HonestActives

Honest cosmetic research, from evidence to cell response.

Discover ingredients and peptides, trace supported receptors, genes and pathways, then explore what the evidence suggests in a skin-cell model.

This app estimates; it does not measure. It is not clinical, regulatory, diagnostic or safety advice.

Read the guide
One questionWhat does this ingredient do to this cell?Evidence moves the answer forward.
  1. Source or formula
  2. Active identity
  3. Peptide or compound
  4. Receptor or target
  5. Genes
  6. Pathways
  7. Skin-cell response
  8. Unknown
Unknown: evidence stops here

An unsupported hop is reported, never guessed.

Choose your route

Begin with what you know

Every route keeps its sources and evidence level.

Evidence stays with the claim

Stronger wording requires stronger, more specific evidence.

Measured / quantitative Functional human-cell evidence Curated identity Hypothesis Unknown

Where the work ends: a project report, kept in your project exactly as printed, gathering your evaluations, your decision log, and every claim hypothesis with the study needed to settle the claim.