What to expect from the perfect skin repair serum?

Can one cosmetic have it all – protective, regenerative, soothing, anti-aging, rejuvenating, lightening and moisturizing influence on skin? Include multiple potent raw ingredients in sufficient quantities yet stay safe and balancing even for the most sensitive skin?

We faced these challenges two years ago – and didn’t surrender until found the answer.

Yes, we wrote a whole article about one product! How crazy is that? LAST Skin Repair Serum is a masterpiece we wanted to share with you.

The formulation is rich in active ingredients, but none of the ingredients are there by chance. The concept is based on circle of ingredients main activities. The ingredients of the serum complement each other’s within the scope of seven categories of action and efficacy.

Main values?

• Holistic approach to you and your skin, to improve the look or feel of your skin.
• Slow and Mindful Beauty
• Adaptogenic + Biomimetic + Protective + Aromatherapeutic ingredients in one product
• Forest related raw materials – Ingredients mainly origin from resin, leaf, seed, root, fruit, flower of different plants. Their action is complemented by added vitamins, peptides and other active substances.
• Multifunctional formulation (7 main categories of action/efficacy)
• Transparent labelling of ingredients (all ingredients are described)

Protection and regeneration

PHYTOL from physcomitrella patens culture extract with isomalt helps the skin to quickly adapt to environmental changes, so it strengthens skin resilience against urban aggressors, improves skin hydration, provides visible improvement of skin homogeneity, refines skin and creates a flawless complexion.

ROSEHIP OIL  is an oil with high conent of regenerative linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid. It also has a vitamin A derivative and carotenoids with antioxidative properties. It is recommended for the care of irritated and mature skin.

PERILLA OIL is one of the reachest sources of regenerative alpha-linoleinic acid. It may be used for dry, sensitive, mature and oily skin.

ARGAN OIL is characterised by the predominance of oleic and linoleic acid as unsaturated fatty acids. This oil has anti-inflammatory and regenerative properties because of linoleic acid and antioxidative activity due to phytosterols and squalane. 

JOJOBA WAX, sometimes is called jojoba oil. The high content of wax esters makes jojoba oil a good repair option for skin problems with altered skin barriers. It has anti-inflammatory effect as well.

HEMP OIL  is an ingredient with high conent of polyunsaturated fatty acids: regenerative and  anti-inflammatory linoleic acid, alpha and gamma linoleic acids. It is suitable in the regenerative and soothing skin care

Soothing

PROVITAMIN B5, also known as panthenol, has moisturising properties. It stimulates the regeneration of damaged skin and can regenerate sunburnt skin. It has ant-inflammatory and soothing activity.

BISABOLOL is an ingredient with anti-inflammatory efficacy. It can act as a skin penetration enhancer. It is used in cosmetics for sensitive skin due to its soothing effectiveness.

ALOE VERA POWDER is known as soothing and calming ingredient with moisturising properties. Aloe vera exhibits antioxidant activity as well.

Anti-aging and antioxidation

BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT WITH 95% BOSWELLIC ACID AT LEAST is a potent inhibitor of elastase and anti-GAGase activity. It seems like an ideal ingredient for maintaining firm and youthful skin. It is recommended for sensitive skin because of its anti-inflammatory activity. It is a low odor extract that concentrates the two most potent triterpenoids in boswellic extracts: 11-keto-boswellic acid and acetyl-11-keto-boswellic acid.

FRANKINCESNSE / BOSWELLIA CARTERI HYDROSOL can act as a toner with added antioxidant properties beacuse of content of small amount of volatile components of essential oil.

ROSEMARY EXTRACT includes carnosic acid. It has anitoxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

PHYTIC ACID acts as antioxidant ingredient with chelating properties.

ACEROLA BIOFERMENT is an ingredient with antioxidant benefits, it looks like the perfect ingredient to keep the skin flawless, radiant and naturally bright.

