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Start with the SeneGence Core 4 for your skin type: a cleanser, a daytime moisturizer, an evening moisturizer and EyeCrème, in Dry, Normal to Dry or Normal to Oily, or the Microbiome Collection for oily-to-sensitive skin.
Choose GLP Complex™ with SenePlex+® and Exosomes, our volume-restoring serum, to visibly restore lost facial volume, smooth deep wrinkles and firm skin affected by aging, weight loss and lifestyle changes.
Choose SeneCell™ SenePlex+® StemCell Concentrate, our anti-aging serum with orchid stem cells, peptides, hyaluronic acid and our highest dose of SenePlex+®, to deliver instant and lasting hydration, visibly lift and firm skin, and help reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
Choose Climate Control, our global best-selling preactivated gel essence with SenePlex+®, as your first skincare step after cleansing, morning and evening, to bring even the driest skin long-lasting hydration, leave it looking plump and bouncy, help support collagen and strengthen the skin barrier, and prepare it for the treatments that follow.
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SeneGence Climate Control is a water-light gel essence that hydrates and primes skin right after cleansing; Nangai Oil is a lipid-rich facial oil that seals in moisture when skin still feels dry, tight or depleted. Use Climate Control first, then Nangai Oil after treatments and before DayTime or Evening Moisturizer.
SeneGence NeoTight® Rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Serum is a targeted facial treatment for firmness, lift and visibly softened lines, with Copper Lysinate/Prolinate and Methylglucoside Phosphate, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Porphyridium Cruentum (Red Algae) Extract and SenePlex+®.
SeneGence NeoTight™ Eye Serum is a lightweight morning-and-evening eye treatment for dark circles, puffiness and fine lines, with SenePlex+® (Calanthe Discolor (Ebine) Extract orchid stem cells and Orchis Mascula (Orchid) Flower Extract), Bacillus Ferment and Sodium Hyaluronate (a form of hyaluronic acid) for a firmer, brighter-looking eye area.
SeneGence C-Bright Dark Spot Corrector is a feather-light vitamin C treatment that visibly fades dark spots and evens the look of skin tone, built on 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid with Ferulic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2, Sodium Hyaluronate (a form of hyaluronic acid) and SenePlex+®.
With SeneGence C-Bright Dark Spot Corrector, our vitamin C treatment for dark spots and hyperpigmentation, look for a first change at two weeks and the full result at eight.
For hyperpigmentation and the look of dark acne marks, choose SeneGence C-Bright Dark Spot Corrector, built on 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, a stabilized vitamin C derivative, with Ferulic Acid, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2 and SenePlex+®.
SeneGence EyeCrème is the nourishing, orchid stem cell-rich eye moisturizer for morning and evening, with Calanthe Discolor (Ebine) Extract and Orchis Mascula (Orchid) Flower Extract in its SenePlex+® and olive-derived Squalane, for a brighter, smoother, more rested-looking eye area.
SeneGence EyeCrème is morning-and-evening eye skincare, a rich eye balm of triglyceride-rich oils, olive-derived Squalane and Calanthe discolor orchid stem cells; EyeLuminator™ Under Eye Brightening Cream adds sheer, light-reflecting brightness that you wear alone, under or over makeup.
Choose Nangai Oil, a weightless facial oil from the Nangai tree of Vanuatu, to intensify any daily regimen as it seals in moisture, strengthens the skin barrier and softens the look of fine lines and wrinkles for a youthful glow when skin feels dry, tight or depleted.
Yes. A lash primer gives mascara something to grip, so the color that follows lands with more visible volume, length and definition, and SeneGence makes its own.
Apply SeneGence 2-in-1 Base & Top Coat as a base, add two thin coats of SeneGence Nail Polish, letting each dry, then seal with the clear coat for a high-shine, salon-quality finish.
SeneGence Advanced Hydration Body Lotion gives dry skin rich hydration in a light, comfortable finish, with Ceramide NP, shea butter and nourishing seed oils for firmer-looking, radiant skin and no sticky residue.
SeneGence Climate Control Body Recovery Mist cools and replenishes body skin after sun, travel or seasonal dryness, with deep-sea Alteromonas Ferment Extract and a red-seaweed hydration blend in a lightweight mist.
