D.B.T. Baba Yaga: Peptide & Ceramide Cream
Firms, softens the look of fine lines, and rebuilds the moisture barrier. A peptide and ceramide face cream built around three collagen-signaling peptides that tell your skin to restart its own collagen, a five-part bio-identical ceramide complex that rebuilds the barrier, and German chamomile with rose damascena to calm the inflammation that ages skin. Formulated in small weekly batches and kept at 4°C from raw ingredient to finished bottle, so the peptides keep the exact shape they need to signal with. A cushiony cream on a base of organic rose damascena distillate, it absorbs fast and never feels heavy. No chemical preservatives, because cold does their job.
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How to Use
- Apply last, after cleansing, toning, and serum
- Dispense 1-2 pumps (a little goes a long way)
- Smooth over face, neck, and décolletage with light upward strokes
- Pat gently around the eyes and lips with your ring finger
Full Ingredient List
Key actives: three collagen-signaling peptides (Palmitoyl Dipeptide-5, Palmitoyl Dipeptide-6, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline) that tell fibroblasts to restart collagen production; a five-part bio-identical ceramide complex (Ceramide NP, AP, EOP plus phytosphingosine and cholesterol) with niacinamide for barrier repair; German chamomile and rose damascena to calm inflammation.
Full list: Rose (Rosa Damascena) Distillate*, Abyssinian (Crambe Abyssinica) Oil, Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), N-Acetyl Glucosamine, Distilled Water (Aqua), Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) Seed Oil, German Chamomile (Matricaria Recutita) Flower Extract*, Vegetable Glycerin (Glycerin)*, Murumuru (Astrocaryum Murumuru) Seed Butter*, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Vitamin E (non-GMO), Palmitoyl Dipeptide-5 Diaminobutyloyl Hydroxythreonine, Palmitoyl Dipeptide-6 Diaminohydroxybutyrate, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Shea (Butyrospermum Parkii) Butter*, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Polyacrylic Acid, White Willow (S. Alba) Bark Ferment Filtrate, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Leuconostoc, Aloe (Aloe Barbadensis) Leaf Extract, Rowan (Sorbus Aucuparia) Fruit Ferment Filtrate, Jasmine (Jasminum Officinale) Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Salicylic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Lactic Acid, Persian Lilac (Melia Azadirachta) Leaf Extract, Persian Lilac (Melia Azadirachta) Flower Extract, Amino Esters-1 (ex Mimosa Tenuiflora), Ivy Gourd (Coccinia Indica) Fruit Extract, Eggplant (Solanum Melongena) Fruit Extract, Aloe (Aloe Barbadensis) Flower Extract, Holy Basil (Ocimum Sanctum) Leaf Extract, Turmeric (Curcuma Longa) Root Extract, Sodium Phytate, Red Seaweed (Corallina Officinalis) Extract, Xanthan Gum.
* Organic Ingredient
Storage
Common Questions
No. D.B.T. absorbs quickly and leaves skin soft, not coated. The base uses lightweight abyssinian oil and murumuru butter that sink in rather than sit on top. Reviewers with oily and combination skin call it light; reviewers with dry skin call it nourishing.
Yes, and it is designed for it. Pat gently around the eye area with your ring finger. The ceramides and peptides matter most where skin is thinnest, and many customers apply it around the lips to soften smile lines too.
Softer, more hydrated skin is immediate. Firmer skin and softer-looking fine lines build over weeks, because the peptides work by signaling new collagen rather than sitting on the surface. Reviewers describe visible change from around three weeks onward.
Most customers finish a bottle in 8 to 10 weeks using 1-2 pumps twice daily. The formula is concentrated, so a little goes a long way.
Yes. German chamomile and rose damascena make the base calming, with no synthetic fragrance or dye. Reviewers with reactive skin use it daily, including around the eyes.
Real Wild Ice customers. Real results. No retouching.
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All three used the complete Wild Ice Essentials Routine; D.B.T. Baba Yaga is its moisturize step.
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What customers keep writing
“it has even started to finish my 70 years of smile lines”
Paula M. Verified buyer“Freshness and glowing skin after just two months!”
