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An anti-aging facial serum with evening primrose

Un sérum visage anti-âge à l’onagre

Prepare your anti-aging serum

In our expert advice, scientific section, we tell you about Evening Primrose Vegetable Oil which seems to be a panacea for preventing aging.

We recommend evening primrose (oenothera biennis) as an anti-aging serum for mature skin that lives in the city and is particularly sensitive to external aggressions.

Evening primrose is a vegetable oil very rich in linoleic essential fatty acid, which makes it a stimulating oil for skin cell renewal. It is ideal for mature skin which always tends to dry out and feel tight.

Indeed, this oil is particularly thick and wonderfully protects the most devitalized skin.

To facilitate application, we advise you to mix this oil with a lighter oil, such as sesame oil ( sesamum indicum ) because it is a valuable adjuvant to protect against UV rays. And we know how much aging is due to exposure to the sun's rays!

Store your serum in a small amber glass bottle to protect it from light.

Our anti-aging serum recipe

  • 5 ml evening primrose
  • 10 ml of sesame
  • 6 drops of neroli (citrus aurantium - flowers ) which delicately perfumes and soothes dehydrated skin.

The serum is used as a gentle massage on the face and neck, morning and evening, before your usual day cream or alone. You sometimes have to wait one or two minutes before applying the next treatment because oily serums certainly penetrate very well but not instantly.

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Evening primrose - Bio

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First cold pressing of Evening Primrose seeds

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Not too greasy vegetal oils on the face?

On our blog we are obviously fans of vegetable oils which we consider to be the basis of any beauty ritual. They are used as day care, as an anti-aging serum, or as an intensive moisturizing treatment. Vegetable oils are numerous and can be mixed with each other or added with essential oils. Although they are fatty substances, they can be suitable for all skin types and for all uses for more natural beauty. - Why does it make my skin less oily? Oily and combination skin has greater sebaceous production than others. This means that the sebaceous glands in the face are more active and produce more sebum. This makes the skin shiny, and can lead to the formation of pimples or blackheads. Oily skin looks for light and fresh cosmetic products, possibly slightly alcoholic to “dry” the skin. However, this is a mistake because skin dried out by alcohol will tend to produce even more sebum later when it has to reconstitute the hydro-lipid film which protects the epidermis. Defeat fat with fat. You understand, it's better to defeat fat with fat. This is why oily and combination skin has every interest in using vegetable oils in daily facial care. See how vegetable oils penetrate the skin in video. Jojoba oil , for example, is a liquid wax that is similar to the skin's natural hydro-lipid film. It penetrates well and does not leave a greasy film. It will hydrate and soften the skin while calming the production of the sebaceous glands which no longer have to produce as much sebum as when they are confronted with alcohol or water from traditional products. Massage a few drops of jojoba into your hands and apply to the entire face. Leave to penetrate for a minute and then apply makeup if necessary. This same protocol can be used with macadamia , nigella or hazelnut oil , which are favorites for oily skin. Recommended products: andgt; Vegetable oils