Focused Guide · The smoothie method treated as the brand's operating system: why the formulas are built to mix, the rules that keep a smoothie sensible, and two complete sequences, morning and night, built only from products in this hub.

Building a Drunk Elephant Routine: The Smoothie Method, Sequenced

Drunk Elephant formulas are designed to be mixed in the palm, one pump plus a drop, and applied as a single smoothie. This guide explains the method and sequences a morning and a night routine from this hub.

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The Selection

4 listings that answer this brief.

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Drunk Elephant Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser 150ml

The Step Before the Smoothie

The jelly cleanse: a pH 5.5 gel that dissolves the day and rinses without residue

Smoothies are mixed on clean skin, and Beste is the cleanse that starts both sequences: a pH 5.5 jelly that removes the day or the night without leaving anything behind for the serums to argue with.

Suits

Every skin type that wants one uncomplicated daily cleanser, and the natural first step of any Drunk Elephant smoothie routine

Skip if

You wear heavy waterproof makeup as your daily base and want a balm or oil to do that first pass instead

Size: 150ml / 5 fl oz tube
Format: Jelly gel cleanser in a tube
Key ingredients: Mild coconut based surfactant blend, cantaloupe fruit extract, glycerin, marula oil
Use: Massage over wet or dry skin, add water to lather lightly, rinse well and pat dry; use nightly or in alternation with other cleansers
Free of: Essential oils, silicones, fragrance, SLS and solvent alcohols, as published by the brand; formulated at pH 5.5

View on AmazonPremium listing verified: Amazon.com listing for the Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser 150 ml under Drunk Elephant USA, with brand Drunk Elephant printed in the product details; the brand is sold under Amazon Premium Beauty

DEDrunk ElephantC-Firma Fresh Day Serum 28ml

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Drunk Elephant C-Firma Fresh Day Serum 28ml

The Morning Base

A 15 percent L-ascorbic acid serum you mix yourself before first use

The morning smoothie starts with one pump of C-Firma: the 15 percent L-ascorbic acid does its work by day, under sunscreen, and its low pH is exactly why it leads rather than follows.

Suits

Dull, uneven looking skin that wants a true L-ascorbic acid day serum at full strength, worn under sunscreen

Skip if

Your skin is reactive to strong vitamin C, or you will not enjoy a one time mixing step before the bottle is ready

Size: 28ml / 0.94 fl oz, mixed from a powder vial and a liquid serum base
Format: Day serum in an opaque pump container, mixed by the user before first use
Key ingredients: 15% L-ascorbic acid, 0.5% ferulic acid, 1% vitamin E (tocopherol), pumpkin ferment extract, marula oil
Use: In the morning, apply one pump to a clean, dry face, neck and chest, or mix into a Drunk Elephant smoothie; follow with sunscreen
Free of: Essential oils, silicones, fragrance and dyes, and solvent alcohols, as published by the brand

View on AmazonPremium listing verified: Confirmed on the Amazon.com Premium Beauty results page for Drunk Elephant, which lists the C-Firma Fresh Day Serum 28 ml under the Premium Beauty filter; formula and size confirmed on the manufacturer product page. Standalone ASIN not confirmed in this run, so no ASIN is recorded

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum white 50ml pump bottle with pale blue cap labelled Pineapple Ceramide and Pro-Vitamin B5

No. 3

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum 50ml

The Mixer

The mixer: a pro vitamin B5 and pineapple ceramide gel that blends into every other step

B-Hydra is the ingredient that makes smoothies possible in practice. One pump of the B5 gel thins a strong serum, adds water back to an acid night, and keeps the whole mix comfortable.

Suits

Every routine in this hub, as the supporting layer: dehydrated skin, active heavy routines that need a buffer, and smoothie mixing

Skip if

You want a serum that visibly resurfaces or renews on its own. Hydration is the whole brief here, by design

Size: 50ml / 1.69 fl oz
Format: Pump gel serum
Key ingredients: Pro vitamin B5, pineapple ceramide, sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, marula oil
Use: Morning and evening, one pump to face and neck, alone or mixed with another serum or moisturizer in the palm
Free of: Essential oils, silicones and fragrance, as printed in the listing title

View on AmazonPremium listing verified: Official Drunk Elephant brand content on the Amazon listing (Drunk Elephant USA), with manufacturer Drunk Elephant and UPC 856556004180 as printed in the product details (pilot verified record, reused)

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Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream 15ml

The Finisher

Nine signal peptides in a light gel cream, the product the brand is named by

A swipe of Protini closes the morning mix and most night mixes too. On dry weeks it is swapped for Lala Retro or Bora Barrier, which is the moisturizer decision the next guide in this hub takes apart.

Suits

Almost anyone whose moisturizer brief is firmer looking, bouncier skin in a light texture, especially combination and normal skin that dislikes fragrance and silicones

Skip if

You need heavy occlusion for very dry skin, or you want a full size jar at this listing, which is the 15ml size

Size: 15ml jar (the listing also offers a 1.69 fl oz size option)
Format: Gel-cream moisturizer in a press top jar
Key ingredients: 9 signal peptides, pygmy waterlily stem cell extract, acetyl glutamine, soybean folic acid ferment extract
Use: Apply morning and night to clean, dry skin as the moisturizer step
Free of: Essential oils, silicones and fragrance, as printed in the listing title

View on AmazonPremium listing verified: Amazon.com listing under Visit the Drunk Elephant Store; listing offers include sale by Drunk Elephant USA, the brand's own seller, shipped from Amazon (pilot verified record, reused)

No. 2

Questions, Answered

Why does the brand want products mixed instead of layered?

Because the formulas share the same exclusions and similar bases, they are designed to stay stable and comfortable when combined in the palm. Mixing also shortens the routine: one application instead of four waits. The discipline it asks in return is restraint, one active per smoothie, so the mix stays a routine rather than a pile.

What should never go into the same smoothie?

The two strongest night formulas together. Framboos, at 10 percent AHA with 1 percent BHA, and A-Passioni, at 1.0 percent retinol, each earn a night of their own in most routines. Owners who alternate them, with B-Hydra or Lala Retro as the cushion, report the steadiest results.

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