Immortelle Serum

Immortelle Serum

Always made from the best ingredients, exceptional care for sensitive skin, to restore firmness, softness, vitality and a wonderfully luminous complexion.

The Helichrysum flower, nicknamed Immortelle, is much more than just a plant. Known since ancient times, it has been used to soothe irritated, red, and sensitive skin.

Its name evokes its strength over time.

An astonishing astringent, it helps combat sagging skin while promoting the production of collagen, giving it exemplary anti-aging properties.

Combined with the star phytoceramides in this serum, you quickly feel a soothing effect (sustained fibroblast activity), then a welcome filling and density effect as the skin becomes thinner over time.

Its ingredients:

• Rosehip Oil: Powerful for accelerating skin regeneration, packed with amazing trans-retinoic to slow the appearance of premature wrinkles and improve damaged skin.
• Calendula extract: soothes irritation and itching.
• Rosemary oleoresin, tocopherols & tocotrienols: powerful antioxidants that protect youthfulness and help reduce dark spots.
• Phytoceramides, to promote collagen synthesis, restore the protective barrier and provide a radiant glow.
• Sea buckthorn extract, supports cell regeneration.
• Italian Helichrysum essential oil, with calming and healing properties.
• Eucalyptus radiata essential oil, to boost the regenerative action of helichrysum.

Its assets...

• Anti-aging, soothing, protective against dehydration, regenerating, softening.
• For particularly mature, red, wrinkled, dry skin types.
• It is used particularly in the evening, as a serum and as a precursor to the day, especially in cold weather, under butter or muslin.
  

Care protocol for mature, sensitive skin

• Surface cleaning with cleaning oil
• Soak cleansing with crème fraîche and a few drops of Immortelle serum
• Selected water (Chamomile, Helichrysum)
• Lotus
• Immortelle Serum (for the day, complete with butter or muslin)

Some studies on Helichrysum (Immortelle)

• In one study, the use of Helichrysum italicum essential oils was reported in aromatherapy applications, wound healing, and skin conditions such as bruises and sunburn. ¹
• It has also been shown that the application (for 2 to 3 months) of Helichrysum italicum essential oil diluted to 10% in Rosa rubiginosa vegetable oil reduces local inflammation, edema, bruising and hematomas in postoperative scars. ²
• Here, special attention has been paid to the tissue regeneration and anti-inflammatory effects of Helichrysum, which has resulted in its application in the cosmetic industry as an anti-aging and potentially healing agent in reconstructive surgery. ³
• An in vitro study was conducted to investigate the molecular basis of Helichrysum's wound healing and skin protection properties . It was considered to have some anabolic effects on the extracellular matrix of the skin due to the significant increases it causes in FGF-2 and HAS-2. Therefore, it may have a promising future in anti-aging studies and aesthetic dermatology. The results obtained in this study may also partly explain the molecular basis of Helichrysum's benefits on the skin, including improved wound healing and protection against the harmful effects of ultraviolet exposure . ⁴
• A study on some essential oils significantly inhibited certain tissue remodeling molecules. Specifically, helichrysum essential oil (0.01%) significantly inhibited the production of collagen I-II, and (0.0033%) significantly inhibited collagen III and PAI-1. Immortelle also slightly inhibited the production of M-CSF, an immunomodulatory molecule. This oil showed significant anti-proliferative effects. ⁵
• Other research has shown that chlorogenic acid (one of the phenolic compounds in Helichrysum) has promising potential in treating wound healing and promoting the synthesis of collagen and elastin . ⁶
• The results of a work suggest that one of the natural compounds of Helichrysum (arzanol) exerts useful antioxidant properties in different in vitro lipid peroxidation systems. ⁷
• And there, it is reported that its antimicrobial properties have been recognized; the observations validate the topical use of Helichrysum extracts to prevent wound infections, a practice firmly rooted in the traditional medicine of the Mediterranean region. ⁸
  

References

1. Goodfriend C. Aromatherapy for pregnancy and birth. Int. J. Childbirth Educ. 2001;16:18. https://www.proquest.com/openview/3855f7f0a63a073e8e984f968cc97ddc/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=32235

2. Voinchet V., Giraud-Robert A.-M. Use of Italian helichrysum essential oil and rosehip vegetable oil after reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery. Phytotherapy. 2007;5:67–72. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10298-007-0213-y

3. Han X, Beaumont C, Stevens N. Chemical composition analysis and in vitro biological activities of ten essential oils in human skin cells. Biochim Open. 2017 Apr 26;5:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biopen.2017.04.001. PMID: 29450150; PMCID: PMC5805555. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805555/pdf/main.pdf

4. Pekmezci E, Türkoğlu M. The Effects of Helichrysum italicum Extract on the Extracellular Matrix of the Skin. Acta Med Acad. 2023 Dec;52(3):182-187. doi:10.5644/ama2006-124.425. PMID: 38407084; PMCID: PMC10945318. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10945318/pdf/AMA-52-182.pdf

5. Serra D, Cruciani S, Garroni G, Sarais G, Kavak FF, Satta R, Montesu MA, Floris M, Ventura C, Maioli M. Effect of Helichrysum italicum in Promoting Collagen Deposition and Skin Regeneration in a New Dynamic Model of Skin Wound Healing. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Apr 26;25(9):4736. doi:10.3390/ijms25094736. PMID: 38731954; PMCID: PMC11083432. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11083432/pdf/ijms-25-04736.pdf

6. Węglarz Z, Kosakowska O, Pióro-Jabrucka E, Przybył JL, Gniewosz M, Kraśniewska K, Szyndel MS, Costa R, Bączek KB. Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don. from Central Europe. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2022 Jun 10;15(6):735. doi:10.3390/ph15060735. PMID: 35745654; PMCID: PMC9227552. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9227552/pdf/pharmaceuticals-15-00735.pdf

7. Rosa A, Deiana M, Atzeri A, Corona G, Incani A, Melis MP, Appendino G, Dessì MA. Evaluation of the antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of arzanol, a prenylated alpha-pyrone-phloroglucinol etherodimer from Helichrysum italicum subsp.microphyllum. Chem Biol Interact. 2007 Jan 30;165(2):117-26. doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.11.006. Epub 2006 Nov 23. PMID: 17194458.13. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009279706003383?via%3Dihub

8. Taglialatela-Scafati O, Pollastro F, Chianese G, Minassi A, Gibbons S, Arunotayanun W, Mabebie B, Ballero M, Appendino G. Antimicrobial phenolics and unusual glycerides from Helichrysum italicum subsp. microphyllum. J Nat Prod. 2013 Mar 22;76(3):346-53. doi:10.1021/np3007149. Epub 2012 Dec 24. PMID: 23265253. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/np3007149

To learn more about the role of ceramides and phytoceramides, read here!

AND in video, here is the launch and explanations of the beauty ritual with the Immortelle serum!