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Resilience Reset: Antioxidant Skincare Duo
$144USDUnscented
- Menopause-Informed Skincare
- 24/7 Active Ritual
- M-Veil™ Mushroom Complex
- Gentle Retinol Alternative
- Skin Barrier-Safe
- 60-day formulation guarantee
The Resilience Reset is a two step antioxidant routine for perimenopausal and menopausal skin. It pairs the M-Veil™ Antioxidant Serum for morning with the M-Veil™ Resilience Balm for night, both powered by the same proprietary M-Veil™ Complex, so skin gets consistent antioxidant and adaptogenic support around the clock.
Hormonal change leaves skin drier, more reactive and less resilient than it used to be. This duo helps soothe the look of irritation, supports the skin's moisture barrier and natural defences, and helps skin look calmer, smoother and more luminous.
One 60 day supply. Serum by day, balm by night, through every stage of change.
Includes (60 day supply)
- M-Veil™ Antioxidant Serum, 30ml
- M-Veil™ Resilience Balm, 15g balm stick
Key uses and benefits
- Delivers antioxidant and adaptogenic protection against everyday environmental stress
- Supports the skin's natural collagen-building process
- Encourages cell turnover for smoother-looking texture
- Strengthens and supports the skin's moisture barrier reducing TEWL
- Calms the look of irritation and sensitivity
- Helps retain hydration for a softer, more resilient feel
- Supports the skin's own cellular energy processes
When to use
Antioxidant Serum in the morning, as your first step after cleansing. Resilience Balm in the evening, as the last step before bed.
How to use
Morning: Apply the Antioxidant Serum to clean, damp or dry skin. Dispense two to three pumps and press gently into the face and neck until absorbed. Follow with sunscreen.
Evening: Apply the Resilience Balm to clean, dry skin as the last step before bed, alone or layered over the serum for extra richness. It also works as a daytime top-up whenever skin needs a little extra protection, such as outdoors in harsh conditions.
The science behind the M-Veil™ Complex
- Vitamin C, 2%. Formulated as Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (THDA), a stable, oil-soluble form of Vitamin C built for potency without the instability of traditional forms. Supports the skin's natural collagen-building process and regenerates Vitamin E.
- CoQ10, 1%. Found naturally in every skin cell, where it plays a direct role in mitochondrial energy production, fueling the processes that keep cells functioning at their best. Helps defend against everyday environmental stress.
- Bakuchiol, 0.5%. A plant-derived alternative to retinol without the associated irritation. Supports natural cell turnover and texture, reinforcing the complex's collagen-supporting effect.
- Vitamin E, 1%. A lipid-soluble antioxidant that works within cell membranes to interrupt oxidative damage before it spreads, helping maintain the barrier's moisture balance. Regenerated by Vitamin C, the two work together as a continuous protective pair.
- Reishi, 1.25%. Rich in triterpenes and beta-glucans that help calm the look of irritation and support the skin barrier, lending an adaptogenic quality to the complex.
- Chaga, 1.25%. Among the most antioxidant-dense fungi studied. Helps defend skin against everyday environmental stressors and contributes to a more even-looking complexion.
- Cordyceps, 1.25%. Traditionally prized for supporting vitality and endurance. Works alongside CoQ10 to support the skin's own energy processes.
- Maitake, 1.25%. Rich in polysaccharides that form a lightweight, moisture-retentive film, supporting hydration and softness.
IIL'Architecture · Disclosed Formulation
Every active named, every dose disclosed.
No proprietary blends, no fairy dusting. The percentage beside each name is the percentage in the bottle.
CordycepsCordyceps militaris (Mushroom) Extract 1.25%
The complex's link to the energy story CoQ10 begins. Cordyceps carries cordycepin and adenosine — nucleoside analogues studied for their part in cellular energy signalling.
Species matters more here than anywhere else in the formula. Commercial "Cordyceps sinensis" is almost always cultivated Cordyceps militaris or the CS-4 mycelial strain; the wild fungus is among the most expensive biological materials on earth and is not in a skincare bottle. We name what is actually in ours.
