Clinical Study Results for FIRM UP! - Illuminating body cream
Whitening Effect Demonstrated and Evaluated on 20 Women
After 28 consecutive days of product use, a significant reduction in melanin levels by 18.40% was recorded.
*measured with Mexameter MX18 on the thigh (p < 0.0001).
The hydration level increased by up to 28.86% after 28 days of cosmetic treatment.
*measured on the thighs with Corneometer CM825 (p < 0.0001).
• Easy to apply: 100%
• Leaves no greasy residue after application: 100%
• Pleasant texture: 100%
• Pleasant scent: 100%
• Rebalances uneven skin tone: 100%
• Visibly improves skin appearance: 100%
• Provides skin elasticity: 100%
• Restores skin’s healthy appearance: 100%
• Makes skin feel soft: 100%
• Effectively hydrates the skin: 100%
• Increases skin brightness: 100%
*Self-assessment - applied twice daily for 28 days
11-in-1 Skincare
Ingredients
Aqua, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Bellis Perennis Flower Extract, Mangifera Indica Seed Butter, Cetearyl olivate, Sorbitan olivate, Niacinamide, Argania spinosa kernel oil, Caffeine, Glycerin, Sodium levulinate, Sodium anisate, Glycoproteins, Salix Nigra Bark Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Polyglyceryl-3 Beewax, Dehydroacetic acid, Benzyl alcohol, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Cymbopogon Flexuosus Oil, Lysolecithin, Bentonite clay, Xanthan gum, Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract, Tocopherol, Sodium phytate, Alcohol, Mica, CI 77891, Citral, Limonene, Linalool , Citronellol, Geraniol, Isoeugenol.
FirmUp! offers total transparency, giving you a clear view of the effectiveness of each ingredient. In addition, each precious element is meticulously preserved in Miron Glass bottles, which ensure optimal protection and maintain the integrity of the formulation from the first to the last use.
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Lemon Essential Oil
Lemon Essential Oil
Free of furanocoumarins to avoid allergic reactions and photosensitization. Lemon essential oil restores skin tone, helps maintain collagen in its active, non-fibrous form.
Free of furanocoumarins to avoid allergic reactions and photosensitization. Lemon essential oil restores skin tone, helps maintain collagen in its active, non-fibrous form.
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Plant Collagen
Plant Collagen
Provides suppleness and elasticity to the skin.
Provides suppleness and elasticity to the skin.
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Daisy Oil Extract
Daisy Oil Extract
Helps maintain skin tone, works to restore skin firmness, aids in revitalizing sagging and loose skin.
Helps maintain skin tone, works to restore skin firmness, aids in revitalizing sagging and loose skin.
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Mango Butter
Mango Butter
Moisturizes the skin by restoring the lipid level on the skin's surface.
Moisturizes the skin by restoring the lipid level on the skin's surface.
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Organic Argan Oil
Organic Argan Oil
Helps with epidermal regeneration, maintains skin elasticity and tone.
Helps with epidermal regeneration, maintains skin elasticity and tone.
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Caffeine
Caffeine
Lipolytic role, reduces fat accumulation in adipose tissue, strengthens peripheral microcirculation, restoring skin firmness. Acts against photoaging (clinically demonstrated, in vivo and in vitro).
Lipolytic role, reduces fat accumulation in adipose tissue, strengthens peripheral microcirculation, restoring skin firmness. Acts against photoaging (clinically demonstrated, in vivo and in vitro).
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Niacinamide
Niacinamide
Helps reduce skin pigmentation spots, restores skin radiance, stimulates collagen formation in the dermis (in vitro and in vivo).
Helps reduce skin pigmentation spots, restores skin radiance, stimulates collagen formation in the dermis (in vitro and in vivo).
The clinical studies of the active ingredients in FirmUp! Body cream
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<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><em data-mce-fragment="1"><span data-mce-fragment="1">“The effect of dietary and/or cosmetic argan oil on postmenopausal skin elasticity</span></em><span data-mce-fragment="1">”, Kenza Qiraouani Boucetta, Zoubida Charrouf, Hassan Aguenaou, Abdelfattah Derouiche, Yahya Bensouda.</span>
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<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><em data-mce-fragment="1">“Argan oil: Occurrence, composition and impact on human health”,</em> Zoubida Charrouf and Dominique Guillaume.</li>
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