SeneGence Reactivating Hand Cream is for hands that are washed often or feel dry through the day: fast-absorbing, non-greasy hydration with ceramide barrier care that you refresh with a little water.
After washing your hands, or whenever they feel dry, lightly dampen the backs of your hands and rub them together: SeneGence Reactivating Hand Cream redistributes and refreshes its hydration, no reapplication needed.
SeneGence Fresh Roll-On Deodorant helps with odor rather than stopping sweat: it is an aluminum-free deodorant, not an antiperspirant, and it absorbs perspiration so you stay fresh.
17-Free means SeneGence Nail Polish is formulated without seventeen commonly avoided nail polish ingredients, from acetone to xylene, while giving richly pigmented, glossy, chip-resistant color you build in two coats.
SeneGence Collagen Firming Night Pak is the marine-based last step of your night: it seals in your evening skincare and helps smooth the look of sleep lines for firmer, smoother, more resilient-looking skin by morning.
SeneGence Lifting & Firming Neck Cream is the dedicated neck-and-décolletage treatment that visibly lifts, firms and smooths, with a Calcium Hydroxymethionine and 3-Aminopropane Sulfonic Acid blend, Caffeine and Palmitoyl Carnitine.
SeneGence Digital Age Defense Serum helps defend skin against HEV blue light from screens and free-radical damage, with Rosemary and Ethyl Ferulate, a soothing ginger complex and Swiss glacier biotech.
Start with what your skin needs most: choose SeneGence Dry for moisture it can hold on to, Normal to Dry for balanced hydration through the seasons, Normal to Oily for light, oil-balancing hydration, or the Microbiome Collection for oily, sensitive skin.
Choose the SeneGence DayTime and Evening Moisturizer pair for your skin type, Dry, Normal to Dry or Normal to Oily, or the Microbiome pair for oily, sensitive skin: lightweight, makeup-ready care by day and richer overnight care by night.
Choose SeneGence SeneSerum-C® Hydrating C-Pearls® Serum, with Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Ergothioneine and Sodium Hyaluronate (a form of hyaluronic acid), for hydrating vitamin C care and an everyday glow; choose C-Bright Dark Spot Corrector, with 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Ferulic Acid and Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2, when dark spots, discoloration and uneven-looking tone lead your decision.
Retinol helps skin look brighter and firmer, with less noticeable fine lines over time, and SeneGence Advanced SenePlex+® Renewal Serum with Retinol pairs Retinol and Retinyl Palmitate with Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 and Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7.
The skin barrier is your skin’s outermost protective layer, and its lipids help keep water from escaping, which is why a depleted barrier can leave skin feeling tight or uncomfortable. In SeneGence skincare, Microbiome Boosting Serum helps strengthen the skin’s natural barrier, and Microbiome Restorative Evening Moisturizer brings Ceramide NP and Cholesterol for moisture-barrier support.
SenePlex+® is SeneGence’s foundational proprietary anti-aging complex, at work in most of our products. Our extremophile technology is made with extracts and cells that survive in extreme environments. In SenePlex+®, Calanthe discolor orchid stem cells and Orchis Mascula orchid join biofermented yeast and kelp, prickly pear, hyaluronic acid, glucosamine, urea and vitamins B5 and E. SenePlex+® is clinically proven to accelerate skin cell renewal for smoother, brighter, younger-looking skin, and it promotes collagen and protects against everyday stressors.
Skin longevity in skincare means caring for how skin looks and feels over time as its needs change: hydrated, smooth, firm, resilient, even-looking and radiant.
Yes. In SeneGence skincare, plant-derived exosomes work inside GLP Complex™ with SenePlex+® and Exosomes, which carries Centella Asiatica Leaf Vesicles. Its finished-serum study measured improvements in deep-wrinkle and facial-volume appearance.
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as messengers in skincare, each chosen for a specific visible job, such as softer-looking lines or smoother, firmer-looking skin.
Extremophile skincare draws on life that thrives where conditions should destroy it, and for SeneGence the search began in the summer of 2000 at the caldera of the Volcano, Mt. Yasur, on Tanna in Vanuatu.
A resurrection plant can dry out almost completely, then revive when water returns. SeneGence DayTime Moisturizer – Dry carries one, Myrothamnus Flabellifolia (Resurrection) Leaf/Stem Extract, to hydrate, protect and revitalize stressed skin.
