Our story

Committed to natural. Made to glow.

A new NZ-made body-care range for young Kiwis chasing glowy skin — built for dry patches, body breakouts, KP, and chapped lips. From the team already trusted by 100,000+ Kiwis through PrimalPantry. Real actives, vibrant colours, no spa beige.

From the team behind PrimalPantry — natural skincare for 100,000+ Kiwis with the country's most sensitive skin.

100,000+

Kiwis trust our team

Across our PrimalPantry skincare line — built for the country's most sensitive skin.

100%

Made in Aotearoa

Hand-blended in Christchurch in small batches. Always.

3 yrs

Of natural NZ skincare

Same team. Same ingredient standards. New range built for glowy skin.

Our mission

"To help as many young Kiwis as possible feel confident in their skin — without the synthetic, the spa price tag, or the boring packaging."

Bacne. KP. Chest breakouts. Bumpy upper arms. Dry, flaky lips. The kind of stuff a $200 dermatologist visit feels like overkill for, but you still want something that *actually works*. That's what we make.

The team

Same team that's helped 100,000+ Kiwis with sensitive skin. Now for glowy skin.

SkinClear is a new line from Curtis and the team behind PrimalPantry — the Christchurch-based natural skincare brand that has supplied over 100,000 Kiwis with tallow-based products for some of the country's most sensitive skin.

PrimalPantry is built for dry, irritated, eczema-prone skin — gentle and quiet. SkinClear is built for the opposite end of the spectrum: younger Kiwis with body breakouts, KP, and chapped lips who want something vibrant, fun, and a little sherbety. Same standards, same Christchurch workshop, completely different product.

The detailed story of why we're launching SkinClear, and what made us realise there was a gap, is something the team is still putting into words — watch this space.

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Made for glowy skin

The stuff our customers actually use it for.

One outcome — glowy skin. Real cold-pressed oils + clean actives (niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, willow-bark BHA) do the work, without the $80-import seriousness.

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Bacne + body breakouts

Raw cane sugar physically clears clogged pores. Willow-bark BHA tucks in to soften the gunk, niacinamide evens out the redness left behind. Most see a difference in 5–10 days of regular shower use.

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KP + dead-skin dullness

The bumpy upper-arm stuff is dead keratin. Sugar buffs it off; cold-pressed oils + ceramides (in the body butter) soften and seal the new skin underneath. Bonus: the Mint Mojito Crush feels amazing.

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Dry + chapped lips

The Lip Duo's 20g strawberry-sugar scrub clears flaky lip skin in 30 seconds, then the 15ml Mānuka + raspberry treatment (with hyaluronic acid) seals the moisture in all week.

⚠️ Body only — sugar scrubs are too abrasive for the face. If you have severe or cystic acne, please see a derm.

What we stand for

Three things we won't compromise on.

01

Naturally sourced

Every ingredient is naturally derived. No parabens, sulphates, synthetic dyes, or plastic microbeads — ever. We read the label so you don't have to.

02

Made in Aotearoa

Hand-blended in our Christchurch workshop, using Kiwi-grown oils and botanicals wherever the seasons allow. Small batches mean fresher product and zero waste.

03

Kind by default

Cruelty-free, packaged in recyclable hard plastic jars, with vegan options across most of the range. We donate 1% of every sale to NZ-based environmental clean-ups. Beauty shouldn't cost the planet.

Ingredients ethos

If we wouldn't put it on our own skin, it doesn't go in the jar.

Every formula is built on the same four-ingredient backbone — raw NZ cane sugar (or salt / butter / surfactant), a cold-pressed carrier oil, a botanical essential oil, and vitamin E — plus a small, clearly-named glow active doing the real work: willow-bark BHA for blackheads, niacinamide for tone, ceramides for the barrier, colloidal oatmeal for the soak, hyaluronic acid for the lip plump. Everything else is a guest, not a resident.

  • Real actives, dialled down: 1–3% so the skin gets the benefit without the sting
  • No parabens, sulphates, phthalates or synthetic fragrance
  • No plastic microbeads — sugar dissolves naturally
  • Hard plastic jars, matching plastic lids — all recyclable
Our team's track record

Three years building natural skincare in Aotearoa.

2023
PrimalPantry launches in Christchurch — natural tallow skincare for dry and irritated skin.
2024
Team grows to 17. PrimalPantry becomes NZ's largest tallow skincare maker.
2025
PrimalPantry passes 100,000 Kiwi customers nationwide.
Now
SkinClear launches — a new vibrant range from the same team, built for glowy skin.
The line-up

Five product types. All hand-blended for glowy skin.

Built around the requests we hear most — bacne, KP, chest breakouts, dry patches, flaky lips. Naming the problem is the easy bit; getting the formulas right (real actives, no clinical seriousness) took eighteen months.

Try it on the problem area

Find your scent. Find your glow.

Five hand-blended product types, made in NZ. 30-day glow guarantee — try it, love it, or send it back even half-used.

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