A tower of Chanel – the perfect way to hit Friday! Kind of. This is Chanel’s skin care launch for January 2014 (it’s already launched elsewhere other than the UK); I don’t doubt for a second that it’s efficacious and luxurious (although I haven’t tried it) because I loved (and still use) their three step skin care Le Jour, La Nuit and Le Weekend and felt it really did make an improvement on my skin.
However. Trying to explain how this works requires the kind of scientific brain that I just don’t have. I’ll give a quote and you’ll see. “Chanel uses epigenetics to inaugurate self-biology. Genes generate all of an individual’s proteins, but they only represent a small proportion of DNA. A large portion of DNA, which were thought to be silent, is actually a wonderful regulation and adaptation mechanism. It calls on chemical “switches,” called microRNAs (or miRs), which are tiny fragments of RNA that modulate protein synthesis by adhering to messenger RNA coding sequences. These control processes are key elements of epigenetic regulation. Their production is constantly modified by the environment and living conditions.” Scratches head – lost at coding sequences :-).
But to bring it down to its most basic – smart skin care that gives a firming action in three different textures. This information isn’t really meant for public consumption; it’s to give us beauty writers all the information we need to pass it on in a way that’s consumable and understandable but er, it’s got me beat.
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There’s a Regular, for normal skin, a Riche for extra dry skin and Fine for skin that is oily. It uses the Edulis plant extract which apparently helps to boost youth proteins in the skin, and then some, thanks to sciency-tricks that enhance it to fifty times the power of the original extract.
There are plenty of reviews on-line, however, from different countries so suggest you have a scoot about the internet to see what people are making of it. The ones I have looked at are completely positive.
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looks interesting I am about to start using a body firming creme too x
Sorry, I need to comment this, I am a molecular biologist, and this Chanel claim that you quote just made me shiver. First, let’s clarify, micro RNAs (or miRNAs) are NOT an epigenetic regulation. Epigenetic is something that “modifies DNA” in a reversible way, let’s say it modulates accessibility to DNA, to put it simple. miRNAs modulate protein synthesis, so no epigenetic involved! (though I have to admit that at the moment epigenetic is such a “glamorous” theme in the biology world, is like the Naked palette of biology, if you get my meaning). Second, there is NO way that whatever molecule Chanel puts into their creams is going to actually ENTER your cells! Nor can it regulate your DNA or protein synthesis! That would be called gene therapy, and requires serious experimentation and drug approval…
Anyhow, I take this opportunity to tell you that I love your blog, and even if I don’t really comment (well, I do when I have something to say, like now!) I really enjoy to read your posts!
Yes, it’s really helpful when an actual molecular biologist gives their view – there’s no way I can give a balanced view on this because it far outweighs my expertise; I have loved Chanel skincare in the past and no doubt I will love this one but maybe for not the complex reasons they give. So thank you so much – an expert view is always really welcome and goes on to inform other readers too so I’m very grateful to you for your contribution. And thanks for kind words about blog :-)))
Thank you thank you thank you. Honestly they just throw sciencey words at people and expect no one understands. From one molecular biologist to another xx
Have you given Chanel a chance to respond to Caterina’s response? I would love to hear it.
Edulis Plant Extract? Isn’t that Khat?????
I hate these scientific sounding things, that usually just mean, that they mixed a bit of water with oil and added some hydrosols. But Khat Extract is unusual. Amphetamines for ths skin… whatever next.
Might try a sample when it is finally released.
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