The Knight Cream

The last five minutes of your day, before your skin actually gets to rest.

By the end of the day your skin has been through more than you probably notice — sun, wind, a screen you stared at for eight hours, whatever the day decided to throw at you. The Knight Cream is built for after all of that: a rich, quiet layer that goes on last, so skin has something to work with while you sleep.

It's the richer half of a peptide pair — deeper hydration than a day cream would ever attempt, because at night skin can actually use it. Hyaluronic acid holds water where a lighter formula would let it evaporate. Shea butter and vitamin E round out a cream built to feel like the last good decision of your day.

What It Does

Deeply hydrates skin that's dry, tired, or worn down by the day — the kind of tired a light lotion doesn't reach. Because that hydration goes on while skin is already doing its own overnight repair work, the cream's real job is to not get in the way: it smooths the look of fine lines, supports skin barrier repair, and leaves skin feeling nourished rather than tight or stripped by morning.

Why Night Needs Something Richer

Skin doesn't behave the same at night as it does during the day. Cell turnover speeds up, moisture loss increases, and the barrier gets more permeable — which means whatever goes on last has more influence than usual, for better or worse. A day cream, built to be light under makeup, isn't built for that job.

The Knight Cream is. It's deliberately heavier, made to sit on skin overnight without asking for a 2 a.m. reapplication. Not a mask, not a once-a-week treatment — just the moisturizer that closes out the day properly.

Key Ingredients

Peptides (Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 & Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7) — short amino acid chains that work with skin's own collagen process. The reason skin looks firmer over weeks of consistent use, not a single night.

Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid) — pulls water in and holds it there overnight, so you don't wake up tight.

Shea Butter & Grape Seed Oil — the richness a night cream needs. Especially good for skin that feels dry or stripped by the end of the day.

Vitamin E (Tocopheryl Acetate) — antioxidant support, protecting against whatever the day left behind.

Lavender Essential Oil — the only scent note in the formula, there because a closing ritual should smell like one.

Full Ingredient List

Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Stearic Acid, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid), Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Essential Oil.

How to Use

Apply as the final step of your evening routine — a pea-sized amount goes further than it looks like it should. Massage in and let it absorb before you lie down. Pairs naturally with the Revitalist Day Cream for the morning half of the same routine.

Product Details

1 oz. Made by SKINIST in the USA. Free of sulfates, parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde, silicones, and petrolatum. Cruelty-free. For external use only. Discontinue use if irritation occurs. Avoid contact with eyes.

Ideal For

Dry or dehydrated skin that a lighter moisturizer doesn't fully solve. Mature skin looking for overnight restoration. Anyone whose skin has been through sun, wind, or just a long week. The person who wants their evening routine to feel like an actual ending, not one more task.

You don't have to do more for your skin at night. You just have to let it rest well.

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