The Peptides Bouclier Intégral Barrier Boost Essence is a moisturizing emulsion designed to strengthen the skin barrier.Dore
Clean Beauty Meets Clinical Efficacy: Doré's Biotech-Powered Skin Care Reset
According to U.S. Circana data, Q1 2025 clean skin care sales fell because shoppers were "swapping skin care brands with a clean ingredient focus for those rooted in clinical expertise."
This is not a new trendline. While skin care remains the top category for clean beauty sales within prestige channels, these results have been dropping since 2022, per Circana.
Evolved by Nature's bioactive peptides will be retroactively integrated into existing Doré products and the brand's future launches, representing a significant ongoing R&D partnership.Doré
A case in point: Doré is elevating simple, clinically proven skin care by leveraging licensed formulations from Evolved By Nature, which are powered by the biotech specialist's petrol-free peptide biotechnology.
The Peptides Bouclier Intégral Barrier Boost Essence is a moisturizing emulsion designed to strengthen the skin barrier. It improves hydration, protects against toxins and irritants, and reduces signs of aging and sensitivity. The formulation is suitable for all skin types.
The Peptides Extreme Fermeté Collagen Firming Serum boosts collagen production to reduce fine lines and improve skin firmness and elasticity. Made with gentle, retinol-alternative peptides, it’s reportedly safe for all skin types, even with UV exposure. It can be used after cleansing or layered with the Barrier Boost Essence for better results.
Both launches are EWG-verified, fragrance free, and free of parabens, silicones and sulfates.
Ongoing Collaboration
This collaboration is reportedly just the beginning. Evolved by Nature's bioactive peptides will be retroactively integrated into existing Doré products and the brand's future launches, representing a significant ongoing R&D partnership.
This will create a "direct pipeline" from emerging innovation to the consumer beauty market.
The Next Era of Clean Beauty: From 'Less Bad' to Proactively Good
"At Doré, we’ve always believed that simplicity and efficacy can go hand in hand and that clean beauty doesn’t have to mean compromising on performance," says Emily Yeston, co-founder and CEO of Doré.Doré
Yeston continues, "Partnering with Evolved by Nature has allowed us to harness natural silk peptides in their purest, most bioactive form. This innovation gives us the ability to deliver visible, clinically proven results while staying true to our commitment to clean, gentle, and sustainable formulas. For us, it’s not about following trends. It’s about setting a new standard where science, nature, and integrity meet in support of overall skin health."
The executive notes that the latest launches signal a shift in the clean beauty movement.
"The clean beauty movement of 10-15 years ago was about removal," says Yeston, "taking out questionable ingredients, eliminating harsh additives, and proving that 'free from' formulas could still be beautiful and functional. That was an essential first step. Today, we’re in a new era: one that’s about thoughtful addition: introducing breakthrough ingredients that actively improve skin health, with rigorous science and sustainability built in from the start."
She adds, "These launches and this partnership are allowing us to create high-performance, highly targeted actives from renewable sources, reducing reliance on resource-heavy or environmentally harmful processes. The next chapter of clean beauty isn’t just about being 'less bad'; it’s about being proactively good, for skin, for people and for the planet."
Yeston concludes, "Our latest launches reflect that shift: clinically proven efficacy, thoughtfully sourced innovation, and a deeper alignment between beauty and environmental responsibility."
How Biotech Innovations Elevate Clean Beauty: Insights from Greg Altman, Ph.D.
"We put a tremendous amount of energy into ensuring that we have clearly understood mechanisms of action, fully supported claim sets and clear advantages over traditionally used ingredients," says Greg Altman, CEO of Evolved by Nature.Evolved by Nature
The executive noted, "I think the question might be an indicator of the issue, which is that a lot of biotech innovations aren't fully scaled, haven't engineered their processes to reach affordability, don't have robust safety profiles and global regulatory strategies, etc.: the stuff that allows brands to tap into what matters most to their customers–the claims and the efficacies."
Altman adds, "In the case of Doré, they put so much effort and expertise into achieving French pharmacy formulation standards, they can't compromise by incorporating ingredients that aren't both scientifically validated and sustainable, but also supportive of their brand and business goals. And that's where Evolved By Nature came in."
How can clean beauty brands highlight these types of high-tech ingredients to not only stand out but also prove their effectiveness?
"It really shouldn't be difficult to point a spotlight on key ingredients or why they're beneficial to skin health," says Altman. "If it's a struggle, that either means the ingredient isn't as novel and powerful as it claims, or that the claims haven't been properly validated and articulated by the supplier. Unfortunately, both of those situations result in an ingredient that has very little value to a brand."
He continues, "We put a tremendous amount of energy into ensuring that we have clearly understood mechanisms of action, fully supported claim sets and clear advantages over traditionally used ingredients–all things that can easily become part of a brand's storytelling to get that first trial, and then the effectiveness-in-formula that creates repeat orders."
Altman concludes, "Doré is excellent at both the articulation and the effectiveness, so it's been great to plug our teams together to help them bring the best formulas to people passionate about skin care."
