Retinol, peptides and hydrolysed collagen in a cream that feeds up through the gua sha head built into the tube. Sweep it along the jaw and neck for two minutes a night.
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With nightly use, over weeks:
A smoother-looking jaw
Lifted Face Look
Less puffy by morning
One object, no oil
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80 mL tube+2 free gifts
$34.99Was $65.99
About 30 nights per tube.
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Real people. Real routines.
Where the sweep goes
Five Places, Five Directions.
The head is wide enough to cover all of them. What changes is the direction you sweep and how little pressure you need. Tap the one you wish to improve.
Under the jaw
The reason most people buy this. Sweep from the point of the chin out along the jawbone toward the ear, following the bone rather than the soft tissue under it. This is the area where the after-look is most obvious, and also the one most likely to mislead you: a lot of what you see in the first hour is fluid moving, not firming.
- Follow the jawbone, chin to ear
- Five or six passes a side is plenty
- The head does the work, not your arm
Illustration of the stroke direction, not a customer result. Individual experience varies.
The neck
Thinner skin than your face, fewer oil glands, and the first place a routine gets abandoned. Sweep upward, from the base of the neck toward the jaw. Never drag downward: you are working against the direction the skin already wants to go.
- Always sweep upward, never down
- Start two nights a week and build up
- Sunscreen here the next day, without fail
Illustration of the stroke direction, not a customer result. Individual experience varies.
The chest
The fan of fine lines that shows in a lower collar and in every photograph taken from above. It gets sun all summer and almost no product all year. Sweep outward from the centre of the chest toward each shoulder.
- Outward from the centre, toward the shoulder
- Light pressure, the skin here is thin
- The area most helped by simply being included
Illustration of the stroke direction, not a customer result. Individual experience varies.
Cheek and cheekbone
Sweep from the side of the nose out along the cheekbone toward the temple. Keep the head flat rather than on its edge. This is where people press hardest and get the least, because there is bone directly underneath.
- Flat to the skin, never on the edge
- Stop if you feel the head on bone
- Avoid the eye socket entirely
Illustration of the stroke direction, not a customer result. Individual experience varies.
Brow and temple
Morning territory rather than nightly. Short sweeps from the inner brow outward to the temple, where a night of sleeping face-down tends to settle. The lightest pressure of any area on this list.
- Very short strokes, very light hand
- Best in the morning, not at night
- Skip it entirely if you get headaches
Illustration of the stroke direction, not a customer result. Individual experience varies.
Three Actives. One Tool.
Retinol
The best evidenced topical ingredient there is for the appearance of fine lines. A low nightly dose, in a cushioning cream rather than a peel.
Peptides
Short chains of amino acids, studied for the look of firmness at the surface.
Hydrolysed collagen
A humectant and film former. It holds water at the surface, so skin looks plumper and feels smoother while it is on.
The applicator head
Wide, flat and weighted. It warms the skin and moves fluid as you sweep, which is why the jaw looks tighter straight afterwards.
Your First Eight Weeks
What to expect, and when. We would rather set this out plainly so you know what to expect over the next couple of weeks
Night one
THE SWEEP, AND WHAT IT IS NOT
The jaw looks tighter straight after a sweep. That is fluid moving and the skin warming, and it wears off. Enjoy it, but do not mistake it for the result.
Weeks two to four
THE HABIT SETTLES
Two nights a week to start, then every other night. A little flaking early on is normal with any retinol. Lasting redness or stinging is not — go back to it less often.
Week eight and on
WHERE RETINOL SHOWS
Almost all retinol research runs twelve weeks or longer before anything shows, and what changes is how fine lines look rather than the structure underneath.
Two Minutes. That Is The Routine.
No stone to find, no oil to cleanse off, nothing new to remember.
Squeeze it onto the head
The cream feeds up through the slot in the applicator. A line about the length of your thumb covers the jaw and neck.
