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Nourish your skin with the power of nature! Frankie Apothecary’s Bakuchiol Rejuvenate Serum is packed full of goodness, with 1% bakuchiol and vitamin-rich botanical oils that delivers fast-absorbing goodness to your skin. It’s as effective as retinol at smoothing lines and hyperpigmentation*, but with none of the irritation – perfect for skin that’s reactive to retinoids. Get glowing with this vegan, plant-powered serum!
- Bukuchiol Rejuvenate face serum
- Suitable for all skin types, particularly sensitive, aging, or acne-prone
- Vegan friendly
- Free from irritating preservatives, toxins, and stabilisers used in water-based or synthetic formulations
- Made in New Zealand
Directions
Apply 1-2 pumps to freshly cleansed skin morning and evening. Apply as a stand-alone moisturiser or serum or pair with Replenishing Kakadu-C Facial Oil for additional moisture support and anti-aging benefits.
All-Natural Ingredients
Organic Caryodendron Orinocense (Cacay) Seed Oil, Squalane (Olive), Organic Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Organic Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Organic Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Fruit Oil, Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil, Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) Fruit Oil, Bakuchiol, Vitamin E (from sunflower), 100% natural fragrance. Benzyl Benzoate**, Benzyl Salicylate**, Limonene**, Linalool**.
**Components of essential oil.
Botanical Actives
The beauty of Bakuchiol is its ability to gently rejuvenate skin over a 12-week period without the irritation and redness common with retinol. Long used in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine, Bakuchiol is the potent compound extracted from the seed oil of the flowering Babchi herb. We love it because it’s gentle and suitable for sensitive skin, giving those with problem skin the opportunity to enjoy collagen-boosting benefits previously only available with retinol use.
Cacay Oil is a Vitamin A superstar in its own right, supporting Bakuchiol by delivering three times the Vitamin A levels of Rosehip and 50% more Vitamin C than Argan oil. It is rich in linoleic acid which plays a key role in supporting and strengthening the skin’s barrier function. Cacay provides long-lasting hydration by preventing the hydrolipidic outer layer of our skin from drying out, protecting that essential moisture barrier. With anti-inflammatory properties, Cacay absorbs quickly, brightens skin tone, and may also lighten hyperpigmentation with consistent use. Excellent for reducing scars and healing blemishes.
Hemp Seed Oil is soothing and restorative with a huge array of phytonutrients. Its rich fatty acids, linoleic acid, y-linoleic acid, and a-linoleic, help boost the skin’s ability to retain moisture. Hemp also offers anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties to support inflammatory conditions such as eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis.
Olive Squalene – Squalene is the skin’s main lipid, built-in moisturiser, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant. Over time, as natural levels decrease with age, Olive Squalene acts as a natural lubricant and moisture barrier to help prevent dry skin and keep it supple by preventing water loss.
Super soothing and gentle, Jojoba is anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and can aid in acne prevention. Jojoba Oil has many similarities to the sebum naturally produced by the skin, which allows it to penetrate at a deeper level. Deeply moisturising and easily absorbed, Jojoba is naturally high in Vitamins A, D, and E, as well as nutrients to help nourish glowing skin. This gentle oil balances oily skin, soothes sensitive skin, and hydrates dry and aging skin.
Argan Oil is rich in Vitamin E, omega fatty acids, and linoleic acids for soothing skin nourishment and boasts an amazing host of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. Argan Oil is a well-known anti-aging active. Argan Oil also helps to regulate sebum production which helps prevent breakouts, and its high concentration of Vitamin E can help fade scars and smooth skin texture.
Rosehip is a vitamin-rich all-rounder delivering high levels of Vitamin A and C, antioxidants with anti-aging properties, working to brighten and even skin tone. With anti-inflammatory properties, Rosehip Oil is gently astringent so it tightens skin and pores, and contains moisturising nourishing fatty acids and vitamins for a deeply nourishing effect on aging and dehydrated skin. It’s useful for dry, damaged, and irritated skin, and helps to visibly reduce the appearance of wrinkles and uneven skin tone. Rosehip oil can also lighten or fade scars and blemishes.
Acai Berry Oil is an anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and anti-acne super-active with high antioxidant levels, protective and moisturising fatty acids, and vital minerals and vitamins. Acai Berry Oil is rich in powerful antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties to help soothe skin and limit moisture loss while its impressive combination of Omega 3, 6, and 9 make it deeply nourishing for dry skin and especially dry, irritated skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis.
Antioxidant-rich Vitamin E fights free radicals and supports skin elasticity – it provides exceptional benefits and also acts as our natural preservative.
About Frankie Apothecary
What sets Frankie Apothecary apart?
Frankie Apothecary’s mission is to provide natural and effective skin care products, based on the principles of Māori Rongoā, to relieve the suffering caused by sensitive skin and eczema and provide a healthy and natural alternative to mainstream skin care products.
In New Zealand, we are lucky to live among so many native plants that harbour many medicinal healing qualities. Every Frankie product is infused with healing native plants foraged for by hand using traditional techniques. This, along with zero unnecessary fillers like water, alcohols, nasty preservatives or chemicals, is the reason why so many families have seen success with their dry and irritated skin.
Why are we so passionate about natural Frankie Apothecary products?
My interest in natural skincare began, oddly enough, with a visit to a fertility specialist. I was shocked to hear that many of the products I was using on my skin could be disrupting the delicate balance of hormones in my body. I started scouring online sites and magazines searching for natural alternatives without the added chemicals. I began replacing products laden with parabens and phthalates, among many other chemicals, for natural alternatives, many of which worked just as well if not better. Natural skincare has been a passion ever since.
After looking for a way to turn my passion into a lifestyle, I met Frankie Apothecary founder, Michele Wilson, and now feel blessed that Frankie has been passed to us to continue the journey she started.
Being of Maori descent (Ngati Porou), I love that Frankie Apothecary draws on principles of Rongoa Maori (Maori herbal medicine) and shares the beauty of traditional healing with more people. It’s been one of several paths to reconnect with my heritage and has led me on a journey to grow my knowledge of Rongoa Maori.
How Frankie Apothecary began
Frankie Apothecary was created from a mother’s love when Frankie’s founder, Michele, created our famous Kawakawa Balm to care for her family who suffered with eczema and very sensitive skin. Her daughter Eva’s story was such a common one; itchy dry patches on her knees and back led to tears every night, as she would wake with blood on her sheets from scratching so much.
After years of doctor visits, allergy tests, eliminating foods and trying every cream under the sun, Michele was desperate! Determined to bring her daughter some relief, she spent hundreds of hours researching what was working overseas – a process that finally led her back to her own heritage and to embrace Rongoa principles.
With the creation of Frankie’s amazing Kawakawa Balm, Eva’s dry, itchy, irritated skin cleared within a week. Skin flare ups were then held at bay with regular applications of the Kawakawa Balm and regular Oat Bath Soaks. The Frankie Apothecary business grew organically from there, with many local parents requesting a pot and before long, word spread throughout New Zealand and beyond.
Our wish is to see every Mum experience the same results with their own children.