Step 02 · AM+PM
4% niacinamide with cold-pressed meadowfoam seed. Evens tone without the flush.
Batch 041 · Bottled in Portland, OR
Every percentageprinted on the label.
Most botanical skincare hides behind the word “natural.” We publish the exact concentration of every active in every bottle — then let a third-party lab check our work.
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Meadowfoam Dew Serum
Niacinamide · 4.0%
Lab report #0412-B
Verified 12 Jun 2026
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Step 03 · AM+PM
Ceramide NP and squalane in a 3:1:1 lipid ratio. For skin that has been over-exfoliated.
Step 01 · PM
A pH 5.5 cleansing oil — not soap. Removes sunscreen in one pass and leaves nothing tight.
Formula 041 · Meadowfoam Dew Serum
The whole label, not the pretty half.
Below is every functional ingredient in the serum at its actual use level, with its INCI name and where it came from. Anything under 0.1% is listed too.
| Ingredient | Function | Origin | Conc. |
|---|---|---|---|
| NiacinamideNiacinamide (vit. B3) | Tone & barrier | Synthesised | 4.00% |
| Meadowfoam seed oilLimnanthes alba | Occlusive lipid | Willamette Valley, OR | 3.50% |
| GlycerinGlycerin, veg. | Humectant | Rapeseed, DE | 3.00% |
| PanthenolPanthenol (pro-B5) | Soothing | Synthesised | 1.00% |
| Sodium hyaluronateSodium hyaluronate, 50 kDa | Humectant | Ferment, JP | 0.60% |
| Chamomile extractChamomilla recutita | Anti-irritant | Hood River, OR | 0.25% |
| Preservative systemBenzyl alcohol, dehydroacetic acid | Preservation | Synthesised | 0.90% |
| WaterAqua | Solvent | Filtered, on-site | 86.75% |
No fragrance, no essential oils, no denatured alcohol. If a batch fails assay by more than ±0.2%, it does not ship.
Read the full glossaryHow to use it
Four minutes, twice a day.
This is a sequence, so the order matters — thinnest to thickest, water before oil. Skip a step and the one after it works less well.
01 · PM
Cleanse with lukewarm water
Work the bar to a lather in your hands, 40 seconds on the face, then rinse. Hot water strips the lipids you're about to pay to replace.
02 · AM+PM
Three drops of serum on damp skin
Damp, not wet. Press it in rather than rubbing. Give it 60 seconds before the next layer.
03 · AM+PM
Seal with Quiet Barrier Cream
An almond-sized amount. This is the layer that stops everything underneath from evaporating.
04 · Weekly
Clay mask, once — not thrice
Ten minutes, no longer. If it cracks, you left it on too long and you're now removing your own barrier.
Where it comes from
Six growers. All named.
We buy botanicals direct, in small lots, from farms we can drive to. Every lot number on a Rare Botany box traces back to a specific harvest.
MEADOWFOAMCold-pressed within 48 hours of harvest, Willamette Valley cooperative — 3 farms, 2018–present.
CHAMOMILEShade-dried, never heat-dried, from a 9-acre plot outside Hood River.
ASSAYIndependent HPLC on every batch. Reports posted publicly within 10 days of bottling.
REFILLSend the glass back, get 25% off the refill. 71% of customers do.
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What people actually say
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“I have rosacea and I read ingredient lists like a lawyer. This is the first brand where the label matched the assay when I checked it myself.”
“Six weeks on the barrier cream and my skin stopped stinging when I put anything on it. That's all I wanted. It's boring and it works.”
“The refill program paid for itself by the third order. I'd have bought it anyway, but I like that they don't pretend the glass is free.”
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Before you buy
Questions we get weekly
Why publish concentrations when nobody else does?
Because “contains niacinamide” tells you nothing — a formula at 0.1% and one at 4% can make the same claim. Publishing the number is the only way to let you compare us honestly against anything else on your shelf, including cheaper things.
Is any of this actually botanical, or is it marketing?
Roughly a third of each formula by weight is plant-derived; the rest is water, humectants and preservatives that have no botanical equivalent worth using. We'd rather say that plainly than call a preservative “nature-identical.”
Will the serum sting if my skin is reactive?
It shouldn't. There is no fragrance, no essential oil, and no denatured alcohol. If it does sting, stop, email us the batch number, and we'll refund you and look at the assay for that lot.
How does the refill program work?
Keep the glass bottle. We ship refills in an aluminium pouch, you decant, and we take 25% off. Prepaid return labels are in every box if you'd rather send the glass back to be re-sterilised.
What if it doesn't work for me?
Sixty days, opened or not, full refund, no return shipment required. Skincare either works on your face or it doesn't, and you can't find that out from a sealed box.
Batch 042 opens 1 August
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