VITAMIN E comprises a family of natural forms: tocopherols and tocotrienol. It is a lipohilic antioxidant. It smoothes the surface of the skin, increases the hydration, stimulates regeneration etc.

COENZYME Q10 is used as an antioxidant to protect the skin against oxidative stress. It can diminish the depth of wrinkles.

CARNOSINE is nature identical multi-functional anti-aging peptide, used as an anti-aging ingredient which has powerful antioxidant properties that stimulate collagen synthesis, support firmness and skin elasticity.

Rejuvenation

TETRAPEPTIDE- 4 with glycerin is a new biomimetic tetrapeptide providing increased skin density and challenging the effect of gravity through self stimulation production of connective tissue components to maintain a youthful appearance and defy gravity.

NEPHELIUM EXTRACT with maltodextrin, can be called as natural alternative to retinol which rejuvenates mature skin through biological pathways similar to this ingredient. It improves skin elasticity and helps to reduce wrinkles.

Lightening

OIL SOLUBLE VITAMIN C is a multifunctonal vitamin C derivative which exhibits percutaneous absorption and effectively converts into free vitamin C in the skin to perform various physiological functions. It can provide collagen sythessis with anti-wrinkle properties and anti-pigmentation, age-spot reduction efficacy.

VITAMIN B3 ia also known as niacinamide. It influences the decrease of sebum secretion. It increases skin’s elasticity and reduce fine lines. It can reduce pigment spots and provide skin – lightening effect. It reduces transepidermal water loss which affects skin hydration.

Moisturizing

PENTYLENE GLYCOL is a multifunctional ingredient, skin moisturizer with a long lasting effect which provides a pleasant skin feel.

LEUCONOSTOC/RADISH ROOT FERMENT is an antimicrobial ingredient but because of the peptides it contains, it also provides the skin with moisturization properties.

LYSOLECITHIN (Hydrolysed lecithin) with phospholipid touch combined with POLYSACCHARIDES and SILICA provide sophisticated skin feel and hydration. It can enhance the bioavailability of active ingredients. It can be a source of happiness because of pleasure after application. 

CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA SEED POLYSACCHARIDE interrupts the stress cycle within our skin, improve of skin moisturization and radiance. It is pure vegetal alternative to hyaluronic acid, for a perceivably smoother and softer skin which gives a shot of well-being to your skin.

Improvement of well-being

NEROLI OIL has characteristic, elegant, sweet and floral scent. It may have potential as an effective intervention to reduce stress.

LEMONGRASS OIL scent is fresh, lemon yet slighlty earthy. It may have an anxiolytic effect.

VANILLA EXTRACT carries sweet, typical vanilla-like aroma which has been shown to have calming effect.

BOSWELLIA/ FRANKINCENSE EXTRACT contains 70-90%  volatile components and less than 0,1 % boswellic acids. Frankincense serrata essential oil contains thujonic, resinous, incense-like basic notes with woody, lemon, camphor-like undertones and light sweet, spicy/herb-like nuances and a faint breath of orange. It has aromatherapeutic properties.

MYRRH EXTRACT contains 70-90% volatile components. Topical application of essential oil of Myrrh shows very good protective properties. It has characteristic, aromatic, balsamic, warm, smoky and slightly musty and earthy odor profile. It has aromaptherapeutic properties.

COPAIBA RESIN is a warm, soothing oil. It was used in folk medicine by the natives of north and northeastern Brazil to promote wound healing, pain relief.

RHODIOLA EXTRACT in sunflower oil is liposoluble active ingredient from adaptogenic Arctic root, which provides relaxation, anti-stress and well-being effects when applied on skin. It increases endorphins levels providing well-being sensation and pleasure, and improving the appearance of the skin. 

THE WATER CONTAINED IN THE SERUM WAS NOT ADDED INTENTIONALLY, IT IS JUST A PART OF SOME RAW MATERIALS.

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