Living Collagen is our name for the patented New Zealand deer antler velvet extract at the heart of BioVelvet. Deer antler is one of the only mammalian tissues that fully regrows itself every year, and it is naturally rich in growth factors such as IGF-1 and the TGF-beta family, the same signals the skin's own repair process uses. We use it as the reason the formula is different, and pair it with a hydration and barrier base for everyday comfort.

Most collagen creams use hydrolyzed collagen that mainly sits on the surface as a hydrator. BioVelvet is built around deer antler velvet, a growth-factor-rich regenerating tissue, together with magnesium-rich Dead Sea minerals and botanical extracts like aloe and ginkgo. It is a recovery cream aimed at skin that feels stressed, depleted or fragile, and it is petroleum-free and lanolin-free, which sets it apart from many rich creams.

A rich, humectant-heavy cream like this can feel comforting and softening straight away. Changes in the look of texture, tone and resilience are slower and build with consistent use over several weeks. Skin is individual, so results may vary, but here is what people often notice:

From the first use: skin feels soothed, softer and more comfortable.
Days 1 to 7: skin tends to look and feel calmer, less tight and better hydrated.
Weeks 2 to 4: dryness and rough texture often look reduced as the barrier feels more supported.
Weeks 6 and beyond: with daily use, many people see the look of smoother, more even and more resilient skin.

Yes. Our deer antler velvet is sourced in New Zealand, where harvesting is regulated under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and carried out under local anesthetic by trained specialists, following a Code of Practice developed with the New Zealand Veterinary Association. Because antler regrows naturally every year, it is a renewable source rather than a one-time harvest.

BioVelvet is formulated with several ingredients known for comforting sensitive, reactive skin, including aloe vera, allantoin, bisabolol and glycerin, and it leaves out petroleum and lanolin. It does contain a small amount of tea tree oil, which can be a sensitizer for some people, so if your skin is very reactive we recommend a patch test on the inner arm before regular use, then building up as your skin gets comfortable.

BioVelvet is built for dry, tight, stressed or reactive skin that wants a rich, comforting recovery cream. It suits skin that feels depleted after cold weather, travel, over-cleansing or a strong actives routine, mature or fragile skin that needs cushioning, and anyone who prefers a petroleum-free, lanolin-free formula. Think of it as the final comfort step for skin that needs calming and rehydrating rather than a lightweight everyday lotion.

BioVelvet is a rich recovery cream for skin that feels dry, tight, rough, reddened or irritated. It hydrates flaky, dehydrated and chapped skin, calms the look of redness on reactive and eczema-prone skin, soothes and cools sunburned, after-sun skin, comforts windburned and weather-stressed skin, and supports the look of recovering, scar-prone skin. It softens rough texture and helps reinforce the skin barrier, so skin looks calmer and feels more comfortable with daily use.

Yes, that is exactly what it is built for. The base leans on ingredients with strong human research for dry skin: glycerin and hyaluronic acid to draw in and hold moisture, and magnesium-rich Dead Sea minerals, which in a controlled human study improved hydration, barrier function and the look of redness and roughness on dry skin. Allantoin, a recognized skin protectant, helps soothe skin that feels chapped or tight. According to our own testing, dry skin looked and felt more comfortable and better hydrated with regular use.

It is a cushioning, recovery-style cream: rich and comforting, but formulated to sink in rather than sit greasy on top. The base pairs humectants like glycerin and hyaluronic acid with jojoba, whose wax esters are close to skin's own oils, so according to our own testing it feels nourishing without the heavy, waxy finish of petroleum or lanolin balms. Most people feel an immediate softness and comfort, which is the humectant-rich base doing its job.

Use it as your last moisturizing step. At night, apply it after any treatment serums so it sits on top and seals them in. In the morning, apply it before sunscreen. A small amount over clean skin is enough, and you can layer a little more on drier zones. Because it is rich, many people use it nightly and keep daytime use for when skin feels especially dry or tight.

Yes. It is made for the face and neck, and it works well on dry, rough or tight areas of the body such as hands, elbows, knees and shins. If your skin is very reactive, or if you have not used a botanical-rich cream before, patch test on a small area first, since the formula includes botanical extracts including a small amount of tea tree.

Yes. Because BioVelvet goes on as the final step, it layers over most serums, including retinol and vitamin C, without diluting them. Many people find a rich comfort cream on top makes a retinol routine more tolerable by keeping the skin barrier cushioned. Apply your actives first, let them absorb, then seal with BioVelvet.

A regular moisturizer mostly hydrates and sits on the surface. BioVelvet is built as a recovery cream: it combines that hydration base with a patented deer antler velvet extract, magnesium-rich Dead Sea minerals and botanical extracts like aloe and ginkgo, aimed at skin that feels stressed, depleted or fragile rather than only dry. It is also petroleum-free and lanolin-free, which sets it apart from many rich recovery balms.

Deer antler velvet is one of the only mammalian tissues that fully regrows itself every year, growing inches in days, and it is naturally rich in the growth factors the skin's own repair process uses, including IGF-1 and the TGF-beta family. That biology is why we built the formula around a patented New Zealand deer antler velvet extract. The human skin research on velvet is still early, so we treat it as the reason the formula is different, not as a medical claim.