Meet our ingredients
Explore the ingredients behind our formulas and discover how each one supports visible skin benefits.
Every MAËLYS active is selected for skin compatibility and visible performance - from how it’s sourced and refined to how it’s delivered on skin. Guided by our Biology-First Skin Response Science™, our formulas combine nature-derived ingredients with biotech-refined actives, including peptides, ferments, and biomimetic lipids, chosen to support how skin looks and feels over time.
Designed to be bio-compatible, these ingredients work in harmony with skin, while advanced refinement and texture systems help support consistent cosmetic performance and effortless daily use.
Targeted Sculptors
A powerful bioactive derived through supercritical CO₂ extraction that helps to reduce the appearance of puffiness and unevenness. Skin looks smoother, more toned, and more contoured with continued use. The berries, known also as "Pink Gold," originated in Brazil and are now cultivated on Réunion Island. The berries have a sweet and aromatic taste.
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Tisochrysis lutea is a unicellular marine organism with a unique metabolic profile, which powers it to smooth and sculpt the look of body skin. This microalgae is rich in fatty acids that support the look of skin texture.
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Supports the look of firmness, contour definition, and smoother texture simultaneously. Glaucine is a phytoactive alkaloid with a uniquely diverse visible benefit profile.
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Rich in bioactive compounds found in the nectar of the flower, this nutrient-dense botanical helps to improve the appearance of wrinkles and sagging skin. Skin looks scaffolded and supported, for an overall more toned-looking silhouette. This particular extract is cultivated in organic-certified fields, ensuring a high-quality, traceable botanical source.
Formulated to feel completely compatible with skin, this peptide helps visibly support firmer, smoother, and more elastic-looking skin, giving an overall lifted & toned look to the skin. This lab-designed material is engineered to closely mirror the architecture of human type I collagen fragment, and is grown through wild plants using advanced vertical farming technology.
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Sourced from sweet white lupine, one of the world’s most widespread plant-based protein crops, with a history of use in both nutrition and traditional medicine dating back over 2,000 years. The coating of white lupine seeds is rich in lupeol, giving forth a botanical reinforcement system that can support skin to promote a more lifted and firmer appearance.
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A combination of unroasted Shea Butter Extract, Avocado Seed Extract, and Bentonite Clay - each processed using methods that preserve their most active properties. Unroasted Shea Butter Extract supports the look of contoured skin, Avocado Seed Extract visibly supports the appearance of firmness, & Bentonite Clay acts as a progressive-release delivery system generally shown to help visibly reduce the appearance of stretch marks over time. Together, they address the look of the belly’s contour, firmness, and stretch marks simultaneously. The unroasted shea butter is consciously sourced by women in a village in Burkina Faso. By not roasting the kernels, important esters are maintained.
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A plant-based powder utilized for its exceptional capacity to absorb excess moisture. In high-performance formulations, it provides a velvet-like, matte finish to the skin. Its unique texture-enhancing properties contribute to a smooth, weightless application that leaves the skin feeling refreshed and comfortable.
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This ancient seed is renowned for its wellness properties, having been used by indigenous Amazon communities for restorative nutritional and cosmetic benefits. A plant-based source of omega-3s that reinforces the look of skin resilience. This precision bioactive visibly supports the appearance of smoother, firmer skin with consistent use. It is sourced from the seeds of a powerful botanical vine known for its extraordinary restorative properties.
Texture Refiners & Brighteners
High-performance Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA) that serve as surface refiners, known for their small molecular size, which allows them to efficiently dissolve the "glue" holding dull, dead skin cells together. By accelerating dead skin turnover, these acids help to visibly fade the look of dark spots, smooth uneven texture, and diminish the look of fine lines. The result is a more radiant, lit-from-within glow and a complexion that feels remarkably soft and renewed.
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Works to visibly reduce the look of surface dullness - so skin wakes up looking visibly smoother. It is derived from the bearberry plant - a low-growing shrub that thrives in harsh alpine and arctic conditions where UV exposure is extreme. Uva-Ursi is rich in antioxidant compounds and helps visibly support an even, luminous skin appearance.
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This Mediterranean-inspired, biotech-refined ferment is obtained from an extremophile microorganism to care for delicate skin. It is engineered to visibly improve the look of the eye contour by helping to diminish the appearance of dark circles, under-eye bags, and crow’s feet. It reveals smoother, more even, and energized-looking skin.
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An adaptive active ingredient derived from scarlet beebalm leaf cell culture, a plant with extreme resilience properties, to support a more balanced and uniform skin tone. It is specifically engineered to target the appearance of both dark and light surface irregularities, helping to visibly fade the look of age-induced spots.
