What it is
A clarifying gel cleanser.
Formula Dossier
Clarifying Cleansing Elixir
MORNING · STEP I · EVENING · STEP II
The first act of every ritual, morning and evening. A gel cleanser built on aloe and organic plant extracts, with lactic acid low enough to clarify without stripping and Sodium PCA present to return water to the skin during cleansing.
Clarifying · Balancing · Non-Stripping · 99% Natural Origin
PURE at a Glance
What it is
A clarifying gel cleanser.
When
Morning Step I · Evening Step II.
Why it matters
It prepares the skin for every formula that follows.
Texture
Soft foaming gel.
Finish
Clean, calm, never stripped.
Use
Lather in hands, apply to damp skin, rinse.
When to choose PURE
PURE sits at Morning Step I and Evening Step II — the first formula the skin meets, twice a day.
Coco-glucoside lather lifts sebum and particulate without stripping the lipid layer.
The second evening step, after DUSK lifts the day's film. Carries away what remains, evenly.
Lactic acid at clarifying concentration eases the look of dullness across both rituals.
pH calibrated for twice-daily use without escalating sensitivity.
Sodium PCA returns water to the skin as the surfactants do their work.
Texture Film Soft foaming gel. Clean rinse. No stripped finish.
PURE in four frames
Frame 01Before it dissolves.
Micro-bubbles suspended in the gel texture.
Frame 02On the marble.
The gel lathers softly and holds its shape.
Frame 03Between the palms.
Warmed first, then applied to damp skin.
Frame 04On the skin.
Pressed into damp skin in slow upward arcs, morning and evening.
Ingredient Architecture
Each group carries a precise role in the formula. None of them work alone.
The botanical cleansing base.
The non-stripping cleansing system.
Hydration returned during cleansing.
A low-level refining note for dull surface build-up.
The antioxidant register.
Ritual Placement
Morning · Step I
The first cleanse of the day. Prepares the skin for every formula that follows — LUMIS, VEIL, GRACE.
Evening · Step II
The second cleansing step, after DUSK removes make-up and sunscreen. On evenings with no make-up worn, PURE is enough on its own.
Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice1, Coco-Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Aqua/Water, Xanthan Gum, Propanediol, Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract1, Sodium PCA, Sodium Levulinate, Lactic Acid, Acacia Senegal Gum, Sodium Anisate, Acorus Calamus (Sweet Flag) Root Extract1, Parfum/Fragrance, Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract1, Rhamnose, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides)3, Glucose, Glucuronic Acid, Arctium Lappa (Burdock) Root Extract1, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Linalool2, Limonene2
1From organic farming · 2From natural essential oils · 3Pure mineral pigments
A Note from the Founder
PURE is the formula I reach for first — twice a day, every day. The base on which everything else stands.
— Merlin Dragutinovic, Founder
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Confirmed. The doors open the thirtieth of May.
I have your address. There will be two letters between now and the launch — a few days before First Circle private access opens, then on the morning the doors do. No urgency in between.
Your only task is to forget about us.
30 May 2026 the doors open.
19 June 2026 the public follows.
The journal is open. Three pieces, written before the products were ready.
Merlin Dragutinovic
Founder · Austria