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Tuesday, 6 July 2021

Rose: beauty benefits for dry skin and senses

Delicate and fragrant, the Damascena rose has multiple virtues. It is particularly appreciated by dry and devitalized skin.

Used in the eastern pharmacopoeia for millennia, the Rose is one of the first plants that were cultivated. Queen of flowers, she was also, from Antiquity, the flower of queens who already rubbed their bodies with their petals. She was so popular that almost every virtue was credited to her. There are thousands of different roses, but only four or five are used in cosmetics for their virtues on the skin. Traditionally cultivated in Bulgaria, Turkey and North Africa, the Damascena rose is a favorite among formulators. This pale pink flower is hand picked in June only. Its scent, faithful to that of the fresh flower, makes it possible to determine when picking whether it is very rich in active ingredients.

The rose, regenerating virtues

Very loaded with active ingredients, the essential oil of Damascus rose (rosa Damascena) has soothing, repairing and healing qualities useful for sensitive skin. It is also used in the treatment of redness, and even for cure rosacea, because it has a vasoconstrictor action on the capillaries. Its floral water is less powerful, but it allows regain a radiant complexionand it has softening virtues. Use it to perfect your makeup removal, like a lotion, because it cleanses carefully without attacking the epidermis. Even its smell conceals therapeutic treasures since it would have calming and anti-stress effects.

A vegetable oil rich in fatty acids

The star of all rose varieties remains musk rose, or wild rose from Chile, from which a vegetable oil with multiple benefits is extracted, not to be confused with the essential oil. Produced from the seeds, this orange-colored oil is very rich in active ingredients: carotenoids (including retinol), essential fatty acids, vitamin E and squalene with antioxidant properties, vitamin K anti-redness. It is therefore particularly indicated for dry and mature skin, which it nourishes, regenerates and softens, while fighting effectively against wrinkles, loss of firmness, skin spots… It also helps to erase stretch marks and would be a great after-sun.

3 rose products that we love

This treatment with a delicate fragrance and fresh texture contains extracts of Damascus rose and rose hip to give the skin radiance and vitality.

A natural formula for this mask with rose extracts. Shea butter and hyaluronic acid hydrate, nourish and tone the skin.