🧼✓ SafeAges 8–15
Cleanser
Hydrating Facial Cleanser
CeraVe
✦ For ages 8–15
Skincare should feel like recess.
Recess Time is a curation platform for young people's skincare and makeup — every product vetted against a pediatric dermatologist–reviewed safety standard.
Personality and character are what make true beauty. Everything else is just for fun.
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Curated
Vetted
Trusted
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The Safety Standard
Every ingredient flagged. Every product vetted.
A four-flag system, reviewed by a board-certified pediatric dermatologist, applied to every ingredient in every product before anything reaches an RTA box.
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Green
Safe & beneficial
Skin-identical ceramides, gentle humectants, soothing botanicals — ingredients we want to see.
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Yellow
Worth noting
Neutral ingredients we'll explain in plain language — context matters more than panic.
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Orange
Age-restricted
Active ingredients that need a specific age, derm review, or supervision before use.
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Red
Avoid under 15
Retinoids, AHAs, undisclosed fragrance, parabens, SLS — never in an RTA box.
From the Vault
A few favorites already vetted.
☀️✓ SafeAges 8–15
Sun Protection
Sensitive Mineral SPF 50+
Blue Lizard
💧✓ SafeAges 8–15
Moisturizer
Kids & Baby Cream
Pyunkang Yul
✦✓ SafeAges 8–15
Play & Makeup
7-Colour Eyeshadow Palette
Namaki
Our Approach
The curation is the product.
RTA isn't a beauty brand. We don't formulate. We curate — finding the best products that already exist and vetting them against a clinical safety standard so parents don't have to research at the store shelf.
Each subscription box ships with a QR code linking to two short videos: how to use the products, and one fun way to play with them. Not a tutorial. An invitation.
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40+ products
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60+ ingredients
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Derm reviewed
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Ages 8–15
For Young People
Your skin. Your play.
Skincare and makeup are creative tools — like a paintbrush or a costume. Try things, change your mind, mix it up. The point is play, not perfection.
For Parents
A place to finally, confidently say yes.
Every product is pre-vetted against a derm-reviewed framework. No retinoids. No harsh actives. No undisclosed fragrance. No need to research at the Sephora shelf.
The Subscription
One box. Three ages.
Curated monthly or quarterly, age-tiered to match where they are right now. Each box includes a QR code with a skincare how-to and one creative play prompt.
8–10
Ages 8–10
First routine. Mostly skincare, gentle play.
11–12
Ages 11–12
Building habits. Skincare + light play makeup.
13–15
Ages 13–15
More options. Spot care, expressive play.
Why I Built This
“Protecting the emotional and psychological wellbeing of young people isn't a brand value for me — it's a professional obligation.”
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Susie
Founder · LCSW · School Counselor
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and school counselor. I built RTA after one too many trips to Sephora with my daughter where I had to say “let me research that” — and realized no one had built a place where the answer could just be yes.
First Boxes Shipping 2026
Join the waitlist.
Drop your email — you'll be first to know when subscriptions open, plus early-access pricing for the founding members.