Our story
We come from people who grew things.
A small family of skincare enthusiasts and licensed estheticians, from rural northern Italy to Northern California.
I · Northern Italy
Where the name comes from.
The Scavino name goes back to rural, northern Italy, to a family that farmed, gardened, baked and treated the land as something you take care of.
II · Northern California
What they carried with them.
Part of our family immigrated to Northern California and brought these values with them.
- Good soil
- Real, home-grown food
- Simple remedies
- A wariness of processed ingredients
III · Today
Formulated by estheticians. Tested on our mothers.
We're the generation that came from this line: a small family of skincare enthusiasts and licensed estheticians who grew up on those habits and still live by them.
Two of us are estheticians. We see mature skin up close every day and know what actually helps it.
Why we made Youth Complex
We wanted one honest product.
A concentrated formula of the most effective anti-aging ingredients, with no water or fragrance, used in a single step at night.
So we spent years testing oils on ourselves, friends, family and clients. We adjusted ratios, dropped ingredients that didn't earn their place, and kept going until the formula worked on real, mature skin, night after night.
Youth Complex is the final creation.
How we make it
Slowly, carefully, and with a lot of respect for what nature already gets right.
It's the way our family has always done things.
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Small batches
Made in small batches in the US.
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Cold-pressed oils
Made with cold-pressed and natural oils.
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Nothing hidden
Every ingredient is printed on the bottle.
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We use it ourselves
We personally use what we make.