Chanel‘s Sublimage range is the brand’s most upscale skincare range. According to Chanel, the planifolia (listed as vanilla planifolia fruit water on the ingredient list) that all the products in this range contain has an intensive regenerating action. Today I am highlighting a new addition to the range, Essential Revitalizing Concentrate, which will be launched in the UK on October 8th.
The serum has a gel-serum consistency. Some of the main moisturizing ingredients that this product contains include glycerin, dipropylene glycol, shea butter, squalene, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, urea, and propylene glycol.
The product contains several antioxidants. Vanilla planifolia fruit water (mentioned above), according to Paula Begoun, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. (It is fourth on the ingredient list.) Some of the other antioxidants in this product include tocopherol (vitamin E), licorice root extract, ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin C), and ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
According to Chanel, the star ingredient in this product is golden champa and it is sourced from the Himalayas. (It is listed as magnolia champaca flower oil on the ingredient list). Chanel claims that golden champa has antioxidant properties and can induce cellular revitalization. However, it is far down on the ingredient list (among the second half) and the small amount of this ingredient might not have a significant effect on the skin.
Even though the product features antioxidants as well as some good moisturizing agents (and the product is packaged in an opaque airtight bottle, which is the ideal packaging for skincare products), it contains a large amount of alcohol (second on the ingredient list). This large amount of alcohol is unfortunately likely to outweigh the benefits of the moisturizing agents and antioxidants, as alcohol can cause dryness as well as free-radical damage (which moisturizing agents and antioxidants are trying to prevent, respectively, in the first place). It also makes the product unsuitable for many skin types, especially drier and more sensitive skin types.
If alcohol were absent or kept to an absolute minimum in this product, this serum should suit those with normal-to-dry or dry skin.
(The product featured in this article is provided by Chanel.)
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