At a breakfast held for beauty Editors at Mollies, Terri Grace was excited. The new technology using nature’s finest – botanical stem cells from a rare Swiss apple which ages slowly – means a visible decrease in wrinkles in an anti-ageing breakthrough…
At a breakfast held for beauty Editors at Mollies, Terri Grace was excited. The new technology using nature’s finest – botanical stem cells from a rare Swiss apple which ages slowly – means a visible decrease in wrinkles in an anti-ageing breakthrough.
Nimue Skin Technology have just released their new Stemplex Serum ($260.00) which uses plant stem cells extracted from spatlauber apples to strengthen the stem cells in human skin. Stem cells differ from normal cells in two ways, they can renew themselves through cell division and they can be changed into tissue and organs. Some organs (colon, bone marrow and others) divide and repair regularly, but other organs (heart, spine) don’t repair regularly.
Christopher Reeve, the late actor who played Superman and was confined to a wheelchair through an accident, put a face to stem cell research as an advocate for a cure for his condition. George Bush stopped stem cell research for ethical reasons – it uses fertilised human eggs unused in IVF treatments for embryonic stem cell research – legally in USA and it’s suddenly all on now the Bush Administration is over. Treatments using stem cells have the potential to treat Alzheimers, athritis and of course to repair the body.
Skin stem cells occur in the basal layer of the epidermis and the base of hair follicles. Nimue only uses plant stem cells, not human ones. If you cut a tree you see a scab form then new shoots, and scientists asked, what’s regenerating it? The spatlauser apple tree produces long shelf life apples. Humans have changed the way apple trees are grown commercially, but this tree hasn’t been interfered with.
In a 28 day study of 20 volunteers on crowsfeet eye wrinkles, they observed an 8% to 14% decrease in wrinkles.
The main ingredient in Nimue Stemplex Serum is these apples, then the anti-oxidant reservratrol from red wine, soy protein, and a botanical complex of amino acids, B6, pea extract and Khaya (an African tree).
Reservratrol is mixed with a yeast extract so it’s more easily accepted by the skin and more potent. Glycine soya (soybean protein) similar to the protein found in human skin gives it smoothness and elasticity. Candle Tree leaf extract is a strong anti-oxidant which protects mitochondrial DNA to keep cells performing at optimal levels.
This serum is Nimue’s first paraben-free product. Parabens are very out of favour with consumers nowadays for health reasons and they need to be replaced with a botanical preservative, but botanicals don’t last as long. Nimue now uses sorbic acid as a preservative, and you can use the serum for 24 months once it’s been opened. It has never been tested on animals.
The Stemplex Serum is aimed at women 20s upwards and is ideal for hyperpigmented skin, excema, psorasis, and environmentally-damaged skin as well as everyone interested in delaying aging! Avoid using if you have very active acne. 30s plus women can use it twice a day; younger women, just at night before night cream. The 30ml bottle lasts around 3 months.
For stockist info see www.globalbeauty.co.nz or phone 0800 144562.
By Megan Robinson, 7 March 2010
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