Mechanism
Cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine) and adenosine interact with adenosine-receptor signalling in vitro. The extract also adds polysaccharides to the complex's humectant load.
Evidence
In vitro and preclinical. There is no topical human evidence for the microcirculation and oxygen-delivery claims that currently run on the welcome page.
Sourcing
Cultivated fruiting body. Species and part confirmed on the supplier's specification, not inferred from the trade name.
MaitakeGrifola frondosa (Mushroom) Extract 1.25%
The third quarter of the complex, contributing grifolan-type beta-glucans to the same surface hydration the others build.
Maitake is the member of the complex with the least topical literature behind it. It earns its place as part of a dosed group rather than as a headline actor, and the copy says so rather than reaching for a claim the research has not made.
Mechanism
Grifolan beta-1,3-glucans: humectant and film-forming at the stratum corneum, alongside the other three extracts.
Evidence
In vitro only. The elasticity and hydration claims currently attached to maitake on the welcome page are not supported by published human topical trials.
Sourcing
Cultivated fruiting-body extract. Confirm extraction solvent and carrier with the supplier.
ChagaInonotus obliquus (Mushroom) Extract 1.25%
The antioxidant density of the complex. Chaga concentrates polyphenols, melanin and birch-derived triterpenes, and sits at the top of the fungal antioxidant assays.
Chaga grows on birch and takes the tree's betulin with it. Its antioxidants work in a different phase and on different radicals than the vitamin C and E pair, which is the argument for having all three rather than doubling down on one.
Mechanism
Polyphenols, melanin complexes and triterpenoids donate electrons to reactive oxygen species generated by UV and pollution exposure.
Evidence
In vitro antioxidant assays (ORAC, DPPH) are strong and consistent across the literature. Topical human data is absent, so the claim here stops at antioxidant capacity.
Sourcing
Wild-harvested chaga carries both sustainability and heavy-metal questions. Origin statement and heavy-metals report held with the batch record.
ReishiGanoderma lucidum (Mushroom) Extract 1.25%
One quarter of the 5% mushroom complex, and the quarter carrying the most beta-glucan — the polysaccharide that holds water at the surface of the skin.
The four mushrooms are dosed at 1.25% each, which is how the complex reaches 5% without any one of them being fairy-dusted. Reishi does most of the humectant work in that group; the other three are here for what they add around it.
Mechanism
Beta-1,3/1,6-glucans are large, highly hydrophilic polysaccharides. They bind water in the stratum corneum and form a film that slows transepidermal water loss.
Evidence
In vitro and ex vivo. The hydration and film-forming behaviour of beta-glucans is well described; controlled human trials of topical Ganoderma extract are not available. Described here as hydration, which is what the evidence supports.
Sourcing
Dual-extracted fruiting body. The supplier CoA should carry a beta-glucan assay rather than a total-polysaccharide number — the second one counts starch.
CoQ10Ubiquinone 1.0%
A mitochondrial coenzyme the skin makes less of each decade. In the epidermis it does two jobs at once: it carries electrons, and it holds the lipid phase against oxidation.
Q10 levels in skin fall with age, and topical application has been shown to raise what is measurable at the surface. It is also why the packaging matters as much as the formula: ubiquinone is light- and oxygen-sensitive, and a clear bottle spends the dose before the customer does.
Mechanism
Carries electrons in the mitochondrial respiratory chain; in its reduced form, ubiquinol, it scavenges lipid radicals within membranes.
Evidence
Human: topical Q10 formulations raised skin Q10 levels and reduced markers of oxidative stress in vivo (Knott et al., BioFactors, 2015). Appearance endpoints are reported in smaller studies over longer durations.
Sourcing
Fermentation-derived ubiquinone, cosmetic grade, protected from light through filling and in the finished pack.
Vitamin ETocopherol 1.0%
The barrier's own antioxidant, put back. Tocopherol is the primary lipid-phase antioxidant in human skin, and it runs down fastest exactly where the oil is thinnest.
