Guerlain: The Abeille Royale line provides healing with honey

Guerlain’s new Abeille Royale line combines beauty traditions with contemporary science, using Black Bee honey from Ouessant Island as the key ingredient

Besides being a delicacy, honey has long been known for its healing properties. Ancient civilisations were known to incorporate the substance into bandages for their wounds.

Professor Bernard Descottes, head of the visceral surgery and transplantation department at Limoges Teaching Hospital, has conducted almost 25 years of clinical research on the repairing efficacy of honey bandages on over 3,000 patients with wounds resistant to conventional treatments. Those studies have confirmed honey’s powerful effects on collagen fibres.

Based on that valuable information, Guerlain Research had launched two new skincare products in its Abeille Royale range: Honey Treatment Rich Cream (HK$1300 for 50ml/HK$1110 for 50ml refill) aimed at dry to very dry skin and Care-in-Mousse (HK$515 for 175ml), a cleansing foam that leaves skin comfortable even when exposed to hard water.

The Honey Treatment Rich Cream used a lipid-replenishing action to help skin through the different steps in visible repair. The product’s formula consists of a whooping 93 percent of naturally derived ingredients, with a high concentration of royal jelly with lipid-replenishing properties and enriched with a beeswax butter to maintain moisture at the heart of the epidermis.

The formula uses pure Black Bee honey from Ouessant Island and combines with three other honeys from islands with unspoilt environments: Corsica, Ikaria in Greece, and Åland in Finland. They are tied together with an exclusive royal jelly rich in vitamins, trace elements, amino acids and lipids. These powerful active ingredients from the hive are blended for their phytochemical complementarity and help to boost skin’s natural self-repair mechanisms.

With this potent formulation, the Honey Treatment Rich Cream targets four visible signs of collagen loss: firmness, wrinkles, radiance, smooth appearance. Upon application, there is an instant plumping effect on skin’s structure and texture.

With longer and regular usage, one can expect to see their skin’s condition and appearance improve, as well as feel smoother to the touch. In fact, a clinical evaluation by a dermatologist found that 99 percent of women studied reported ‘more comfortable skin’ after a month of usage.

With such promising results, it’s high time to be sweet to your skin with the power of honey. Get yours here today.

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