Serene Skin Sage

A vegetal story

A key medicinal plant:
the sage salvia officinalis, Lamiaceae

Sage is a small herbaceous perennial from the dry regions around the Mediterranean. It is an aromatic plant that has been well-known since antiquity for its medicinal properties. Its name comes from the verb to save (salvare in Latin). It is said to be antiseptic, tonic, antiperspirant, soothing for the mucous membranes and to improve digestion. It is combined with other plants to create a range of remedies. Now cultivated in several European and American countries, it is also used as a flavouring in cooking, particularly in marinades and to season game.

Because our skin is our first defence against visible and invisible external threats, it is essential to keep its protective and repair mechanisms functions in optimal condition.
Skin imbalances can be caused by microbial or physico-chemical threats.

For soothed skin that radiates well-being.

How it works ?

Serene Skin Sage: a skin barrier in perpetual renewal

OUR SKIN HAS TWO OPPOSING CHARACTERISTICS:

it is both open and closed to the external environment. Its primary role is to protect us against water loss, but it has many other roles: sensory, emotional, protection against external threats, temperature regulation and hormone synthesis. Because it is protective, the epidermis is referred to as a “skin barrier”.

The epidermis is not an assembly of inert components; on the contrary, it is living and constantly renewed: bacteria proliferate on the surface, living and dying depending on external conditions and on our bodies. In the lower layers, a cellular differentiation process takes place: moving up to the surface, living cells called keratinocytes, gradually transform into corneocytes, dead keratinized cells, and then shed. Our skin is thus constantly shedding and secreting mucus. Paradoxically, it is this incessant renewal of its composition that enables the skin to retain its full functionality. It is a perpetually renewed balance.

And it is essential to maintain it because in terms of threats, the skin has to face several types: physical (UV, temperatures, etc.), chemical and microbial (viruses, fungi, pollution, allergens, etc.), and internal imbalances (stress) that trigger oxidation and inflammation that ultimately damages cells. To combat them, the epidermis uses several defence mechanisms, ranging from simple to highly complex.

Serene Skin Sage: helps skin combat multiple external threats

Serene Skin Sage acts on three types of epidermal defence: physical, chemical and immune, which follow one another in the skin’s lines of defence, from the surface into the living layers of the epidermis.

Thanks to a triple reinforcement action of the cutaneous barrier, Serene Skin Sage helps to enhance radiance and soothe the skin.