The lab log · Collagen + Copper
Building the stick.
Every step from bench to your bag, posted as it happens.
Now: bench work
Updated
- Formulator
- Components
- Bench work
- Testing
- Production
- Launch
Updates
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In progress
The raw materials are in.
Ingredients for the Collagen + Copper Stick have been arriving at the lab all week. Next is bench work: the first pours, then tuning how the stick sets, twists and glides.
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Done
The tubes landed.
Our twist-up components arrived at the lab. Before anything else, the formula has to live happily inside them: no softening, no leaking, a clean twist every time.
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Done
Kickoff with our formulator.
We went through the brief line by line: three peptides at levels that do something, a base that stays solid in a hot bag, and a glide good enough that you finish the stick.
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Done
We picked our formulator.
After months of calls with labs in the US and Korea, we signed with a US cosmetic formulator to build the stick from scratch. No stock base, no relabeled balm.
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Done
Finding the right tube.
A stick lives or dies by its component. We sampled twist-up tubes from suppliers across Asia and chose a 15 g round stick that twists smoothly and fits in a pocket.
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Where it started
Why we didn’t make another serum.
Eric was mixing peptide serums at home and kept hitting the same wall: droppers, waste, and product everywhere except where he wanted it. A stick puts peptides exactly where you swipe.