YENSA
Clean makeup infused with 8 superfoods and 8 superoils — peptide-powered foundation, concealer and lip care that nourishes while it wears. Shipped free to all 50 US states.
Clean makeup infused with 8 superfoods and 8 superoils — peptide-powered foundation, concealer and lip care that nourishes while it wears. Shipped free to all 50 US states.
YENSA was founded on a simple idea: your makeup is on your skin for 10+ hours a day, so it should do more than sit there. Their BC Complex — 8 superfoods plus 8 superoils — turns every formula into a delivery vehicle for peptides, antioxidants and plant-powered actives.
The Super Serum Silk Foundation is the flagship: hydrating peptide coverage that reads natural at a glance, skincare-treatment on closer look. The concealers, blush, and lip oils run the same logic — color that actually treats, instead of color that just covers.
Shop the Super Serum Silk Foundation →We carry Saie, ILIA, and Kosas too — here's how YENSA stacks up.
| YENSA | ILIA | Saie | Kosas | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skincare actives in the formula | ✓ 8 superfoods + 8 superoils | ✓ Vitamin C/E blends | ✓ Plant oils | ✓ Hyaluronic + peptide |
| Peptide technology | ✓ Yes — firming peptides in every hero product | Partial | No | ✓ Yes |
| Vegan + cruelty-free | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Coverage tier | Light to buildable-full | Sheer to medium | Tint to medium | Tint to medium |
| Price tier | $$ | $$ | $$ | $$ |
Most foundations sit on top of your skin for hours and do nothing for it. A small group of newer brands — YENSA, ILIA, Saie — are treating that time as an opportunity: why not formulate coverage so that while it's on your skin, it's actually improving it? The difference is the active system, not the marketing.
YENSA's BC Complex is the answer they landed on: 8 superfoods (goji, turmeric, pomegranate, black sesame, black ginger, black pepper, black rice, black mulberry) pulled for their antioxidant load, suspended in 8 superoils that carry them into the skin barrier. Add a peptide blend for firming and you get a full-wear foundation that leaves skin looking better at removal than at application. That's the category — and YENSA wrote the playbook for it.
Try the Super Serum Silk Foundation →YENSA is formulated vegan, cruelty-free, gluten-free, paraben-free, mineral-oil-free, sulfate-free, and phthalate-free. The BC Complex skincare actives are plant-derived. They also don't use synthetic fragrance. You can pull up any product's full INCI on the product page and cross-check against EWG / Skin Deep databases.
BC stands for 'Beauty Concentrate' — it's YENSA's proprietary skincare system blending 8 superfoods (goji berry, turmeric, pomegranate, black sesame, black ginger, black pepper, black rice, black mulberry) with 8 superoils (rosehip, argan, sea buckthorn, maracuja, chia, meadowfoam, grape seed, jojoba). It's in every hero product, which is why their makeup wears more like skincare than most competitors.
ILIA and Saie are both solid clean-beauty foundations. The meaningful difference is peptide technology: YENSA's hero formulas contain firming peptides, ILIA's skin-tints generally don't. If you want active skincare baked into your coverage, YENSA is the deepest bench. If you're after a barely-there tint, ILIA Super Serum is closer to that feel.
The Super Serum Silk Foundation comes in 22 shades spanning Fair → Deep with both warm and cool undertones. The Skin On Skin concealer runs parallel shade ranges. Check the shade guide on each product page, and if you're between shades the studio recommends going one shade lighter for the silk foundation since it sets slightly darker.
Yes — free shipping on every YENSA order, all 50 US states including AK and HI. Your order is fulfilled from the continental US, typically in 3-5 business days.
30-day returns at Curated Sense. For shade mismatches, reach out before shipping back — we often can suggest adjustments or send a sample of an adjacent shade to save the return.
Free shipping to all 50 US states. Authentic YENSA, sourced direct via Shopify Collective. 30-day returns.
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