HYDRA BEAUTY Camellia Repair Mask by Chanel
Hydrating and soothing, the new HYDRA BEAUTY Camellia Repair Mask is this comforting moment that makes your day more enjoyable. As a cocooning moment in the evening, a burst of radiance before meeting someone or a quick application on targeted areas of the face, this new nourishing treatment finds its rightful place in your beauty routine. An indulgent wellness moment to replenish your skin, treat yourself and feel beautiful. In the morning to wake up your skin, after a workout to calm it down, before an important date or meeting, or in the evening before going to bed.
A Mask, A Break, A Glow
Hydration is the key to radiant skin. Every day, your epidermis needs to be hydrated to maintain its plump and luminous appearance. Yet, daily life and its many activities can weaken the skin’s balance. After an intense workout, a long- haul flight or a night-long party, your skin becomes dehydrated. It feels tight and uncomfortable. To be replenished and regain its natural glow, the epidermis requires a dose of hydrating and nourishing ingredients.
Enriched with hydrating and nourishing active ingredients derived from Camellia japonica and an antioxidant blue ginger extract, HYDRA BEAUTY Camellia Repair Mask infuses the skin surface with essential lipids. Merging with the epidermis, the creamy texture of this balm mask becomes one with the skin to steep it in moisture and nutrients. Immediately revitalized and soothed, skin feels smooth and velvety again.
Chanel & the Science of Hydration: 25 Years of Expertise
For 25 years, CHANEL Research has listened to women and drawn inspiration from them on a daily basis. The studies that it carries out have allowed it to understand their expectations, anticipate their desires and satisfy their wishes. Which ones, exactly? Their priority is to have hydrated, nourished, supple and radiant skin.
Thus, in 1992, CHANEL Research began to develop its expertise in hydration and the skin barrier.
With a complete biological research approach based on its complementary fields of expertise, the House conducted extensive studies on women with dry and dehydrated skin worldwide. These revealed the importance of the outermost layer of skin: the stratum corneum.
The stratum corneum, the outermost layer of skin, is composed of corneocytes. Due to their structure and the fact that they are sealed with intercellular lipids, they ensure an optimal barrier function for the skin. When the skin’s composition is altered, its ability to retain water is compromised. As a result, water evaporates. Lacking moisture, the skin’s balance is disturbed. Directly assaulted by the external aggressors of daily life (UV rays, pollution, stress, climatic variations, etc.), the stratum corneum plays a decisive role in maintaining the skin’s ideal hydration levels.
After studying the mechanisms responsible for skin hydration and the barrier function, CHANEL Research identified different essential biological targets involved in proper skin functions. It shed light on the powerful activity of PPARs (Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors), which stimulate the synthesis of the skin’s natural hydration factors, as well as the production of lipids essential to the consolidation of the skin barrier and proteins reinforcing the cellular envelope of the corneocytes.
Inspired by these discoveries, CHANEL Research created a palette of ultra- hydrating active ingredients from Camellia japonica alba plena, a flower that Mademoiselle Chanel particularly loved.
All of these active ingredients can be found at the heart of HYDRA BEAUTY skincare, which protects and envelops the skin in a cocoon of hydration and protection, day after day.
Hydration Star Active Ingredients
With this combination of hydrating and protective active ingredients, which provides 360° action on hydration and the skin barrier, HYDRA BEAUTY Camellia Repair Mask reveals all of its powers.
The hydrating active ingredients extracted from white camellia, a signature ingredient in the HYDRA BEAUTY line.
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Camellia Alba PFA.* This powerful patented active ingredient stands out with
its hydrating performance. By stimulating PPARs, (Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors), key receptors of the cell membrane, and by recreating the lipids essential to the intercellular cement, it allows skin tissues to manage their own water resources.
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Camellia Alba OFA.** CHANEL Research extracted an ultra-concentrated lipidic active ingredient, rich in polyphenols, from white camellia, which is known for its exceptional content of essential fatty acids. With its composition similar to that of the upper layer of the epidermis, it helps reinforce the integrity of the skin barrier for an immediate plumping and smoothing effect.
Two new protective ingredients also heighten these benefits.
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Camellia wax. Composed of 92% stearic acid, naturally present in the skin’s hydrolipidic film, camellia wax is a new nourishing active ingredient derived from camellia seeds. Combined with a hyaluronic acid derivative, it leaves a protective film on the face that prevents the evaporation of water and promotes a plumping effect. In parallel, it also improves the hydrating action of the Camellia Alba PFA and Camellia Alba OFA active ingredients.
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Panthenol (or provitamin B5). Converted into pantothenic acid in the skin, it is known for its ability to repair and protect the skin barrier.
Moreover, as with all HYDRA BEAUTY skincare products, this balm mask is enriched with a powerful antioxidant with a wide spectrum of action: Blue Ginger PFA. This blue ginger extract from Madagascar regulates the skin’s natural self-defense system.
Unique Sensoriality
The balm texture of HYDRA BEAUTY Camellia Repair Mask is an invitation to relax. Generous and creamy, cocooning and enveloping, it delivers instant comfort. After laps in the pool, a flight or an important presentation, its comforting texture soothes skin suffering from dehydration. Following application, which can take several forms (a thick layer, a thin layer or per area), skin is nourished and plumped. No longer tight, it regains its suppleness and optimal hydration levels. Discomfort caused by dehydration is reduced. The complexion looks even and regains its radiance.
Proven Efficacy
Hydration, soothing, comfort, protection of the skin barrier, even-toning effect on the complexion... All the powers of white camellia are united in this mask. Insensible water loss is significantly reduced (-28%), along with the visibility of peeling skin. After application, skin is perfectly hydrated (+49%) and nourished (+54%). Revitalized (+21%), it appears softer (+44%), smoother (+48%) and more radiant (+38%). Perfectly adapted to winter conditions, HYDRA BEAUTY Camellia Repair Mask even ensures plumped skin in cold conditions (+29%) with reduced redness. Furthermore, for those who like to work out, it reduces redness (-22%) after one hour swimming in a pool.
1 Mask, 3 Applications
Like the women who continuously inspire CHANEL Research, HYDRA BEAUTY Camellia Repair Mask likes to multitask. Whether applied for a cocooning break, a flash treatment or for targeted soothing, it guarantees a tailor-made result with each application.
• Burst of radiance: apply a generous layer of mask on the face and leave on for 10 minutes before rinsing off with warm water.
• Instant cocooning: apply a thin layer of mask on the face. Leave on for 10 minutes and massage to blend in excess product. Do not rinse.
• Targeted soothing action: take a small amount of product and massage gently onto dry areas of the face. This adjusted use fits perfectly into a “multi- masking” ritual, which involves the use of several masks on different areas of the face, depending on the skin’s needs.