Our Story & Commitment
About Mary and Cat
We have always been passionate about creating quality products that nourish and foster healthy, youthful skin. Extensive industry experience has given us a unique understanding of both consumer needs and the goals of skincare professionals. With more than 36 years of combined experience in professional skincare development, we were inspired to create products that utilize clinically tested, non-toxic ingredients to promote vibrant, healthy skin at a reasonable price point.
Together we welcome you to intelligent elixirs, healthy, accessible skincare to believe in.
Why Our Products Work
Extensive industry experience has given us a unique understanding of key elements that contribute to visibly aging the skin. We have carefully developed our products with active levels of clinical ingredients to address these factors and ultimately promote healthy, glowing skin and help curb the visible signs of aging.
As we age our skins regenerative functions naturally decrease, this is known as intrinsic aging. Cellular turnover and collagen synthesis slow down and our skin doesn’t maintain internal hydration as effectively. To better support the skins regenerative functions we’ve included exfoliants to promote cellular turnover and ingredients that protect and promote collagen synthesis, reduce trans-epidermal water loss (TWEL) and help the skin maintain hydration.
We are also constantly exposed to oxidative stress and free radicals.
Sun, pollution and stress causes inflammation, weakens our collagen & elastin, eventually leading to fine lines, wrinkles and adverse pigmentation.
The key to controlling free radical damage are antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. Antioxidants protect the skin by suppressing oxidative stress caused by free radicals while anti-inflammatories help protect and calm the skin.
- Intrinsic Aging – As we age our skins regenerative functions naturally decrease, this is known as intrinsic aging. Cellular turnover and collagen synthesis slow down and our skin doesn’t maintain internal hydration as effectively. To better support the skins regenerative functions we’ve included exfoliants to promote cellular turnover and ingredients that protect and promote collagen synthesis, reduce trans-epidermal water loss (TWEL) and help the skin maintain hydration.
- Free Radical Damage - We are constantly exposed to free radicals such as sun, pollution, and stress which weakens our collagen and elastin eventually leading to fine lines, wrinkles and adverse pigmentation. The key to controlling free radical damage is antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the skin by suppressing oxidative stress caused by free radicals.
- Systemic Inflammation - We are exposed to inflammation from many sources, such as sun, acne, psoriasis, dermatitis and skin infections. Inflammation weakens the skins defenses and damages how it functions. The result is visible signs of aging on our skin. Using anti-inflammatory ingredients topically helps calm and protect the skin.
Our Commitment
Our mission is to offer clean products free of toxic ingredients; coupled with a commitment to complete transparency of the ingredients in the products. Our products are focused on anti-aging, improving the skins health and overall appearance. We do not test on animals and we do not formulate with the following:
- GMOs
- Artificial Fragrances
- Pesticides
- Parabens
- Glycols
- DEAs
- Artificial Dyes
- Phthalates
- Oxybenzone
- Formaldehyde
- PEGs
- Petroleum
- Sulfates
- Nanoparticles
- Tetrasodium EDTA
Note: This list not inclusive of all the harmful ingredients we avoid in our formulas. Please visit our glossary for a full listing of all the ingredients used in our products.