Karen Verified buyer“been “carded” three times this past week by astonished people who thought I was way younger than what I am”
Tina S. Verified buyer“This is the ONLY cream that did not burn or sting when applied”
Michelle S. Verified buyer“I’ve been using for about three weeks and I do think I am seeing smoother, more even skin”
Amanda O. Verified buyer“the first cream that has felt hydrating without feeling heavy”
Sami J. Verified buyer“I have tried over 1000 different creams and finally this is the one”
Nancy E. Verified buyer“My fine lines have disappeared”
Laura D. Verified buyerThe peptide cream that arrives alive
Cold-preserved from the moment it's formulated: no warm warehouses, no months on a shelf, no chemical stabilizers. Three actives reach your skin at the same potency as the day they were made. Tap a card to see the mechanism.
Restart the collagen signal
Palmitoyl Dipeptide-5, Palmitoyl Dipeptide-6, and Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline. Not structural fillers but signaling molecules: each one mimics a fragment of collagen, so your skin reads it as an order to rebuild. Three are included because each activates a different pathway in the fibroblasts, the cells in your dermis that build collagen, and a palmitoyl lipid anchor helps each peptide slip past the skin surface to reach them. The signal depends on the peptide keeping its exact shape, which is the first thing heat takes apart.
The barrier, rebuilt to spec
A five-part system: Ceramide NP, AP, and EOP matched to the three most abundant in healthy human skin, plus phytosphingosine (the base ceramides are built from) and cholesterol to fill the gaps between lipid layers. Together they self-assemble into the same layered structure your skin uses to hold moisture in and irritants out. Niacinamide amplifies the effect by prompting your skin to make more of its own ceramides from the inside.
The calm that lets it work
Chamomile brings bisabolol and chamazulene, two compounds that quiet inflammation at the surface. That matters for aging skin, because chronic low-grade inflammation interferes with collagen synthesis and slows barrier repair. Rose damascena distillate is the hydrating, anti-inflammatory base the whole formula is built on. Together they create the environment where peptides and ceramides can work without fighting irritation.
Conventional skincare vs Wild Ice
One degree-day = one degree above refrigeration, for one day.
237× the heat exposure before it ever touches your face. Peptides that never lost their shape, and ceramides that kept their structure, keep doing what you bought them for: signaling new collagen and rebuilding your barrier.
See the full research: every assumption disclosed →
More on why heat matters
Three short chapters: the journey, the chemistry, and the beauty-fridge problem
The Journey That Adds Up
The Problem Was Never Your Routine.
Preservatives fight one problem. Heat causes three.
1
Bacterial Digestion
Bacteria multiply in warm formulas. Preservatives suppress them. Cold slows them too, without adding to what your skin has to absorb.
2
Redox Reactions
Heat drives chemical reactions that degrade vitamin C, ceramides, and peptides. Preservatives don't slow this process. Cold does.
3
Enzymatic Activity
Plant enzymes keep breaking down botanical compounds after harvest. Preservatives don't affect this. Cold puts them on pause.
Cold Can't Unspoil the Banana
Everyone wants fresh skincare. That's why beauty fridges are everywhere. But chilling a conventional serum makes about as much sense as refrigerating an old banana.
Your serum absorbed 1,956 degree-days of heat before it ever met a fridge. A banana at least has the courtesy to turn brown; a degraded cream looks and feels identical to a fresh one.
Beauty fridges make conventional skincare cold at the end. Wild Ice is cold from the beginning.
From our studio to your door
Cold from the very first step
Every D.B.T. Baba Yaga bottle is formulated in small weekly batches in our studio and held cold at 4°C, from raw ingredient through formulation.
Ingredients kept cold
Every ingredient stored at 4°C from the moment it arrives.
Formulated fresh
Formulated in small weekly batches, cold throughout.
Held at 4°C
Finished bottles go straight into cold storage and stay there.
Shipped within days
Made fresh weekly, so actives are still active when they reach you.
Between warm warehouses, hot freight, and un-chilled retail shelves, it's nearly impossible to get big while staying cold. The industry won't change until enough customers demand it. Someone had to take the plunge first, so we did.
Fresh was never optional
I grew up in the Soviet Union watching my grandmother make skincare from her garden. It worked because it was fresh. There was no other option.
In 2018, I began cold-storing every ingredient and finished product. I hadn't changed a single formula; the reviews changed on their own. A national retailer offered us shelf placement but refused to refrigerate. We walked away.
Every product is made in our studio, in small weekly batches. I've worn every formula through three pregnancies. Every bottle is one I'd use on my own family.
Frequently Asked Questions
Customer Reviews
Customers say it calms and softens where richer creams stung, with several reporting smile lines visibly easing after months of use.