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Founders Drop 01 · Perial Serum · 50ml

Not everything.
Just the perioral zone.

A post-brush precision serum for the area around the mouth, chin, and jawline.

Formulated at Kolmar Korea · 3,000 numbered units · Ships September 2026

FARO Perial Serum — matte navy-to-frost 50ml bottle with champagne dropper cap, beside its cream box in warm morning light
Free to join · First access to Protocol 01 · First 300 join the Founders Circle Read the Lab Notes →
50,000 ppmPanthenol
EGFsh-Oligopeptide-1 · biotech peptide
3,000Numbered units
Sept 2026Ships from California

Fragrance-free · Menthol-free · Made at Kolmar Korea, the lab behind the industry's biggest brands

A clear drop of water beside a fresh centella leaf on warm cream stone

Helps improve the appearance of redness

Raw zinc mineral fragments resting on a matte warm-beige surface

Helps balance the look of oil

An hourglass standing on perfectly smooth wind-brushed sand

Smooths the look of uneven texture

The Pattern

Why only around your mouth?

Cheeks: fine. Forehead: fine. But the same spots around your mouth and jawline keep acting up, no matter which serum you switch to.

The perioral zone traced in a fine dotted champagne line: the skin around the mouth, chin, and jawline
The Perioral Zone

Around the mouth, chin, and jawline. Not everything — just here.

It might not be what you apply. It might be what touches that zone first, 2 to 3 times a day.

Brushing teeth with white foam gathering at the corner of the mouth, navy and gold bathroom accents in warm sunlight

It meets more.

Toothpaste, foam, residue — 2 to 3 times a day.

Profile of a smile showing the natural fold of skin at the mouth corner and jawline, backlit in champagne light

It moves more.

The most mobile skin on your face, folding all day.

Fingers pressing moisturizer onto the cheek while the skin around the mouth is left bare

It gets less.

Your routine stops at the cheeks. Balm stops at the lips.

So we built its step.

A precision serum, applied right after brushing — when the zone needs it most.

The Ritual

Brush. Precision. Go.

After brushing, give the perioral zone its own 60-second ritual. One zone. Zero new habits.

A navy toothbrush resting on a cream stone sink while water runs from a gold faucet in morning light 01 · Brush

Finish your normal routine. Rinse well.

Fingertips pressing two clear serum drops along the jawline, the navy serum bottle in the foreground 02 · Precision

Press 2–3 drops along the mouth area and jawline.

A tidy cream stone counter with the capped navy serum bottle and a folded ivory towel in morning light 03 · Go

Absorbs fast. No film, no fragrance, no shine.

The Founders Ritual Kit

What arrives in September.

FARO Founders Ritual Kit set box, open: Perial Serum in its carton and the Ritual Guide card, set in a cream box

Perial Serum 50ml · fragrance-free, lightweight gel-serum · the Ritual Guide · your numbered Founders card · premium set box.

Choose your protocol.

Founders Ritual Kit

$49 + $6.95 shipping

Perial Serum 50ml · Ritual Guide · premium set box. The ritual, complete.

Add a refill and shipping's on us

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The Full Protocol

$94 · Free U.S. shipping

Ritual Kit + 50ml Refill. ~5 months of the ritual. Refill at founder pricing. Ships free.

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The Year of the Zone

$139 · Free U.S. shipping

Ritual Kit + 2 Refills. The full commitment. Best per-bottle value.

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Founder pricing is locked for the Founders Lab. Reservations open with Protocol 01 — the Lab gets the link 48 hours before anyone else.

The Formula

Every ingredient has a number.
That's the point.

Most serums tell you what's inside. We tell you exactly how much.

Fresh centella asiatica leaves with a single water drop, on warm cream travertine

Centella Leaf Water

98,000 ppm — the base starts calm.

Fine white crystalline powder in a champagne gold laboratory scoop on cream stone

Panthenol

50,000 ppm — comfort after brushing.

