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CHEMISTORYSkincare
Issue 01 · Now published

Every formula
tells a story.

Written by chemists. Read by your skin. Skincare kits published like books. Named actives, real percentages, no filler.

Vol. 01Chapter One
The Reset
AHA + BHA + PHA Kit
4 pieces, 1 chapter
A$119Save 24%
Full INCI printed on every pack
5 stars from early lab panel testers
Vegan and cruelty free
Dermatologically informed, made for AU skin
Full INCI printed on every pack
5 stars from early lab panel testers
Vegan and cruelty free
Dermatologically informed, made for AU skin
The Collection

The Chapters

Three chapters. Each a complete four-piece routine, formulated as a single narrative arc for your skin.

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As told by early readers

"The first skincare brand that reads like a good book."

Panel tester, Bondi
THE JOURNAL
SKIN REPORT
LAB NOTES WEEKLY
THE FORMULARY
CHAPTER & VERSE
READERS DIGEST OF SKIN
Vol. 01 + 02Duo Edition
Read both chapters
Eight pieces, one continuous story.
Duo Offer

The Complete
Story.

Chapter One resurfaces. Chapter Two calms. Together they give your skin its full opening arc, at a reader's price.

  • Chapter One: The ResetA$119
  • Chapter Two: The ClearA$142
A$199A$261Save 24%
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The Reading Quiz

Which chapter is
your skin on?

Three questions. One honest recommendation. No sign up.

1 / 3

Which chapter is your skin writing this week?

The Routine

Routine in motion

Four movements. One reading order. Scroll through the sequence.

01AM / PM
Cleanse
Cleansing Gel
ActiveLactic + Glycolic + Salicylic

Opens the chapter. Lifts the day off without stripping the barrier.

02AM / PM
Tone
Resurfacing Toner
ActivePapaya Enzyme + BHA

Rewrites the surface. Smooths texture while you read the next page.

03PM
Treat
Renewal Serum
ActiveGluconolactone (PHA)

The plot turn. Smooths texture, calms reactivity, holds the storyline steady.

04AM / PM
Seal
Repair Cream
ActiveNiacinamide + Ceramides

Closes the chapter. Locks moisture in, ready for tomorrow's page.

Cast of Characters

Ingredients with backstories

Hero active

Salicylic Acid

First extracted from willow bark in the 1800s. Now your pores' editor-in-chief, dissolving congestion from the inside.

Hero active

Glycolic + Lactic (AHAs)

The smallest molecules in the room, and the fastest. They resurface the outer layer while you sleep, so mornings read smoother.

Hero active

Gluconolactone (PHA)

The gentle third act. Slower and larger than the AHAs, it exfoliates without the sting.

Hero active

Niacinamide

The overachiever. Brightens tone, calms redness, supports the barrier.

Manifesto

Skincare is chemistry.
Your skin is the story.

We publish formulas the way authors publish books. Every active named. Every percentage printed. Every chapter designed to move your skin's plot forward. No hidden characters. No unnamed narrators.

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Reader Letters

Letters received

Finally, a kit that shows its working.

"I have never had a brand print full INCI on the pack. My skin looks like it did in my twenties after four weeks on Chapter One."

Amelia R. · Sydney, NSW

Chapter Two calmed my jawline.

"Cystic breakouts for years. Two months in, my skin is quiet. The calming cream is not drying, and that is the miracle."

Jess T. · Melbourne, VIC

Feels like a lab, reads like a book.

"The packaging is beautiful, but the routine card is what sold me. Everything is intentional."

Priya S. · Brisbane, QLD
Community

From our readers

Skin stories, sent in by the people writing them.

@skin.diaries

"Chapter One rewrote my mornings. Skin actually looks lit from within."

@lab.notes.au

"Percentages on the label. Finally."

@quiet.routines

"Chapter Two calmed a decade of jawline breakouts in six weeks."

@the.reader

"Reads like an editorial, works like a clinic."

@page.turner

"Signed up for the third chapter before I finished the first."

@bondi.beam

"The duo is the whole plot. My skin has never been calmer."

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Chapter One
The Reset · A$119