Founder interview · Kypris
Serum and oil, mixed by hand
Chase Polan pairs freshly mixed textures with botanicals picked at dawn, for a routine shaped around touch and the rhythm of the day.
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We work with a few skincare brands each season whose textures, objects and rituals are worth describing up close.
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We describe your formula before we judge it, photograph the texture in macro and write about how it feels to use.
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Founder interview · Le Prunier
One oil, kept as pressed
Le Prunier presses a single plum seed oil on a California family farm and builds a small ritual around its scent, slip and finish.
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Founder interview · Doctor Rogers
A balm that seals like ointment
A Seattle surgeon on building a small ritual around slip, seal and calm for skin that feels everything.
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Made a texture worth describing?
Tell us how your formula feels and why it took the shape it did. Write to Jocelyn Hardy at jocelyn.hardy@secondskinmag.com; we reply within two business days.
