Cover With the message, "Clarins Precious. Rare As You," Clarins' Precious range provides luxurious essentials for a radiance and resilience-boosting skincare ritual
With the message, "Clarins Precious. Rare As You," Clarins' Precious range provides luxurious essentials for a radiance and resilience-boosting skincare ritual
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Inspired by the ephemeral blooming of the treasured moonlight flower, Clarins has unveiled an exclusive skincare range that harnesses its botanical potency to increase all of the skin's natural defenses to rebuild glowing, youthful skin
Multi-faceted in the way each species has its own set of unique properties, kaleidoscopic in the way they bloom in an endless array of shapes and hues, and resilient in the way they can bud and bloom in some of the most unexpected, extreme environs, flowers are undoubtedly the jewels of the natural world. But the equivalent to a coveted diamond in the rough? The moonlight flower, officially known as Selenicereus Grandifloris—but more majestically known as the "queen of the night".
This rare and rarefied white flower grows on a unique cactus species originating from the Antilles, Mexico and Central America, and only blooms once a year, for a single mid-summer's night.
So prized as it sometimes only blooms once in 20 years in the wild, the scientists of Clarins had to travel to the forest of Central America to track down the elusive moonlight flower years ago, in hopes to nurture and unlock the restorative and revitalising prowess of this nocturnal beauty. The expedition was a successful one, and has since blossomed into what is now the brand's stellar Precious skincare range.
Above Clarins' Precious luxury skincare range
Clarins' Precious luxury skincare range
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For the past one and a half decades, this cactus plant has been carefully cultivated in Brittany, France under the tender loving care of botanists to ensure it thrives in this environment. Flowering once a year, it is watched over, sometimes for nights on end, until its petals unfold and the delicate but intoxicating vanilla scent perfumes the air.
At this point, there is just a two-hour timeframe during which the flowers achieve the height of their beauty and molecular richness. This is when they are expertly harvested via a cryoextraction process at -196 degrees Celsius to freeze and preserve the fragile molecules which form the heart of the Clarins Precious range, the highly potent and exclusive moonlight flower cryoextract.
With the ability to empower the skin’s resistance and resilience against the tolls of time, this cryoextract works by reactivating skin's natural defence mechanisms and FOXO, the naturally occurring longevity protein that protects complexions and neutralises the effects of time. This plays a key role of breaking the vicious cycle of oxy-inflammaging (also known as inflammatory oxidative ageing), combatting both internal and external aggressors like environmental pollution, UV rays, stress, fatigue and nutritional deficiencies, which are the main culprits of skin ageing.
Additionally, to further enhance and amplify the preventative action of this rare active ingredient, Clarins Research uncovered a replenishing and restructuring peptide trio to combat the signs of ageing. Used in combination, this new ingredient complex forms the heart of the Clarins Precious skin age-delaying technology.
Conceptualised to offer the most complete skincare routine in the fewest steps possible, the Precious range comprises three elegant products—Precious La Crème, Precious La Crème Yeux and Precious La Lotion.
Above Clarins' Precious La Lotion
Clarins' Precious La Lotion
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The pampering, age-defying ritual starts with La Lotion, which prepares skin to fully absorb the ingredients found in each product. It is massaged into cleansed skin to deeply hydrate, soften, smoothen and plump the skin. Additionally, acerola seed extract helps to revive radiance while extract of organic leaf of life helps stimulate the skin’s hydration process.
Above Clarins' Precious La Crème and the L'Outil, a specially crafted massage tool that reproduces the anatomy of the Clarins 'art of touch'
Clarins' Precious La Crème and the L'Outil, a specially crafted massage tool that reproduces the anatomy of the Clarins 'art of touch'
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Next, La Crème works to renew the skin’s youthfulness by preventing and helping to correct the visible signs of ageing. Its sumptuous, ultra fine texture refreshes and cocoons the skin with sensations of absolute comfort for a smooth radiance similar to a velvety flower petal. Other key ingredients include organic oat sugars for a tightening effect, organic camellia oil to nourish the skin as well as a derivative of vitamin C to inhibit the overproduction of melanin, which causes dark spots.
The luxurious “bounce back” sensoriality of the cream leaves the skin looking plumped and toned with a healthy-looking glow that mimics the effect of a good night’s sleep—as if the clock has been turned back.
Backing these visible improvements are the extensive tests that Clarins Research has done, affirming that La Crème reduces Clarins skin ageing index by five years. Studies show that women recognise firmer, softer and more luminous skin upon application, and over the course of just a few weeks, the same set of women saw compounding improvements. By the 28th day, they observed a 39 per cent improvement in skin firmness, and a 24 per cent reduction in nasolabial folds, which contribute to smile lines. After three months, results show an 11 per cent reduction in glabellar wrinkles that are the cause of frown lines as well.
Additionally, as a tribute to French savoir-faire, La Crème’s delicate signature fragrance was created by Master Perfumer Dorothée Piot in the city of Grasse, the perfume capital of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Inspired by the scent of vanilla which the Moonlight flower emanates when it blooms and blended with peony and a woody musk, the soothing fragrance evokes the sensation of a soothing floral caress.
Above Clarins' Precious La Crème Yeux with the accompanying spatula
Clarins' Precious La Crème Yeux with the accompanying spatula
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For the eyes, the most fragile area of the face and typically the first to show signs of ageing, there is La Crème Yeux. The eye cream is fortified with a cocktail of targeted key ingredients including the peptide palmitoyl glycine to smooth expression lines and plant caffeine to visibly depuff the undereye area. With daily use, the eye contours become firmer and the eyes look revived and luminous.
Used in combination, it has never been more effortless to unlock the precious secret to skin radiance and a youthful glow.
The Clarins Precious range can be purchased in stores or online. For a skincare consultation and for further information, book a Precious 1-on-1 virtual consultation with a Clarins virtual beauty coach.
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