The Science Behind the Bottle

Therefore, other than for sustainability purposes, I did not pay as much attention to bottles and containers as part of the process of product development. I instead focused the bulk of my passion, attention, and resources on the formulation itself: the ingredients, texture, and efficacy of usage - what went into the bottle and not how the bottle looked. 

This approach all changed when technological progress allowed us to leverage the bottle as an important part of creating superior products, and we began to develop packaging and manufacturing breakthroughs that finally could make a significant difference for the end result. 

Because I was originally making products solely for my personal use, I was not restricted in any way on the cost, quality, or research behind the ingredients or processes used. As such, I was able to realize my skincare vision of using only supremely exclusive and efficacious select anti-aging ingredients in superior concentrations, set in luxurious textures. In order to maintain the long-term benefit and integrity of these potent formulations, we set forth on a quest to help develop the most productive and advanced packaging and manufacturing systems to further enhance the overall quality of our unique preparations. Thus, our unique and trademarked Triple Airless system RTAPS313™ was born. 

After much research and development, we were able to utilize vacuum technology – which allows ingredients to be mixed together at high speeds, without incorporating air – and to combine it with airless containers and an airless pump. The interconnection of these three airless systems helps to protect against unnecessary product oxidation and to better preserve the integrity of the ingredients for heightened product effectiveness over time. In addition, this advanced technology further enabled us to decrease the amount of preservatives necessary to provide an adequate shelf life.

Thus, Retrouvé is made under vacuum and then dispensed directly into opaque black tinted, airless recyclable Italian glass containers that help shield the product from degradation due to air and light exposure. 

How it works: The glass containers house a flexible airless bag filled with product. When the pump is depressed, instead of air coming in and pushing a barrel up to keep the reservoir in a prepped state, the bag shrinks due to pressure as it collapses on itself. 

As a result, products contained in this innovative airless packaging system can last longer on the shelf in a more potent and uncompromised state than they otherwise could.

We welcome you to this new world of product packaging that actually makes a difference in the finished product, and we are sure that you will also see and feel the difference that this advanced technology provides.