PRISTINE BRIGHTENING ESSENCE

***SALE - BBE 12/23 - this product can still be used after this date has passed.***

LAVENDER & FENNEL with 7 Bioactive Plant Extracts

In the pristine waters of a mountain stream, we are reminded of the power of nature to balance and to revive. Indulge your skin in nature’s purity and reclaim luminosity, brightness and youthful radiance. Infused with 7 rare and potent bioactive plant extracts harvested at high altitude, Pristine Brightening Essence works to naturally impact uneven skin tone, resulting in a brighter, more luminous complexion.

Pristine’s powerful blend of pure botanicals works in harmony to calm and refine the look of skin. This gentle yet highly active formula reduces age spots, discoloration and uneven skin tone while gently removing impurities, toning skin and bringing it back to balance.

- reduces age spots, discoloration and uneven skin tone
- increases skin’s hydration levels
- offers anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory benefits

Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender is a powerhouse when it comes to skincare benefits that is why we have incorporated both the essential oil and water distillate of lavender in our products. The oil is said to help stimulate cellular growth while the water-based distillate is has skin toning and soothing properties.

Benefits:
antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, regenerative, calming, anti-allergenic, toning, stimulating

Fennel Flower Water
Fennel is perfect for helping maintain youthful, healthy skin. Its natural content of beneficial components includes over 87 volatile compounds, phenolic compounds, fatty acids, and amino acids.

Benefits:
anti-oxidative properties, helps the skin to retain moisture, prevents TransEpidermal Water Loss (TEWL), antibacterial, antimicrobial, and anti-fungal properties, strong anti-radical scavenging activity

Peppermint Leaf Extract
Peppermint has a refreshing, soothing effect on the skin. It reduces redness, irritation and itching, it cools the skin by constricting capillaries, and assists in healing. Its mildly antiseptic effect helps to control the bacteria on the surface of the skin making it the perfect ingredient for treating blemish prone skin.

Benefits:
antimicrobial, cooling, astringent, antipruritic, anti-inflammatory

Speedwell Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Speedwell is known to have strong antioxidant properties that help to slow down or prevent cell damage caused by oxidation. It is thought to stimulate collagen synthesis and gently help smooth out the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It is credited with purifying and tonic properties that may help promote pore refinement.

Benefits:
anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, soothing, stimulating, purifying, tonic

Yarrow Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
This extract has been shown to have antioxidant activity and therefore protects the skin from free radical damage. A study by French researchers (in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science) revealed that it increases the epidermal thickness to smooth out wrinkles and improve pores.

Benefits:
calm inflammation, balances oil production, antioxidant, benefits congestion and acne, helps smooth out wrinkles

Mallow Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Its high content of flavonoids, vitamins C and E offer potential antioxidant benefits to help prevent cell damage from environmental influences such as UV radiation and pollution. It is attributed with skin soothing and anti-inflammatory properties.

Benefits:
soothing, emollient, antioxidant, astringent, conditioning

Lemon Balm Leaf Extract
Lemon balm contains antioxidants called caffeic acid and ferulic acid. Studies have shown that their antioxidant effects neutralise the oxidizing impact of free radicals which can cause cell damage and contribute to premature ageing.

Benefits:
antioxidant, astringent, soothing and calming, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal and antimicrobial

Lady's Mantle Extract
It is considered to be one of the best wound-healing herbs due to its ability to reduce inflammation and promote faster healing. The flavonoids and phenolic acids present in the extract are powerful antioxidants that help fight free radical damage. They are also thought to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Benefits:
antioxidant, anti-inflammatory effects, brightening, exfoliating, blemish control

Cowslip Extract
This extract is high in beta-carotene, vitamin C, calcium, sodium, potassium and salicylates. These antioxidant and immune boosting nutrients promote more radiant skin and assist in faster skin healing. Its cell stimulating and rejuvenating properties help even out skin tone. It is commonly used for treating congested skin prone to acne and blemishes.

Benefits:
soothing, antioxidant, immune boosting, toning

Suitable for all skin types.

50ml

You can use the essence after washing your face, instead of a toner. Essence is a more active version of a toner and has many additional benefits and active ingredients. Read more here.

Apply a small amount of Pristine Brightening Essence to a cotton round and sweep from the center of the face outward and upward, removing any traces of excess dirt or makeup. Do not rinse. Follow with your favorite Flower and Spice moisturizer.

Aqua (Swiss Mountain Spring water), Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Water*, Pentylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Glycerin, Alcohol, Ascorbyl Glucoside; Arginine, Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract*, Alchemilla Vulgaris (Lady’s mantle) Extract*, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract*, Melissa (Lemon balm) Officinalis Leaf Extract*, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract*, Primula Veris (Cowslip) Extract*, Veronica Officinalis (Speedwell) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract*, Foeniculum Vulgare Dulce (Sweet Fennel) Fruit Oil*, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil*, Phytic Acid, Levulinic Acid, Sodium Levulinate, Linalool, Limonene, Sodium Hydroxide.

*Certified organic