Fine volcanic-ash particles help SeneGence Facial Resurfacer polish away dull surface buildup as you massage and rinse, leaving skin smoother and fresher-looking.
“Independently tested” means an outside laboratory evaluated a defined product, ingredient or regimen using a stated method, timeline and visible endpoint.
Yes. SeneGence builds skincare into its color, and SenePlex+® runs through its skincare and much of its color, so from Climate Control in the morning to removal at night each step prepares skin for the next.
SeneGence brings copper to firmer-looking skin two ways: Bis(Tripeptide-1) Copper Acetate, the copper peptide in all three DayTime Moisturizers, and Copper Lysinate/Prolinate, a copper complex paired with Methylglucoside Phosphate in NeoTight® Rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Serum.
SeneGence puts peptides where each beauty goal lives: Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3 in GLP Complex™ and SeneCell™ for smoother-looking lines, a tone-care peptide pair in every DayTime and Evening Moisturizer, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-50 with Heptapeptide-15 Palmitate in Lip Line Corrector, and Acetyl Tetrapeptide-3 with clover for fuller-looking brows, lashes and hair. Lip Line Corrector visibly improves the appearance of vertical lip lines by up to 30% after six weeks of twice-daily use in an independent clinical study of 35 women ages 40–70, measured by expert grading against baseline. In an independent study of 31 participants measured by image analysis, GLP Complex™ with SenePlex+® and Exosomes reduced the appearance of deep wrinkles by 11.2% at four weeks and 23.4% at eight weeks, and improved the look of facial volume by 8.4% at eight weeks.
Plant exosomes are a kind of vesicle: tiny membrane-bound particles that plant cells release. A secretome is the wider set of everything a cell releases. In SeneGence skincare, plant exosomes appear as Centella Asiatica Leaf Vesicles in GLP Complex™ with SenePlex+® and Exosomes, beside Ornithine HCl, Phospholipids, Glycolipids and Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3.
In the summer of 2000, SeneGence founder Joni Rogers-Kante took scientists and botanists to Mount Yasur, the active volcano on Vanuatu’s Tanna Island, and came back with three discoveries: an ash that clears, an orchid that inspired SenePlex+® renewal and a seed oil that protects.
Choose MakeSense® Original Foundation, our long-lasting, water-resistant liquid foundation with SenePlex+® anti-aging care, for buildable, medium coverage that adapts to your skin tone with a semi-matte, skin-like finish in an oil-free formula.
For the look of facial volume after weight loss, SeneGence makes GLP Complex™ with SenePlex+® and Exosomes, a clinically proven serum that visibly restores lost facial volume, smooths deep wrinkles and firms skin affected by aging, weight loss and lifestyle changes.
By week six of an independent study, every participant agreed that SeneGence NeoTight™ Eye Serum nourished the delicate skin around the eyes, and expert grading measured an improved look of dark circles and puffiness.
Layer SeneGence NeoTight™ Eye Serum first and EyeCrème second, both before your moisturizer; tap EyeLuminator™ on in the morning after skincare, then add Corrective Color Concealer only where you want more coverage.
Serum goes on before moisturizer. In the SeneGence order, cleanse, then use Climate Control®, GLP Complex™, SeneCell™, Nangai Oil when skin feels dry, and the moisturizer for your skin type and time of day.
Use both because SeneGence built each for its time of day: DayTime Moisturizer – Dry gives lightweight morning moisture and a smooth base for makeup, and Evening Moisturizer – Dry is a richer night cream for overnight care. Both share a peptide pair for more even-looking tone.
Yes. LipSense® lip color is safe for everyday use as directed, and SeneGence tests its products for safety, quality and performance before they reach you.
SeneGence LipSense® Color is built from a quick-drying Alcohol Denat. carrier, a flexible long-wear film, shade pigments and soothing botanicals, and Moisturizing Gloss seals it with Shea Butter, vitamin E and Glycerin.
Fermented ingredients are made when bacteria, yeasts or fungi transform a plant or other source, and in SeneGence skincare each one has its own job: Lactobacillus Ferment conditions dry-looking skin for a supple feel, and filtered yeast ferment helps a formula hold on to water.
Start by making your routine gentler: cleanse gently, stop over-cleansing and harsh or antibacterial washes, add hydration where skin feels tight, and change one step at a time. SeneGence’s Microbiome Collection is built for that reset.
