The Journal

Relaunched April 2026. Foundational essays on formulation discipline, ingredient biology, and the manufacturing choices behind PrimalBasics. We publish when we have something worth saying, not on a schedule.

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How a tooth powder ended up being made by a research institute at Prince of Songkla University

How a tooth powder ended up being made by a res...

If you picked up our PrimalDent tooth powder prior to mid 2025, it was made on a kitchen counter in a condo in central Bangkok, by me, in batches of...

How a tooth powder ended up being made by a res...

If you picked up our PrimalDent tooth powder prior to mid 2025, it was made on a kitchen counter in a condo in central Bangkok, by me, in batches of...

The tooth powder was the beginning — what we learned from four ingredients

The tooth powder was the beginning — what we le...

If you are a new customer, you probably came to us through the tooth powder. That is not an accident — it is the product of ours that has the...

The tooth powder was the beginning — what we le...

If you are a new customer, you probably came to us through the tooth powder. That is not an accident — it is the product of ours that has the...

Reading the Crème de La Mer ingredient list, in public

Reading the Crème de La Mer ingredient list, in...

I did not grow up with Crème de La Mer on my radar. I knew it existed — every airport duty-free magazine features it, every department-store beauty counter in Bangkok...

Reading the Crème de La Mer ingredient list, in...

I did not grow up with Crème de La Mer on my radar. I knew it existed — every airport duty-free magazine features it, every department-store beauty counter in Bangkok...

Why we don't use grape seed oil — and what we use instead

Why we don't use grape seed oil — and what we u...

Every clean-beauty brand I respect makes a small list of choices I disagree with. For a long time, grape seed oil would not have been one of them — because...

Why we don't use grape seed oil — and what we u...

Every clean-beauty brand I respect makes a small list of choices I disagree with. For a long time, grape seed oil would not have been one of them — because...

The 0% Standard — and what it actually costs us to hold it

The 0% Standard — and what it actually costs us...

The 0% Standard™ is the rule we wrote for ourselves before PrimalBasics existed as a brand. It is the one formulation commitment we do not bend on, not for cost,...

The 0% Standard — and what it actually costs us...

The 0% Standard™ is the rule we wrote for ourselves before PrimalBasics existed as a brand. It is the one formulation commitment we do not bend on, not for cost,...

Skin is a lipid organ. Treat it as one.

Skin is a lipid organ. Treat it as one.

Most of what sells in the skincare aisle is designed for skin as a surface. Most of what skin actually is, is a structure. This essay is about the difference,...

Skin is a lipid organ. Treat it as one.

Most of what sells in the skincare aisle is designed for skin as a surface. Most of what skin actually is, is a structure. This essay is about the difference,...