Description
Meet the Complexion Perfector – a unique hybrid product that simplifies your quest for the flawless face while delivering authentic skin care benefits.
Our new makeup best friend is true to its name because it perfects the skin’s surface. Unlike a primer that begins the process of preparing the skin for makeup, the Perfector finishes it. Like Ultra Foundation, it embodies safe and inclusive beauty and is suitable for all skin types and tones. The optical blurring, superior hydration and plumping particularly benefits dry, mature and troubled skin. One of its ingredients – sodium hyaluronate – is proven to reduce inflammation and symptoms of rosacea in adults.
The silky, lightweight formula feels like skin care (because it is – more on that later) and helps the skin look smooth and hydrated while makeup stays put. Not only does the Perfector blur and hydrate, it has a subtle mattifying effect as it creates grip. That means your foundation grips the skin, and doesn’t slip or move unless you move it. The Perfector is oil, heat and moisture resistant. And of course, vegan and cruelty free.
The Complexion Perfector not only helps your skin and makeup look better – it’s potent skin care. With the inclusion of 6 superstar active ingredients in the formula, the Perfector is an extremely effective moisturizer. Regular use will help your skin look younger, hydrated, smooth and healthy because the active levels of these key ingredients improve skin at a cellular level. Why? Because these ingredients have been scientifically proven to do what is claimed they do IF the formula has the optimal level of the ingredient. But an optimal percentage isn’t necessarily high. A seemingly low percentage of an active ingredient can deliver peak results. While higher amounts might have the same effect, it may also result in skin irritation and inflammation. In this instance more isn’t better and therefore it doesn’t matter where the active is found in the ingredient listing. Chances are it’s at the bottom but that means nothing.
Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12 improves skin firmness and tone by smoothing wrinkles and correcting age-related damage.
Benefits: anti-aging, skin health
Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11 has face and body anti-wrinkle and anti-aging effects.
Benefits: anti-aging, hydration, skin health
Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9 helps to visibly restore skin’s natural support and helps keep skin smooth and taut.
Benefits: anti-aging, hydration
Sodium Hyaluronate is a relative of hyaluronic acid that hydrates more effectively because it penetrates deeper into the skin.
Benefits: anti-aging, hydration, soothing
Phospholipids are key in maintaining healthy and hydrated skin.
Benefits: hydration, skin health
Tocopherol is a form of Vitamin E with strong antioxidant qualities, protecting your skin against free radicals.
Benefits: anti-aging, evens skin tone, soothing
APPLICATION
The Complexion Perfector should be the last thing you use before applying makeup. One pump will do it – a little goes a long way. Instead of rubbing it in, use a tap and hold motion (think a very light pat using all four fingers) to apply the Perfector. This enables it to really penetrate the skin
Patting is a Japanese skincare technique. For centuries women in Japan have patted lotions onto their skin instead of rubbing. Skincare guru Chizu Saeki also claims in her book ‘The Japanese Skincare Revolution’ that this method stimulates blood flow to aid cell rejuvenation, helps with lymphatic drainage and most importantly, muscle tone to firm.
Because the Perfector is a moisturizer that hydrates the skin, you may not need to use any other moisturizer before applying makeup – especially if you have oily skin. The Perfector is oil-resistant so it will help keep oil from breaking through your makeup.
Oily Skin Alert! Did you know that dermatologists recommend people with oily skin don’t moisturize? But if you do, make sure you use a lightweight one – like the Perfector – that won’t clog your pores. Too much moisturizer – especially on oily skin – can cause pimples or breakouts on the skin. Your skin absorbs what it needs and the extra product just sits on top of your face. This greasy layer attracts dirt and bacteria that clogs your pores and causes acne.
