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Ritual Renewal·Gentle·04 · hølytreat
Gentle Peel
Serum.
Ritual Renewal·Gentle·04 · hølytreat
A 10% lactic peel for home — clinical-strength resurfacing, buffered so it works without burning.
Lactic Acid · Hyaluronic Acid · White Tea · Sage
Or continue with HØLY PASS — $6/mo, applied to any order.
The ritual it lives inside
Cleanse, peel, recover — the weekly reset.
The Read
A single, well-chosen AHA — lactic acid at 10% — with 1% hyaluronic acid and soothing white tea and sage. Strong enough to resurface, buffered enough to use yourself.
It loosens the bonds between dead surface cells so they shed evenly, revealing smoother skin and softening fine lines and dark marks over weeks. Lactic is the larger, gentler AHA — it works more slowly than glycolic, which is the point for at-home use. The trade-off: it raises sun sensitivity, so daytime SPF is non-negotiable after.
On clean, dry skin, on a night you're using no other actives. Leave it on; rinse in the morning if your skin is new to acids. Build up slowly — one night a week before two.
The proof
Every claim pinned to its source.
Resurfacing · the active
10%
An alpha-hydroxy acid that dissolves the glue holding dead cells to the surface. Topical lactic acid was shown to thicken and firm the epidermis and improve smoothness and the look of lines; at 10% it resurfaces meaningfully while staying gentler than glycolic.
Smith 1996 · J Am Acad Dermatol
Hydration
1%
Draws and holds water in the upper layers, so freshly resurfaced skin reads plump and calm rather than tight. It buffers the peel — the reason this strength is tolerable at home.
Pavicic 2011 · J Drugs Dermatol
A companion, not a step
On its own it's a single act. Map your skin and we'll place it inside the full ritual — the steps it completes, and the ones that complete it.
Find the ritual it completes →Clinical Actives
The actives inside, and what each one is for.
Resurfacing · the active
10%
An alpha-hydroxy acid that dissolves the glue holding dead cells to the surface. Topical lactic acid was shown to thicken and firm the epidermis and improve smoothness and the look of lines; at 10% it resurfaces meaningfully while staying gentler than glycolic.
Smith 1996 · J Am Acad Dermatol
Hydration
1%
Draws and holds water in the upper layers, so freshly resurfaced skin reads plump and calm rather than tight. It buffers the peel — the reason this strength is tolerable at home.
Pavicic 2011 · J Drugs Dermatol
Your Ritual
Evening, on a night you're not using other actives.
01 · Cleanse
Clean, dry skin first.
Peel · weekly
A thin layer — lactic acid resurfaces overnight.
07 · Protect
SPF the next morning, without fail.
Once or twice weekly at night. Always wear sunscreen the next day.
Compounds with
The pairings that compound this step's work.
Trio
Gentle Cleanse Melt + Gentle Peel Serum + Pure Calm Cream
Cleanse, peel, recover — the weekly reset.
Make it yours
Map your skin in about a minute, and we'll place every step — including this one — for the skin you're actually in.
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