What it is
A protective luminance day cream.
Formula Dossier
Protective Luminance Cream
MORNING · STEP IV
The fourth morning step. A protective day cream with multi-molecular hyaluronic acid for the moisture layer, Bisabolol as the anti-irritant compound, and Sorbus aucuparia — rowan — at the antioxidant register. Applied after VEIL, before make-up. The final layer the skin meets before the day.
Protecting · Hydrating · Illuminating · 99% Natural Origin
GRACE at a Glance
What it is
A protective luminance day cream.
When
Morning Step IV.
Why it matters
Forms the protective layer the skin wears through the day.
Texture
Silky cream, opaque, fast-absorbed.
Finish
Dewy, calm, base-ready.
Use
Apply after VEIL, before make-up.
When to choose GRACE
GRACE sits at morning · step iv.
Multi-molecular hyaluronic acid forms the daytime moisture layer.
Bisabolol — purified anti-irritant — settles reactivity before daylight.
Sorbus aucuparia carries Vitamin C into the protective register.
Absorbs in seconds; receives base layers without pilling.
Replaces moisture rather than sealing it in.
Texture Film Cream-white silky day cream. Absorbs in seconds. Base-ready.
GRACE in four frames
Frame 01On the spoon.
Cream-white satin scoop.
Frame 02On the marble.
Silky glide, no residue.
Frame 03Between the fingertips.
Warmed before application.
Frame 04On the skin.
Applied after VEIL, before make-up.
Ingredient Architecture
Each group carries a precise role in the formula. None of them work alone.
Two MW for surface + sub-surface hydration.
Purified anti-irritant compound.
Rowan — Vitamin C in the morning register.
Watercress — supporting antioxidant.
Blackberry — polyphenol depth.
Ritual Placement
Morning · Step IV
The final step of the morning ritual. Pressed into the skin from centre outward. Wears under sunscreen and make-up without pilling.
Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil1, Glycerin2, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Pentylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Betaine, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Parfum, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Bisabolol, Nasturtium Officinale (Watercress) Flower/Leaf Extract1, Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract1, Sorbus Aucuparia (Rowan) Fruit Extract1, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil1, Tocopherol, Aqua, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Phytate, Potassium Hydroxide, Benzyl Salicylate2, Limonene2, Citral2, Linalool2
1From organic farming · 2From natural essential oils
A Note from the Founder
GRACE is the daytime closing layer — what stands between the skin and everything outside.
— Merlin Dragutinovic, Founder
Order Now · First Circle
Available during First Circle ordering. No member login required.
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