This Just Might Be the Most Powerful Serum You’ll Ever Use

The story behind how we amplified our original Bio Lifting formula with the latest scientific breakthroughs—for both immediately visible lifting and long-term anti-aging results.

Facial serums are ubiquitous these days, and for good reason. These oil-and-water-based elixirs tend to have a very high concentration of active substances that jump-start visible results. Chantecaille’s Bio Lifting Serum has been a beloved bestseller since its launch in 2011. And yet, things move swiftly in the skincare R&D world, often prompting us to revisit even the most effective formulas to make sure they’re working as much magic as possible.

“We’re constantly looking at new innovative ingredients in skincare, especially botanical ingredients, and when we find something that's incredibly effective, we want to use it!” says Olivia Chantecaille, the company’s creative director. “Often we can end up boosting a product we love by enhancing it with new ingredients that supercharge the ones we already have.”

"If I were to choose a serum based on 360-degree anti-aging properties, it would for sure be this one."
— Marta Cammarano, VP of Research and Product Development

BETTER TOGETHER
In other words, the right combination of ingredients can enhance each other’s power. “We look at a lot of ingredients and their testing to figure out which ones are more effective and which ones work toward the same benefit using different mechanisms, so they can work synergistically to give you more of the final result,” says Marta Cammarano, Chantecaille’s VP of research and product development. For instance, the serum already contained anti-wrinkle hexapeptides and that worked on the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the eye area, “and we finally found an ingredient”—a Refining Lipopeptide—"that worked to visibly reduce the appearance of the vertical lines that are typically harder to take care of.” Moreover, emerging science has brought exciting new ingredients to market—like Cocoa Peptides, which work to protect skin against blue light pollution that triggers free radicals and causes inflammation. And a host of new plant stem cells have recently been found to visibly increase skin firmness and volume. “That’s when we decided, ‘Let’s put them all together,’” Cammarano says.

The result is Bio Lifting Serum+, a scientific powerhouse with an almost ethereally lightweight texture that effectively bottles what many women seek in more invasive cosmetic treatments. The potent actives have an immediate lifting effect while also visibly smoothing, plumping, moisturizing and protecting against blue light damage. Many of these fast-acting ingredients have a long-term anti-aging payoff as well. “This is the most powerful serum we have so far—the most comprehensive,” Cammarano says. “If I were to choose a serum based on 360-degree anti-aging properties, it would for sure be this one.”

And bonus: More than 86 percent of the serum’s ingredients are natural, including its rosewater base.

The serum’s key actives are what makes it so potent. Here’s an introduction to their origins and impact.

IMMEDIATE LIFT
Ingredient: ALGA TENSING BLEND
What it is: Derived from a crimson-red algae, aka Rhodophytes phylum, which naturally occurs in the salty environment of the Red Sea.
What it does: Forms an invisible flexible film on skin for an instant and visible skin-tightening and -smoothing effect, and reduces forehead wrinkle depth.*

BLUE LIGHT PROTECTION
Ingredient: COCOA PEPTIDES (New)
What it is: From sustainable Therobroma cacao, known as “food of the gods,” which comes from Alto Plura in Peru and is rich in peptides, saccharides and polyphenols.
What it does: Fights blue light pollution and aging caused by digital devices by reducing mitochondrial damage and improving the elastin fiber network.*

FIRM, SCULPT, REPLUMP, LIFT
Ingredient: CAFFEINE FREE COFFEE STEM CELL EXTRACT
What it is: Obtained from stem cells of Coffea bengalensis, a rare type of coffee found in India that does not contain caffeine.
What it does: Moisturizes and plumps skin from within to fill out the appearance of wrinkles, increasing moisture and reducing roughness.*

Ingredient: CONTOURING HEXAPEPTIDE (New)
What it is: A synthetic peptide made in a lab comprised of six amino acids.
What it does: Visibly plumps the skin to redefine the appearance of facial contours and visibly increase cheek volume.*

Ingredient: PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA STEM CELL EXTRACT
What it is: Plantago lanceolata (also called “Plantain”) is a perennial plant with oval, ribbed short-stem green leaves. Thought to be indigenous to Eurasia, Plantain is very adaptable and now ubiquitous.
What it does: Visibly increases skin firmness and skin density. In addition it lightens the appearance of pigmented age spots.*

SMOOTH, REFINE, AND REDUCE FINE LINES
Ingredient: HEXAPEPTIDE
What it is: A synthetic peptide made in a lab comprised of six amino acids.
What it does: Reduces the appearance of expression wrinkles caused by repeated contraction of facial muscles by relaxing muscle contraction. Shown to reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles volume and length and skin roughness.*

Ingredient: REFINING LIPOPEPTIDE (new)
What it is: A synthetic peptide.
What it does: Visibly Reduces volume of frown lines , volume of marionette lines, the appearance of nasogenian folds and fine line surface.*

Ingredient: BIONYMPH PEPTIDE STEM CELL EXTRACT
What it is: A natural blend of bioactive tripeptides and sugars, derived from Nicotiana sylvestris, a flowering tobacco native to the Andes region of Argentina and Bolivia.
What it does: Reduces the appearance of fine lines by 25% in 4 weeks.*

MOISTURIZE AND SOOTHE
Ingredient: IMPERIATA CYLINDRICA EXTRACT
What it is: A type of grass native to Asia and Australia that contains a natural osmoprotective compound, allowing it to survive in desert-like and salty environments.
What it does: Acts by maintaining the osmotic equilibrium of the cell and regulating movement of water into the cell. It has been shown to increase skin moisture.*

Ingredient: LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYALURONIC ACID
What it is: A synthetic version of a substance produced by the body to retain water.
What it does: Helps reduce moisture loss from skin’s barrier.*

Ingredient: RASPBERRY STEM CELL EXTRACT
What it is: A patented extract of raspberry cultured stem cells.
What it does: Immediately reduces the appearance of redness due to UVA and UVB.*

*Tests performed on ingredients

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