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A microalgae, also known as Chlorella, is made with a specialized hydrolysis process to deliver an amino acid profile nearly identical to human collagen fibers. Naturally rich in nutrients, dried Chlorella contains approximately 45% protein, along with essential fats, carbohydrates, fiber, minerals, and vitamins. This nutrient-rich extract gives essential support for a more refined-looking skin texture.
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A high-purity, patented synthetic molecule designed specifically for targeted cosmetic efficacy. This performance molecule is designed to help the skin maintain a tight appearance and smooth the look of existing bumpy skin/cellulite.
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Our standardized extract is specifically optimized for visible body skin performance - working each night to visibly support the appearance of smoother, more toned skin texture by morning with continued use. One of the most studied botanicals in the world, Milk Thistle is prized for its extraordinary concentration of supportive compounds.
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Hydration & Barrier Care
Ceramides are essential lipids in the skin. This blend delivers an optimal ratio of essential ceramides NP + AP, giving precision support to the skin’s surface lipid layer, and helps to promote hydration.
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A biotech-refined, biomimetic lipid that mirrors the skin’s natural oils for seamless nourishment. It delivers weightless support to enhance the look of skin vitality and smoothness.
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Antioxidant-rich matcha, derived from green tea, is fermented with Lactobacillus to enhance its skin-supporting properties. The result helps support skin that looks more hydrated, radiant, and comfortably balanced. Sourced from a family-run tea farm in Japan that cultivates high-quality leaves using traditional, time-honored farming methods.
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A nature-inspired synthetic bioactive engineered to support the skin’s surface lipid layer. It helps minimize visible signs of surface discomfort and soothes and softens the look of dry skin.
A rich, natural emollient that provides a protective moisture barrier to help prevent dehydration. High in fatty acids and polyphenols, it melts at skin temperature to significantly improve skin softness and smooth the appearance of dry texture. Its decadent consistency leaves the skin feeling deeply conditioned and supple with a healthy-looking glow.
Rich in essential fatty acids and antioxidants, Mango Seed Butter helps to replenish the skin’s surface moisture barrier, leaving it feeling silky and deeply nourished.
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This upcycled active oil is cold-pressed from red raspberry seeds to provide nourishment and hydration to the skin's surface. Naturally rich in essential fatty acids (EFAs), including Omega-3 and Omega-6, it helps reinforce the skin's moisture barrier for a smoother, softer, and more resilient appearance. Raspberry Seed Oil is a potent source of Vitamin E, a well-known antioxidant. This upcycled raspberry oil used in our formula is extracted from the seeds of the juice waste pulp, which is upcycled into a luxurious and active oil.
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A natural, vegetable-derived emollient used to provide intensive skin-conditioning benefits. In high-performance formulations, it helps create a rich, buttery texture that enhances the skin's overall feel and suppleness. Its natural composition supports the surface moisture barrier, helping the skin appear smoother and more hydrated.
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Hyaluronic Acid is a powerhouse humectant that acts as a moisture magnet, capable of holding up to 1,000 times its weight in water. While high-molecular-weight HA rests on the surface to create a dew-locking seal, the small-molecule HA is specifically chosen for its ability to work deeper within the skin's surface. By delivering intensive hydration where it’s needed most, it helps create a visibly plumper, firmer, and more volumized appearance.
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An active derived from an essential amino acid that visibly restores youthful plumpness to hollowed areas. This high-performance molecule works to visibly support skin, effectively smoothing the appearance of wrinkles and enhancing the appearance of surface elasticity.
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A high-performance moisture-shifter that helps decrease potential water loss from skin’s water reserves. It provides hydration to support visible skin vitality and smoothness.
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A deeply hydrating complex that features a natural hyaluronic acid derived from edible silver ear mushrooms. By combining this botanical extract with beet-derived betaine and plant-based glycerin, it helps to dramatically improve the look of skin softness and diminish the appearance of fine lines. This potent blend works to effectively lock in water, revitalizing the skin's surface for a smoother and more supple look.
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Using in-silico design methodology, this biotech-refined peptide is engineered specifically to target the look of expression lines, such as crow’s feet and marionette lines, and chronological wrinkles - those that build over time due to the breakdown of collagen and elastin.
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The summer snowflake bulb extract smooths the appearance of facial wrinkles and expression lines. Addressing the look of fine lines in areas like crow’s feet and the forehead, it helps the skin achieve a fresh, flawless, and rejuvenated aesthetic. Derived from the bulb of the summer snowflake, a resilient spring-blooming plant, this extract is inspired by the plant’s defense mechanisms, which protect the plant from herbivores due to its bitter-tasting alkaloids.
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