The Glow Duo: Vitamin C Serum + Peptide Cream
Two products, two steps, one cold-preserved system. Cryo-C fades the look of dark spots and feeds the glow with lipid-soluble vitamin C and Siberian sea buckthorn; D.B.T. Baba Yaga rebuilds the moisture barrier and softens the look of fine lines with three collagen-signaling peptides and a five-part ceramide complex. The serum corrects, the cream seals, and each is formulated in small weekly batches and held at 4°C from raw ingredient to finished bottle, so both halves reach your skin at full potency. When a routine leans on two products in sequence, degradation in either one breaks it. This one arrives intact.
How to Use
- After cleansing, shake Cryo-C gently and press 2-3 pumps over face and neck
- Allow 60 seconds for absorption
- Smooth 1-2 pumps of D.B.T. Baba Yaga over face, neck, and décolletage with light upward strokes
- Pat gently around the eyes and lips with your ring finger
Full Ingredient List
Cryo-C key actives: lipid-soluble vitamin C (ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate), Siberian sea buckthorn, rosehip and plant squalane.
D.B.T. Baba Yaga key actives: three collagen-signaling peptides, a five-part bio-identical ceramide complex, niacinamide, German chamomile and rose damascena.
Cryo-C full list: Jojoba (Simmondsia Chinensis) Oil*, Rosehip (Rosa Canina) Oil*, Amaranthus Squalane Oil, Vitamin C (Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate), Cranberry (Vaccinium Macrocarpon) Seed Oil*, Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae Rhamnoides) Fruit Oil*, Strawberry (Fragaria Vesca) Fruit Extract, Vitamin E (non-GMO), Date (Phoenix Dactylifera) Seed Extract, Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra) Flower Extract, Carrot Seed (Daucus Carota) Oil*, Orange (Citrus Sinensis) Oil*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Pot Marigold (Calendula Officinalis) Flower Extract*, German Chamomile (Matricaria Recutita) Flower Extract*.
D.B.T. Baba Yaga 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
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Common Questions
Not at all. The Glow Duo upgrades the two steps that deliver the most visible results: your serum and your cream. Keep whatever cleanser and toner you already like. If you want ones that match, the Essentials Routine adds both, but it's optional. The Glow Duo works on its own.
Each bottle is 50 ml. Most customers finish Cryo-C in 6 to 8 weeks and D.B.T. Baba Yaga in 8 to 10 weeks using both twice daily, so most people reorder about every 10 weeks.
The Glow Duo is the most cost-effective way to add the second product. Many customers start with one and add the other after seeing what the first does on its own.
Brightness comes first: many reviewers describe a visible glow within the first two weeks. Firmer skin and a softer look to fine lines build over the following weeks, because the peptide step works by signaling collagen rather than sitting on the surface.
Real Wild Ice customers. Real results. No retouching.
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All three used the complete Wild Ice Essentials Routine, which includes both halves of the Glow Duo: the Cryo-C vitamin C serum and the D.B.T. Baba Yaga peptide cream.
What customers keep writing
“My skin has never felt better!”
Sami J. Verified buyer“It makes my skin feel so soft”
Debra W. Verified buyer“My skin loves it”
Amanda H. Verified buyer“the results are amazing”
Kathy M. Verified buyer“My skin glows”
Cynthia C. Verified buyer“Moisturizing without being oily”
Vanessa A. Verified buyer“my skin looks amazing”
Lisa S. Verified buyerThe routine that arrives alive
Cold-preserved from the moment each formula is made: no warm warehouses, no months on a shelf, no chemical stabilizers. When a routine leans on two products in sequence, degradation in either one breaks the whole thing. Both halves of the Glow Duo reach your skin at the potency they were formulated at. Tap a card to see how each step works.
Step one: the correction
Lipid-soluble vitamin C penetrates the skin's oil barrier to reach the melanocytes where dark spots form, inhibiting the enzyme that drives pigment overproduction. Siberian sea buckthorn delivers antioxidant protection and the visible glow reviewers describe within the first week, while rosehip and plant squalane support cell turnover and build the smooth, light-reflecting surface that makes radiance visible. This is the step that corrects tone and feeds the glow.
Step two: the structure
Three collagen-signaling peptides trigger your skin's own collagen production, targeting the look of fine lines that form when that production slows. A five-part bio-identical ceramide complex, three ceramide types with phytosphingosine and cholesterol, rebuilds the moisture barrier that thins with age, and German chamomile with rose damascena calms the inflammation that competes with the actives. This is the step that seals the serum and adds its own firming benefit on top.
Why single products fell short
When you rely on two products to work in sequence, degradation in either one breaks the whole routine. A vitamin C serum that oxidized in warm storage can't inhibit the enzyme behind dark spots; a peptide cream with heat-fractured bonds can't signal collagen. Most skincare sits in warm warehouses and on shelves for months before anyone opens it. Wild Ice holds every ingredient and finished bottle at 4°C from arrival through formulation, so both halves of the Glow Duo work because both arrive intact.
Conventional skincare vs Wild Ice
One degree-day = one degree above refrigeration, for one day.
237× the heat exposure before either bottle ever touches your face. A vitamin C serum that never oxidized and peptides that never lost their shape keep doing what you bought them for: fading the look of dark spots and rebuilding firmer, more resilient skin.
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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 Wild Ice bottle in the Glow Duo 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.
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Customer Reviews
Customers pairing the two say skin feels softer and looks brighter within weeks, the serum and cream each doing their half of one job.