Sweep up and out
Jaw to ear, then the neck. Light pressure, five or six passes a side. The head is wide on purpose, so let it do the work.
Wipe it, cap it, done
Wipe the head off and put it away.
Squeeze it onto the head
The cream feeds up through the slot in the applicator. A line about the length of your thumb covers the jaw and neck.
Sweep up and out
Jaw to ear, then the neck. Light pressure, five or six passes a side. The head is wide on purpose, so let it do the work.
Wipe it, cap it, done
Wipe the head off and put it away.
One Tube, Three Actives
Retinol
Converts to retinoic acid in the skin and speeds up cell turnover. The best evidenced topical ingredient there is for the appearance of fine lines — and it needs weeks, not nights.
Peptides
Short chains of amino acids. They sit at the surface and are studied for the appearance of firmness and smoothness. The evidence base is thinner than retinol’s and most of it is facial rather than neck, so we treat this as support for the retinol rather than the main event.
Hydrolysed collagen
It does not become your collagen; the molecules are far too large to reach the layer where yours lives. It holds water at the surface, which is a real effect and a temporary one.
The applicator head
Wide, flat and weighted, so it cannot dig in the way a narrow stone edge can. It is the lid, and the cream feeds up through it.
Alta® vsA Stone And A Cream
Set against the stone and separate cream routine most people try first. Compared against loose gua sha tools and separate creams generally, not any one brand.
Alta® vsA Stone And A Cream
Set against the stone and separate cream routine most people try first. Compared against loose gua sha tools and separate creams generally, not any one brand.
Alta®
One tube
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A stone and a cream
Three objects
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How it works
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Cream feeds up through the head | A stone, an oil, and a cream |
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Objects involved
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One | Three, and a drawer to keep them in |
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Pressure
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A wide weighted head cannot dig in | As hard as you happen to press |
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Cleaning up
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Wipe the head and cap it | A greasy stone, and your hands |
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On fine lines
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Retinol, slowly, over weeks | Depends entirely on the cream |
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What it costs you nightly
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Two minutes | Four steps, which is why it lapses |
Don't Just Trust Us.
Collected from customers who agreed to be quoted. Individual experience varies.
The first one I kept up
I had a stone. It lived in a drawer next to the oil I needed to make it work. This is the first version of the ritual I have actually kept up for a whole month.
They said the quiet part
What sold me was them saying outright that the tight feeling afterwards is puffiness going down and that it wears off. Nobody says that. I trusted everything else on the page more.
Not a facelift, and they know it
Lost fifty pounds and the neck was the last thing to catch up. It is not a facelift and they never once said it was, but I have stopped angling away from the camera.
The texture
Texture is thick without being greasy. Sinks in by the time I turn the light off.
One honest wish
I like it. I just wish there was a fragrance free and a lightly scented option.
The vaguest true compliment
My skin looks less tired, which is the vaguest possible compliment but it is the true one.
Bought it for the gadget
Honestly bought it for the gadget factor and stayed for the fact my jawline looks less soft in photos.
RISK-FREE For Thirty Days
Use it every night for a month. If it is not for you, send it back and we will refund it. You keep the printed guide and the lip masks either way.
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RISK-FREE For Thirty Days
Use it every night for a month. If it is not for you, send it back and we will refund it. You keep the printed guide and the lip masks either way.
ADD TO CART
Free shipping
Two free gifts
30-day returns
Questions before your first night
The ones we are asked most, answered plainly.
Does the cream really come out through the applicator?
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Yes. The head is not a lid you take off. There is a slot through the middle of it and the cream feeds up through that, so the surface you are sweeping with is already lubricated. That is the whole reason it works without a separate facial oil.
How often, and will it make me peel?
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Two nights a week for the first fortnight, then every other night, then nightly if your skin is happy. A little flaking early on is normal with any retinol. Lasting redness, stinging or itching is not. Stop, let it settle, and go back to it less often.
What if it is not for me?
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Thirty days to send it back. The return policy is here.
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