Helena Lane Balancing Geranium & Lemon Verbena Hyaluronic Serum

This ultra-lightweight serum contains hydrating hyaluronic acid and skin balancing plant hydrosols to gives the skin a mega moisture boost. Layer under your moisturizer or face oil to cool and calm the skin immediately

• Sodium hyaluronate hydrates, giving smoother, plumper and softer skin
• Geranium, lavender and lemon verbena balance oiliness, calm inflammation and are anti-bacterial, ideal for blemished skin
• Sodium hyaluronate increases the skin’s ability to retain moisture, preventing moisture loss via evaporation – a must in the cold winter months
• Use around the eye bone to erase puffiness and smooth out fine lines

What is a sodium hyaluronate/hyaluronic acid (HA)?

HA is a naturally occurring sugar found in the body, mainly the skin and joints. It is used to maintain water levels within tissues. As we age our ability to produce HA decreases and this affects the appearance and texture of our skin. Water is vital for nutrient transportation, cell communication, replication and healing. We do not absorb water into our skin effectively unless it is bound to a HA molecule. Applying HA to the skin enables us absorb water effectively giving smoother, plumper, healthier skin. This HA is produced by bacterial fermentation of beans and potatoes.

What about Radish root ferment filtrate?

This is the preservative. HA is fondly known as “bug food” so attracts bacteria. This is the simplest, kindest preservative we found. It is simply a peptide (group of amino acids) that is produced by the same bacteria as we use to make kimchi, when radish root is fermented. It is approved for use in certified organic formulations and has no adverse effects on the skin.

Product Size: 30ml

• All skin types
• Acne and oily skin types
• Combination skin types

• 97% certified organic ingredients
• pH balancing to help protect and maintain our skin’s natural barrier, the acid mantle
• Properly hydrated skin absorbs and transports nutrients and eliminates waste products more effectively and maximizes cell communication, vital for helping the skin to clear when congested and blemished
• Anti-aging

• After cleansing, pump serum onto fingertips and press gently into face and neck. Layer under your moisturizer or face oil.

• Alternatively: After cleansing mix a few drops of this serum in the palm of your hand with moisturizer or face oil and apply gently to face and neck.

Over the last 20 years I have seen the natural and organic skincare industry become more and more complicated; ingredient lists are getting longer as the ingredients are getting more refined and processed, as companies strive to make the products easier and cheaper to manufacture. These highly processed natural ingredients can be as un-beneficial as the synthetic ones whilst misleading consumers into thinking they are getting the real thing.

We now understand that good food for our bodies is unprocessed and nutrient-rich. I believe this is also true for the food for our skin. I try not to put “junk” into my body, so why would I put it on my skin?

I want you to do less to your skin. I believe most people use too many products with too many ingredients, too often. This interferes with the skin’s own processes of growth and repair, which long-term, causes the skin to deteriorate and become unbalanced. My skincare respects our own natural processes of rejuvenation and encourages our skin to work for itself again; the aim is to use fewer products over time not more, and not to rely on products to make our skin look good.

My formulations have only a few ingredients but ones that are richest in nutrients for our skin. I have chosen only unrefined, unprocessed, natural and certified organic ingredients.

I’ve been reading ingredient labels for years and still get overwhelmed! I want you to read my labels and truly understand what is going onto your skin and therefore into your body.