BENEFITS
MAKEUP APPLICATION
– hydrates
– blurs (reducing the look of pores, fine lines and wrinkles
– creates a surface the makeup can grip or bind to
SKIN
– hydrates
– soothes
– evens skin-tone
– anti-aging
KEY INGREDIENTS
Sodium Hyaluronate is an extract of hyaluronic acid, a hydrating superstar that naturally occurs in the body. It has a lower molecular weight or smaller molecules than hyaluronic acid. Because of its macromolecules, hyaluronic acid only coats the epidermis or top layer of skin for better hydration. By contrast, sodium hyaluronate penetrates the epidermis, improving hydration from the underlying skin layers.
Because of its superior hydrating properties, sodium hyaluronate improves the appearance and depth of wrinkles and improves skin elasticity. It also helps heal wounds, reduce skin inflammation and symptoms of rosacea in adults.
Benefits: anti-aging, hydration, soothing
Peptides are amino acids that make up certain proteins needed by the skin. For example, collagen is made of three polypeptide chains. Peptides stimulate your skin to make collagen that can lead to firmer, younger-looking skin. They also help improve the skin barrier, plump skin and lips, make skin look former and tauter, ease inflammation, repair damaged skin and even out skin tone. Peptides are antimicrobial, meaning they can kill bacteria that causes acne.
The blend of peptides in the Perfector is skin bio-available, meaning they target the right structures in the skin. Peptides aid in restoration and collagen boosting effects. They also help maintain the look of firm and plump skin by protecting and strengthening the dermal-epidermal junction (the area of tissue that joins the epidermal and the dermal layers of skin). Lastly, peptides can restore the skin’s youthful appearance by triggering the skin’s elastin synthesis.
Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12 A six amino acid peptide that improves skin firmness and tone by smoothing wrinkles and correcting age-related damage. It boosts collagen production and building proteins, keeping the skin look youthful, smooth and taut. It also works as an antioxidant to protect the skin from free-radical damage.
Benefits: anti-aging, skin health
Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11 Has face and body anti-wrinkle and anti-aging effects. It increases collagen production and improves skin’s overall health by interacting with a signaling protein in the skin’s surface that addresses how it looks and feels.
Benefits: anti-aging, hydration, skin health
Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9 Helps to visibly restore skin’s natural support and stimulates lumican, a specialized protein that helps keep skin smooth and taut. It boosts the area around the collagen while also stimulating production of collagen resulting in firmer, plumper skin
Benefits: anti-aging, hydration
Phospholipids are a type of liquid fat composed of glycerol, fatty acids and phosphate. They’re essential to health and present in both plant and animal cells. When applied to skin, phospholipids are key in maintaining healthy and hydrated skin. They help hydrating products penetrate the skin and aid the retention of moisture in the skin, keeping the skin plump, hydrated, and fuller. If that wasn’t enough, they also aid skin repair.
Benefits: hydration, skin health
Tocopherol
Tocopherol is an antioxidant superhero. It’s a major form of Vitamin E, a naturally occurring component of healthy skin and the second most prevalent antioxidant behind ascorbic acid or vitamin C. Its significant antioxidant properties help defend skin against pollution and other environmental stressors that would otherwise damage it. Tocopherol also helps prevent skin damage caused by free radicals from UV exposure and has an anti-inflammatory effect on the skin.
Benefits: anti-aging, evens skin tone, soothing
30ml / 1oz
INGREDIENTS
AQUA, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, GLYCERIN, DIMETHICONE, DIMETHYL ISOSORBIDE, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, CARBOMER, POLYSILICONE-11, ACRYLAMIDE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE COPOLYMER, DIVINYLDIMETHICONE/DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER, ISOHEXADECANE, PEG-10 DIMETHICONE, NYLON-12, SILICA, SODIUM HYALURONATE, PALMITOYL HEXAPEPTIDE-12, ACETYL TETRAPEPTIDE-11, ACETYL TETRAPEPTIDE-9, AMMONIUM POLYACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE, MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE, C12-13 PARETH-23, C12-13 PARETH-3, POLYSORBATE 20, POLYSORBATE 40, POLYSORBATE 80, HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, PHOSPHOLIPIDS, TOCOPHEROL, PHENOXYETHANOL, TEA.