SeneGence Facial Resurfacer pairs walnut shell powder with volcanic ash from Mount Yasur, selected for a fine, near-spherical particle profile, to polish and exfoliate without irritation.
Choose SeneGence MakeSense® Color Correcting Tinted Moisturizer (CCTM) for breathable, sheer-to-medium correction that helps visibly neutralize redness and uneven tone with a natural-looking radiant finish; choose MakeSense® Original Foundation for more buildable coverage with a semi-matte, skin-like finish. You don’t have to choose: wear CCTM alone, or layer Original Foundation over it wherever you want more coverage.
LipSense® Long-Lasting Liquid Lip Color is SeneGence’s long-lasting liquid lipstick. Compared with conventional one-tube liquid lipsticks, it uses a three-piece system: three thin layers of Liquid Lip Color, LipSense Moisturizing Gloss on top, and Ooops!™ Lip Color Remover to take it off.
A brief tingle or mild burning feeling when you apply SeneGence LipSense® Long-Lasting Liquid Lip Color comes from its fast-drying alcohol base evaporating as the color film sets, and dry or unconditioned lips feel it more.
It doesn’t have to. SeneGence LipSense® pairs long-wear color with conditioning: three thin layers of Liquid Lip Color set into a breathable film, and LipSense Moisturizing Gloss on top conditions the lips beneath.
SeneGence LipSense® usually looks patchy or flakes when balm or oil is left on the lips, layers go on too thickly, or strokes go back and forth; take it off with Ooops!™ Lip Color Remover and rebuild in thin layers.
Start with a sheer neutral SeneGence LipSense® Moisturizing Gloss, Glossy, Pearl or Satin Matte, so your LipSense® shade reads true, then add lightly tinted, richly tinted or glitter Glosses to transform the look without buying a new color.
Yes, within the SeneGence line. Seal LipSense® Color with LipSense® Moisturizing Gloss once the third layer has set, and Glowify® Juicy Plumping Lip Gloss is also directed for wear over LipSense®; glosses made outside the LipSense system can soften the color film.
Choose SeneGence Glowify® Long-Lasting Eyeshadow Stick for a quick, one-swipe soft-focus shimmer wash, or ShadowSense® Eyeshadow for highly pigmented matte-to-shimmer color you blend with its doe-foot before it sets; both set to waterproof, crease-resistant wear.
SeneGence Glowify® Microbiome Serum Primer is skincare and glow in one step: it hydrates and conditions, helps balance excess oil and leaves a soft-focus, lit-from-within radiance on its own or under foundation.
For soft sculpting, trace MakeSense® Contouring Bronzer Cream under the cheekbones, along the jawline and at the sides of the nose. For radiant warmth, blend it across the forehead, temples and cheeks. Start lightly, build as you like, and blend upward and outward.
Yes. SeneGence is an established skincare and cosmetics company founded by Joni Rogers-Kante, with its own product-development lab, manufacturing operations and published clinical reports.
Yes. Every SeneGence product is rigorously tested for safety, quality and proven performance before it reaches your skin, and our skincare is dermatologist tested.
SeneGence's orchid stem cells are Calanthe Discolor (Ebine) Extract, plant stem cells from the Ebine orchid at the heart of SenePlex+®, chosen for a firmer, more lifted look in our vegan skincare formulas.
Yes. SeneGence uses hyaluronic acid throughout its skincare. Sodium Hyaluronate is part of SenePlex+®, our foundational proprietary complex featured in most SeneGence products, and it attracts and retains moisture for plumper-looking skin and a reduced look of aging signs.
Choose VitaSense™ Sleep Supplement to help you relax, fall asleep more easily, enjoy sound sleep and wake up feeling refreshed, with organic Ashwagandha, immediate- and extended-release Melatonin and Magnesium Glycinate.*
LipSense® is SeneGence’s flagship long-lasting liquid lipstick, a wax-free color that sets on your lips as a flexible, breathable film and holds until you take it off.
SeneGence SeneSerum-C® Hydrating C-Pearls® Serum is a hydrating vitamin C serum that brightens, hydrates and firms skin while protecting it against environmental free radicals.
SeneGence Advanced SenePlex+® Renewal Serum with Retinol is our nighttime retinol serum made with SenePlex+®, and it supports a visible reduction in fine lines and wrinkles, smooths texture and refines tone overnight, and helps support firmness and hydration.
