Orchidée Impériale The Rich Cream

What it is: A rich, refillable cream that helps to rejuvenate skin's epidermal layer of dry skin to preserve, rejuvenate and prolong 12 signs of youth.

What it does: A pioneer in the science of longevity through the orchid, Guerlain Research is for the first time combining the high rejuvenation of Orchid Totum™ technology with the high nutrition of the orchid oleo-concentrate to activate and extend the longevity of skin's beauty and increase its rejuvenation fivefold. The Rich Cream's unique texture has a “millefeuille” structure that mimics the lamellar phases of the epidermis and is designed to amplify the diffusion of the orchid’s active ingredients through skin’s multiple vital layers up to 15-fold. It is also infused with three ingredients bio-inspired by the lipids found naturally in the epidermis to optimize its affinity and fusion with skin: a high-tech stabilising emulsifier, notably consisting of lysine, whose structure is comparable to the ceramides in the epidermis, and jojoba ester and plant squalane, similar to the waxes that make up human sebum. The Rich Cream’s formula is made up of 96% naturally derived ingredients.

Research results:

In an in vitro test on 32 women, 2 applications per day for 3 months:

- Smooth aspect: +34%

- Fine lines: -24%

- Oval of the face is redrawn: +24%

- Density: +24%

- Firmness: +27%

- Elasticity: +28%

- Fineness of skin texture: +27%

- Nourished appearance: +36%

- Visibility of redness: -83%

- Radiance: +24%

- Luminosity: +26%

- Evenness: +21%

How to use: Warm a small amount of cream between your fingertips and apply simultaneously with both hands all over the face. Make alternating walking movements with the fingertips all along the nasolabial fold. Make downward rubbing movements between the brows and slide to the temples. Repeat these downward movements along the nasolabial fold and slide to the ears. Firmly slide hands held vertically from the middle of the face toward the ears.