Shelf Life and Storage Information for Our Products and Ingredients

Finished Products - generally don't need to be refrigerated as they are preserved, but you can refrigerate them to extend their shelf life. The shelf life for most products is 9-12 months. Vitamin C Serum(s) and VitaResurface products should continually be refrigerated to extend their shelf life.
Sample Sizes - do have a shorter shelf life (generally 3-6 months), and items in jars can dry up quicker than this if the lid is not tightened well enough (Vitamin C Serums - use within 90 days).

Please Keep Your Products Out of Humidity, Heat, Direct Light and in a Dark Cabinet When Possible 

Exfoliating Acid - products have a shelf life of 9-12 months. The only things we don't suggest refrigerating are the Mandelic Acid Serums or Salicylic Acid Serums, as they can crystallize in the refrigerator. If this happens, you can set the product into a hot water bath to see if the crystals will dissolve.

Additional Items That Require Refrigeration and/or Kept in the Dark

Hydrosols and Distillates - remove 1 ounce of hydrosol and add it to a separate, sterilized spray bottle and spritzer. Keep the larger bottle in the refrigerator.
Carrier and Exotic Oils - generally refrigerate all carrier oils, although some very rich oils will solidify. This is fine. All you have to do is take the oil out, warm it up at room temperature, and it should liquefy. If not, set the bottle in a hot water bath and occasionally shake the bottle, which will hopefully turn into a liquid. Some oils, like coconut cream and jojoba oil, have a super long shelf life.    

Refrigeration of The Following Ingredients is Not Necessary, But it Won't hurt

Essential Oils - essential oils are best stored in a cool, dark place.   
Co2 Extracts - these should continually be refrigerated.
Butters - we suggest refrigerating our "skincare" butters. You can remove
what you need and keep the rest in the fridge.
Clays - keep in a dry, dark place. Shelf life is at least 2 years.
Herbs All herbs <i>(whole or ground)</i> should be kept in a dark, cool, and dry location.
Herbal (liquid) Extracts are created using grain alcohol. The alcohol pulls the constituents (properties) from each herb, root, trunk, leaf, and flower. They have a shelf life of 3-5 years.
They can be stored in the refrigerator or a dark, dry place.
Other Raw Ingredients - such as Sodium PCA, Honeyquat, Oat Beta Glucan, etc., will all have different shelf lives.

Hyaluronic Acid (in a base of spring water) hydrating

Aloe Vera Gel cooling, hydrating

Sweet Almond Oil emollient, conditioning

Sugarmulse emollient, lighter wax alternative

Olivate Emulsifier (Cetyl Palmitate and Sorbitan Palmitate and Sorbitan Olivate) co-emulsifier to enhance the delivery of actives

Panax Ginseng Extract tones, revitalizing, smoothes fine lines and wrinkles

Emollient Esters emollient

Silky Serum Base (Cyclopentasiloxane (and) Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer) helps to build viscosity, offers a silky emollience

Galactoarabinan (polysaccharide) humectant, helps to stop transepidermal water loss, binds moisture to skin

Glycerin humectant, vegetable derived, literally, draws moisture out of the air to skin when applied topically

Progeline™ is a biomimetic peptide allowing, according to the company, to modulate progerin, to result in a complete remodeling effect and reduction of the appearance of wrinkles and sagging skin

Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 highly bioactive, deeply skin penetrating peptide able to activate tissue growth factor (TGF-beta) that stimulates collagen synthesis in the skin.

Allantoin relieves dry, itchy, irritated skin, believed to heal skin by promoting new tissue growth

Optiphen paraben free, broad spectrum preservative

Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) offers potent skin regenerating properties,  promotes epithelialization and keratinization, antiaging, anti-wrinkle, anti-acneic properties

Ceramide III used for it's skin-identical lipids to restore the protective skin barrier when compromised