Beyond the Label: What It Means to Create Products With Intention

When you walk down a skincare aisle, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
Bottles shouting "anti-aging!" and "hydrating!" and "clean beauty!" from every shelf.
But when you look closer—when you read the fine print—you’ll find watered-down formulas, trendy actives at meaningless percentages, and endless preservatives hidden under vague words like "fragrance."

We chose a different path.
We chose intention over noise.
Integrity over trends.

Because when you build products from a place of real care, every ingredient matters. Every ratio matters.
And the body can feel the difference.

The Science of Building a Better Formula

Every By Karisse blend begins with a question:

“What does the skin actually need in order to heal, strengthen, and thrive—long-term?”

Real skincare starts by working with the skin’s natural systems—not trying to overpower them.

That's why our ingredients are chosen for their bioavailability—a term that simply means:

“Can your skin recognize this ingredient and actually use it?”

Plant-based oils like chia seed, rosehip, tamanu, and camellia aren’t just beautiful—they mirror the essential fatty acid structures your skin already knows.
Silk peptides in Liquid Layer are small enough to penetrate and reinforce the moisture barrier—without disrupting it.
Botanicals like helichrysum, lavender, and chamomile don’t just smell good—they deliver real anti-inflammatory support at the cellular level.

Nothing is added "just because it sounds good."
Nothing is filler.
Nothing is there to mask another flaw.

Every layer is built with purpose: to restore flow, strengthen structure, calm inflammation, and support the skin’s microbiome—not strip it away.

The Intention Behind Every Ingredient Choice

When you craft formulas with intention, you stop thinking about "problems to fix" and start thinking about systems to support.

• Instead of drying out acne, we calm the inflammation underneath.

• Instead of peeling away wrinkles, we rebuild the skin’s elasticity and hydration rhythms.

• Instead of masking dullness, we restore cellular turnover and circulation.

Here’s how that intention lives inside our formulas:

Healing Oil: The Skin’s First Responder

Built with chia seed, rosehip, tamanu, camellia, and helichrysum—Healing Oil is designed to activate the body’s repair signals.
It brings powerful anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial botanicals directly to the skin’s surface—supporting faster healing for everything from burns and cuts to rashes and irritation.

Instead of simply soothing the surface, it:

• Protects the skin barrier with fatty acids your skin recognizes

• Promotes collagen regeneration with plant-based actives

• Calms histamine reactions (itching, swelling) with chamomile and lavender

• Shields against future damage with antioxidant-rich oils

This isn’t just first-aid—it’s full-circle restoration.

Clarifying Facial Oil: The Intelligent Reset for Breakouts

Tamanu, tea tree, rosehip, and carrot seed come together in Clarifying Oil to interrupt the cycle of inflammation without stripping the skin.

Where typical acne treatments dehydrate and damage the barrier (leading to more breakouts), this formula:

• Clears congestion at the source (with antibacterial and antimicrobial oils)

• Reduces post-breakout pigmentation and scarring (with vitamin A-rich rosehip)

• Supports barrier recovery and balances sebum production (with jojoba and tamanu)

• Calms visible redness and irritation (with Roman chamomile and frankincense)

It doesn't punish your skin. It retrains it.

Liquid Layer: Hydration that Works Like Your Skin

Unlike traditional moisturizers that simply sit on the surface, Liquid Layer is built to mimic the skin’s natural hydration structure.

Formulated with rose water, silk peptides, and hyaluronic acid, it:

• Replenishes water loss in the deeper layers of the epidermis

• Fortifies the skin’s barrier with amino acids from silk peptides

• Delivers deep hydration without clogging or heavy residue

• Boosts plumpness and elasticity by restoring hydration from within

Liquid Layer doesn't mask dryness—it teaches your skin how to stay hydrated naturally.

When you use products like these, you’re not outsourcing your beauty to chemicals.
You’re partnering with your skin’s intelligence.
You’re giving it what it needs to remember how to thrive.

More Than a Routine: A Relationship

True skincare isn’t a routine you check off.
It’s a relationship you nurture.

It’s about slowing down enough to ask your skin what it needs today—and trusting that real results don’t come from forcing or fixing.
They come from listening, responding, and offering support without aggression.

That's why every product is designed to do more than just "work."
It’s designed to participate in your healing.
To be a thread in the larger tapestry of your whole-body well-being.

Because healing isn't a trend.
It's a return to what the body has always known.

And we are honored to walk that path with you.