SKINCARE, HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD
Most skincare promises everything and specifies nothing. PIQELLE was built the other way around — formulas defined by what is in them, at what concentration, and why.
FIRST
We started from a simple position: the standard a dermatologist would hold a formula to should be the standard every formula is held to. Meaningful actives. Restrained ingredient lists. Nothing included to fill a claim on a carton.
Every PIQELLE product is built barrier-first — because skin that holds its own moisture and keeps irritants out is the foundation everything else depends on.
THE BARRIER COMES FIRST
Your skin barrier is the outermost layer of the epidermis — cells held together by a lipid matrix of ceramides, cholesterol and fatty acids. Think of it as brick and mortar. The cells are the bricks. The lipids are the mortar that seals them.
WHAT DEPLETES IT
Age, over-cleansing, harsh actives, hard water, sun exposure and pollution all strip lipids faster than skin can replace them.
WHAT IT COSTS
A permeable barrier loses water continuously. The result is tightness, flaking, redness, stinging and skin that reacts to products it once tolerated.
WHAT RESTORES IT
Barrier-identical lipids. Ceramide NP replaces what is missing rather than sitting on top of it — supported by panthenol and humectants that hold water where it belongs.
THE PIQELLE CHARTER
Six commitments that every formula in the range is built against.
LIPIDS
Barrier-identical lipids in every formula
Ceramide NP is not a garnish at the bottom of the ingredient list. It is structural to how our formulas work.
DOSES
Actives at working concentrations
An active present below its effective range is decoration. If an ingredient is named on our packaging, it is there to do a job.
FREE
Fragrance free, without exception
No parfum. No masking fragrance. Fragrance is among the most common causes of contact sensitivity, and it contributes nothing to how a formula performs.
FREE
EDTA-free chelation
We use Sodium Gluconate to stabilise our formulas — a readily biodegradable chelator — across the entire range.
BY DESIGN
Restraint over abundance
Long ingredient lists are easy. We add nothing to a formula that does not earn its place, and we remove anything that only exists to be listed.
TESTED
Never tested on animals
PIQELLE products are not tested on animals, and we do not commission animal testing at any stage of development.
WHAT WE FORMULATE WITH
Ceramide NP
Barrier-identical lipid. Replenishes the mortar between skin cells and reduces water loss.
Panthenol
Pro-vitamin B5. Soothes, supports repair and improves skin's tolerance to actives.
Niacinamide
Vitamin B3. Supports barrier function, evens the look of tone and helps regulate oil.
Sodium Hyaluronate
Low-molecular-weight humectant. Draws water into the upper layers and holds it there.
Squalane
Lightweight emollient identical to skin's own lipids. Softens without heaviness or shine.
Sodium Gluconate
Our chelating agent, chosen in place of EDTA. Keeps formulas stable and effective through shelf life.
WHAT WE LEAVE OUT
- Fragrance and masking fragrance
- EDTA
- Animal testing
- Actives dosed below their working range
- Claims we cannot substantiate