Vitamin E and vitamin C are here as a pair rather than as two entries on a list: tocopherol quenches lipid radicals and is oxidised doing it, and ascorbate regenerates it back to its active form. That partnership is the reason both are dosed. It also keeps the formula's own oils from turning — one ingredient doing two jobs.
Mechanism
A chain-breaking antioxidant in the lipid phase: it donates a hydrogen atom to lipid peroxyl radicals and terminates the peroxidation chain in barrier lipids, then is regenerated by ascorbate.
Evidence
Topical vitamins C and E in combination gave greater UV photoprotection than either alone (Lin et al., Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2003). The pairing is better evidenced than either molecule's solo cosmetic claim, which is how it should be described.
Sourcing
Natural-source, non-GMO tocopherol.
Vitamin CTetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate 2.0%
The oil-soluble form of vitamin C. L-ascorbic acid needs a low-pH water phase and begins oxidising the day the bottle is opened; THDA sits stably in an anhydrous oil and stays that way.
Esterifying ascorbic acid with four fatty-acid chains makes it lipophilic, so it travels the same lipid route through the stratum corneum as the rest of the formula, and skin esterases cleave it back to ascorbic acid once it arrives. At 2.0% it is the largest single active in the bottle — and the reason an anhydrous oil can carry a vitamin C claim at all.
Mechanism
A lipid-soluble ascorbyl ester. Cutaneous esterases cleave the palmitate chains, releasing L-ascorbic acid in the epidermis, where it works as an antioxidant and as a cofactor for the hydroxylases involved in collagen synthesis.
Evidence
In vitro and ex vivo penetration work supports cleavage to free ascorbic acid in skin. Human clinical data on THDA specifically is thin — the well-known vitamin C trials use L-ascorbic acid, a different molecule with a different delivery problem.
BakuchiolPsoralea corylifolia 0.5%
A plant meroterpene that behaves like a retinoid without being one. It is the entry point into the retinol conversation for skin that cannot take retinol's first six weeks.
Bakuchiol is isolated from the seed of Psoralea corylifolia, used in Ayurvedic practice long before gene-expression work described its retinol-like signature. It is photostable, so it can sit in a morning formula — retinol cannot. We dose it at the concentration used in the trial that put it beside retinol, rather than at a number that reads better on a label than it behaves on a face.
Mechanism
Gene-expression profiling in human skin models shows bakuchiol upregulating a retinoid-like transcript set, including type I, III and IV collagen, without binding the retinoic acid receptor itself.
Evidence
Human: a 12-week randomised, double-blind trial of 0.5% bakuchiol against 0.5% retinol found comparable improvement in wrinkle surface area and pigmentation, with significantly less scaling and stinging in the bakuchiol arm (Dhaliwal et al., British Journal of Dermatology, 2019). Mechanistic work: Chaudhuri and Bojanowski, International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2014.
Sourcing
Clinical-grade isolate, supplied against a certificate of analysis filed with the batch record.
IIILe Rituel · How to use
Morning and evening - or whenever your skin needs deep nourishment and protection.
01
Morning Serum
Dispense two to three pumps of the Antioxidant Serum onto clean, damp or dry skin. Press gently into the face and neck until fully absorbed.
02
Sun Protection
Follow serum application with sunscreen to shield the skin for the day ahead.
03
Evening Balm
Apply the Resilience Balm to clean, dry skin as the final step before bed. Use it alone, or layer it over the serum for added richness.
04
Targeted Defense
Reapply the Resilience Balm during the day as a top-up whenever your skin faces harsh outdoor conditions or needs extra protection.
Questions we welcome.
What is the Resilience Reset System and how does it work for menopausal skin?
What is the difference between the Antioxidant Serum and the Resilience Balm in this system?
Is the Resilience Reset System suitable for sensitive, reactive, or rosacea-prone skin?
How do I incorporate the Resilience Reset System into my daily skincare routine?
How long does it take to see results, and is there a guarantee?
Who is the Resilience Reset designed for?
Is the M-Veil™ Complex suitable for sensitive or reactive skin?
Can the Resilience Balm be used during the day too?
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