The present invention relates to extraction of peat active substances and use of their combination as skin care active ingredients to target skin ageing. Object of invention is the combination of peat ethanol extract with humic acids isolated from peat as skin care active complex. The invented active complex is the combination of 0,5-1 volume % peat extract with 5-20 µg/ml humic acids. Antiradical activity is characteristic to peat extract isolated with the proposed method and extracts combination with humic acids have capability to reduce dermal fibroblast population doubling time in vitro by up to 50% during the first 24h.