SeneGence LashSense® VolumeIntense® Mascara is a buildable volume mascara and one of our Global Best Sellers, made to take your lashes to 3-D intensity and dramatic volume. LashSense® VolumeIntense® Mascara gives all-day, smudge- and budge-proof wear. Build the formula for your preferred lash volume while conditioning and helping strengthen lashes over time.
Kiss & Tell Rewards is SeneGence’s free customer loyalty program: you earn rewards every time you shop, share or engage, then redeem your points for dollars off future purchases or free products.
Choose Microbiome Boosting Serum, a lightweight SenePlex+® serum for all skin types, with hyaluronic acid and pre- and probiotics, to hydrate and help strengthen the skin's natural microbiome and barrier for calmer, healthier-looking, more resilient skin with a youthful glow, in any routine, morning and evening.
SeneGence Detoxifying Oxygen Facial Mask turns from gel into a foam of tiny bubbles to draw out impurities and excess oil, remove dead skin cells and reveal smoother, more radiant skin.
Choose ShadowSense® Eyeshadow, our long-lasting cream eyeshadow with SenePlex+®, for highly pigmented crème-to-powder color you blend, then let set to a waterproof, smudge-proof, crease-free finish.
SeneGence Lip Line Corrector is a targeted treatment for the delicate lip contour, pairing encapsulated peptide complexes with SenePlex+® stem cell technology to visibly smooth vertical lip lines and enhance lip definition.
Try SeneGence shades virtually, use undertone guidance to narrow your choices, then check MakeSense® Original Foundation across your jaw and neck in natural daylight.
Yes, over time. Choose HairCovery® Strengthening & Thickening Hair Serum, our leave-in serum, to strengthen hair with SenePlex+® and enhance hair thickness by adding volume, for thicker-looking hair with shine and a silky finish, while it supports a balanced scalp microbiome.
Yes. VitaSense™ Beauty + Collagen is no longer available from SeneGence. It was a strawberry-lemonade dietary supplement powder with 2.5 grams of responsibly sourced Type I hydrolyzed marine collagen peptides in each serving.
Choose SeneGence Sweet Relief Spray with Magnesium & SenePlex+ to mist your body or linens as you wind down, or Sweet Relief Stick with Magnesium & SenePlex+ to apply the same calming aromatherapy to your temples, neck, wrists or the balls of your feet. Both pair Magnesium Chloride with peppermint, lavender, copaiba and sweet basil to help promote relaxation as part of a calming bedtime routine.
Yes. You can buy SeneGence as a retail customer or join Kiss & Tell Rewards, our Preferred Customer program; either way you are simply a customer, with nothing to sell and no business to join.
SeneGence joins senescence, the natural process of aging, with intelligence, the power to learn, adapt and innovate, and together they name the idea of aging intelligently.
Yes. SeneGence spends where you can feel it, on long-wear color, on skincare tested in independent studies, and on the formula instead of a box you would throw away.
Joni Rogers-Kante is the Founder, CEO and Chairwoman of SeneGence, the high-performance skincare and cosmetics company she started in 1999 as a single mother with no investment capital and one idea: kiss-proof lip color.
Aging intelligently is the SeneGence philosophy behind its name: “Sene” from senescence, the natural process of aging, and “Gence” from intelligence, the power to learn and adapt.
Yes. SeneGence formulas are gluten-free: everything we make, from LipSense® to our anti-aging skincare, is formulated without gluten-containing ingredients.
Yes. SeneGence is cruelty-free and never tests on animals. All topical products are vegan-friendly, and everything is formulated without gluten-containing ingredients.
Yes, SeneGence has chosen from the start to leave the retail outer carton off its products, and it holds what it leaves behind to the same standard as its anti-aging skincare and color cosmetics.
Your product arrived without a box because SeneGence deliberately leaves off the printed retail outer carton—the bottle is not missing a piece. SeneGence reports that more than 1.2 million individual retail outer cartons were not used from the start of tracking in 2002 through its latest responsibility report (2026 edition).
The Make Sense Foundation is the nonprofit SeneGence founder Joni Rogers-Kante established to support women and children in need, through scholarships, nonprofit grants, in-kind product donations, fundraising, community partnerships and service.