Wind-smoothed pale sand with one gentle ripple fading into flatness in warm light

LHA

300 ppm — smooths the look of uneven texture.

A gloved hand holding a small clear glass vial beside a micro-pipette on cream travertine

EGF

A biotech peptide — precision-dosed.

Imagery represents raw-material character only.

IngredientDoseWhat it's for
Panthenol50,000 ppmSupports skin comfort and a hydrated feel after brushing.
Centella Leaf Water98,000 ppmReplaces plain water as the base. The formula starts calm.
Madecassoside Complex30 ppmMadecassoside, asiaticoside, madecassic and asiatic acid, combined. Helps improve the appearance of redness in the zone.
LHA300 ppmGently smooths the look of uneven texture. Dosed low, on purpose.
Zinc PCAPrecision-dosedHelps balance the look of oil around the mouth and chin.
sh-Oligopeptide-1 (EGF)Precision-dosedA biotech peptide, included to help improve the appearance of redness.
AllantoinPrecision-dosedComfort, for skin that gets rubbed and rinsed daily.

Doses shown are locked formulation values. The complete ingredient list (INCI) is printed on every box.

The EGF Story

Why EGF?

sh-Oligopeptide-1 — EGF — is one of the most expensive actives in skincare, gram for gram. It's a biotech peptide, the kind of ingredient a lab measures in parts per million, not percent. We included it because the zone that gets brushed, rinsed, and rubbed every day deserves it: EGF helps support the look of calm, even-toned skin around the mouth — where redness tends to show first.

EGFsh-Oligopeptide-1 · biotech peptide
Close-up of the FARO Perial Serum dropper: champagne metal collar and matte ivory bulb on the navy bottle
The Feel

No film. No fragrance. No shine.

A lightweight gel-serum that absorbs in about the time it takes to put your toothbrush back. No "tingle means it's working" — the zone gets enough stimulation already.

Fragrance-free Menthol-free Precision-dosed
A translucent lightweight gel-serum smear with one clear drop, swiped across warm cream stone
Made in Korea

Formulated and manufactured
by Kolmar Korea.

If you know K-beauty, you know the name. Kolmar Korea is Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer, the lab behind the industry's biggest brands.

FARO is formulated, tested, and filled at Kolmar, then shipped from our California warehouse.

A gloved hand lifting a small navy dropper bottle from a stainless steel laboratory tray in warm light
Founders Drop

3,000 units. Each one numbered.

Protocol 01 is a single run of 3,000. Every unit is numbered in the order it's reserved.

The Founders Wall · Opening Soon
3,000 numbered units · Protocol 01

No. 0001–3000

1 Founders Circle · 300 3,000

No fake countdown — we build the batch as founders reserve it. The first 300 to reserve join the Founders Circle.

A deep navy membership card embossed with the gold number 0001, beside the navy serum bottle on cream travertine First 300 · Founders Circle
  • Numbered card (No. 0001–0300) in your kit
  • Priority September fulfillment
  • $10 refill credit on your next FARO order
  • First access to Drop 02
First 500 · Founders Drop
  • Numbered card (No. 0301–0500)
  • Early access to Drop 02

Numbers are assigned in order of reservation. The first 300 join the Founders Circle.

The Founders Lab

Join the FARO Founders Lab.

Be first to access Protocol 01 — the first 3,000 numbered units of Perial Serum.

  • First access to Protocol 01, 48 hours before it opens
  • Founder-only pricing, locked to your email
  • Lab Notes — formulation and production updates, as they happen
  • The Perial Panel — a voice in what we refine next

A few notes a month, written from the lab. The door opens for you first. Unsubscribe anytime.

The first 300 to reserve join the Founders Circle — No. 0001–0300.

FARO Lab Notes

From the lab, in plain language.

