want. Heat-extracted rosehip is cheaper and largely inert; we pay for the cold press.
Once taken from shark liver, now made from olives or sugarcane. It is the saturated, stable form of squalene, which your own skin makes and loses with age. It sinks rather than sits.
A reliable source of GLA, an omega-6 the skin uses to keep its barrier supple. Quiet, unfashionable, and effective.
Unrefined shea, fair-traded and hand-pressed, keeps the fatty acids and the faint nutty scent that refining strips out. The body of our balm cleanser.
Not strictly an oil but a liquid wax ester, which is why it sits so close to the skin's own sebum and carries a balm's melt so well.
Pressed from the mango stone, lighter than shea and quicker to absorb, it keeps a balm from feeling heavy.
Chosen for tolerance, not strength.
Its molecule is larger than glycolic's, so it crosses the skin more slowly and irritates less. The right acid for reactive or darker skin, where glycolic can leave marks.
A dicarboxylic acid that grains make naturally. It is anti-inflammatory, mildly antibacterial, and one of the few actives a dermatologist will clear in pregnancy. Underused because it is unglamorous.
The molecules that hold water in the skin.
A peptide made by fermenting soy with the bacterium behind natto. Its molecule is too large to sink in, so it forms a hydrating film on the surface, which is exactly where you want it under an oil.
A polysaccharide from oat that hydrates a layer deeper than most humectants and calms reactive skin. The understated alternative to hyaluronic acid.
The most studied, most reliable humectant there is, and the cheapest, which is why most brands play it down. We name it plainly because it does most of the hydrating work.
Pro-vitamin B5. It draws in water and converts to pantothenic acid in the skin, where it helps the barrier hold together.
Botanical and fermented, held at the trial dose.
A meroterpene from Psoralea corylifolia. The 2019 trials showed it matched 0.5% retinol on wrinkles and pigmentation with far less irritation, and unlike retinol it is photostable. We hold it at the 1% the trials used.
Vitamin B3. At 4 to 5% it regulates sebum and strengthens the barrier over weeks. We keep it under 5%, above which some skins flush.
One of the few plant sources of omega-7. Its carotenoids give it a deep orange-red that warms a face oil and signals the antioxidant load. CO₂ extraction keeps the colour and the actives intact.
Cica, the leaf at the centre of the Korean barrier-repair tradition. Its madecassosides calm inflammation and support the skin's own healing.
A surfactant built from coconut fatty alcohols and glucose. It lifts oil and grime at a near-neutral pH without the squeak of a sulphate.
Finely milled oat, the active in every calamine-adjacent remedy your grandmother trusted. It forms a soft film that calms itch and redness.
Vitamin E. It protects the oils from going rancid and adds a little repair of its own, which is why a face oil that names it is telling you it will keep.
The fragrance materials, each named.
The carnosic acid in rosemary is a powerful natural antioxidant, which lets an oil skip a synthetic preservative without going off.
The everlasting flower, so called because it keeps its colour when cut. Its absolute is honeyed, herbal and faintly curried, and it forms the heart of Thessaly.
The sticky resin of the rockrose, harvested for millennia. Warm, leathery and ambered, it is the natural backbone of an amber accord and the base of our parfum.
A cool, green, slightly smoky conifer note that opens Thessaly and recalls the valley it is named for.
The bergamot of Earl Grey, pressed from the peel. Bright and faintly bitter, it lifts the opening. Ours is bergapten-reduced, so it will not sensitise skin to sun.
