Precious Metal, Precious Stone Ingredients In Anti-Aging Creams
Beauty companies are turning to a host of unexpected ingredients in an effort to keep you looking young–and spending big money. The quest for the fountain of youth never gets old, and skincare companies are enlisting the help of everything from diamonds to peals to erase the signs of aging and keep skin beautiful.
These days, you’re likely to find more precious metals, precious and semi-precious stones in your skincare line than in your jewelry box. Diamonds, platinum, gold, mother-of-pearl and quartz are all popular ingredients.
Metals are good. A lot of metals, like magnesium, copper and zinc, are working within our bodies already and get depleted with age. Most people use them for a certain luminosity. Magnesium, for example, supports a healthy immune system, while zinc and copper influence metabolism.
Here are examples of anti-aging skin care products with wacky precious metal, and jewelry stones ingredients:
La Prairie has an entire line of skincare that uses caviar, which the company says makes the skin more elastic and wrinkle-free. The Skin Caviar Crystalline Concentre contains a host of other unique ingredients, including diamond dust, quartz and liquid crystals for luminosity, and extracts of a root (Anemarrhenae asphodeloides) grown only in Eastern Asia to smooth skin.
Cellular Cream Platinum Rare La Prairie contains “Negatively charged microscopic particles of pure platinum” maintain electric balance in the skin which protects against aging and free radicals.
Diamonds, being the hardest material on earth, provide an extremely thorough exfoliation to smooth, soften and brighten the skin. Diamond Dust The Refining Facial and The Body Refiner – La Mer product contain diamond dust. Each particle of diamond is between 70 and 140 µm.
Perfect Gold Serum Carita contains three types of “gold”: mineral (24 carat gold powder of pure gold), vegetal (derived from the saffron spice) and biological (fermented in a lab). Gold, the company says, detoxifies, firms and revitalizes the skin, while reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and returning flexibility to the skin.
Gold, “Marshmallow” Plant Extract 23 Karat Intensive Eye Treatment – Yum contain micronized gold for fighting off fine lines and wrinkles. Extract of marshmallow plant, which grows in marshy areas and has a long history as a medicinal plant, is used to soothe irritated skin.
Gold and Mother-of-Pearl Perfect Cream for Body – Carita contain real 24-carat gold particles combined with mother-of-pearl, diminishes redness, spots and veins while giving the skin an iridescent glow.
See the related article on our blog for more information including precious metal, stone, and other unique unusual ingredients such as ‘stem cell’, ‘muscle paralyzer’ (other than butulium toxin A in Botox), coffee plant, etc