We're building FARO in the open — formulation decisions, manufacturing notes from Kolmar, and what changes because founders asked. Read why we're building for one zone →

Lab Note 01

Why we're building for the perioral zone

The case for giving one zone its own step — and why "everything serums" keep missing it.

Read the note Lab Note 02

The post-brush ritual

Sixty seconds, right after brushing. Why the timing matters more than another product.

Read the note Lab Note 03

Inside Protocol 01

Every active, dosed in ppm. The full formulation story of the first 3,000 units.

Read the note Lab Note 04

Notes from Kolmar

What we learned manufacturing at Korea's largest cosmetics lab — batch by batch.

Read the note
Follow the Lab Notes on Substack

Lab Notes are written by the founder and cross-posted to Substack. Drops open through the Founders Lab email first.

For Founders Only

The Perial Protocol.

Inside every kit: a card with a code. Scan it, and a private guide to the post-brush ritual unlocks — created for FARO Founders, not published anywhere else.

Scan to unlock The Perial Protocol A private guide to the post-brush ritual — created for FARO Founders.
  • A 7-day post-brush routine, day by day
  • Toothpaste curation notes — what we'd use around the zone, and why
  • What to keep away from the perioral zone
  • The Perial Panel — your direct line to the lab. Founder feedback shapes Drop 02.
  • Refill timing, so the ritual never skips a week

Unlocks at faro.com/pages/perial-protocol with the email your kit ships to.

Pre-Order Policy

How the pre-order works.
Plain terms. No surprises.

  1. This is a pre-order. You're reserving from our first production batch of 3,000.
  2. Estimated shipping: September 2026. Filled and finished at Kolmar Korea, then shipped from our California warehouse.
  3. Payment is captured at checkout. That payment reserves your number in the batch.
  4. Cancel anytime before shipment for a full refund. One email. No questions, no forms.
  5. If anything shifts, we'll email you immediately with updated timing and the option of a full refund.

We only make what founders reserve. That's why it's a pre-order, and why your number means something.

FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

What is the perioral zone?

The area around your mouth, chin, and jawline. It's the only part of your face that meets toothpaste, foam, and friction 2 to 3 times a day — and it moves more than any other zone. That's why it gets its own step.

Is this for acne?

No. FARO Perial Serum is not an acne drug or treatment. It's a cosmetic serum designed for the post-brush care ritual around the mouth, chin, and jawline — fragrance-free, lightweight, and made to help the zone feel calm and cared for.

When will my order ship?

September 2026, from our California warehouse. Founders Circle (first 300) ships first. You'll get tracking the moment it leaves.

When am I charged?

At checkout. That payment is what reserves your numbered unit from the first batch. You can cancel for a full refund any time before shipment.

What if shipping is delayed?

We'll email you right away with the updated timeline and a one-click full-refund option. No chasing us down.

Where is it made?

Formulated, tested, and manufactured by Kolmar Korea — Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer — then shipped to the U.S.

Why a serum for just one zone?

Precision is the whole idea. The perioral zone is the only part of your face that meets toothpaste, foam, and friction 2 to 3 times a day, and it moves more than any other zone. Skin with its own daily stress pattern gets its own step.

Why $49 for one serum?

Because it's the complete Ritual Kit: the 50ml serum, the Ritual Guide, your numbered Founders card, and the premium set box. Precision for one zone is priced like precision, not like an all-over bargain bottle.

How do I use it?

Right after brushing, morning and night: press 2–3 drops along the mouth area, chin, and jawline. It absorbs fast — no film, no fragrance, no shine — then continue your usual routine.

Is it safe for sensitive skin?

The dosing philosophy is gentle by design, and every batch goes through compatibility testing. As with any new product, patch-test first if your skin is reactive.

What exactly is in it?

The dose table above lists the headline actives — with exact ppm wherever the batch value is locked. The complete ingredient list (INCI) is printed on every box.

Protocol 01 · First batch of 3,000 · Sept 2026