My Greatest Skin Creation: The Serum That Can Turn Back Time

By Amanda Beisel

Empowered Collagen Revival Serum might just be my most amazing skin creation. I have struggled to communicate to the world how incredible this serum is; it’s packed with so many skin-transforming ingredients—10 in total—so it’s hard to know where to begin when I’m describing it! That’s why I wanted to create this article and feature just three of the powerhouse actives that bring such magical results to anyone who uses this serum. It regenerates your skin while you sleep. It encourages your collagen to grow by feeding it a high dose of peptides, antioxidants and nutrients. Another super hero feature of this rock star serum is that it encourages continuous healthy cell turnover and reformation (a process that slows as we get older), resulting in fresh, radiant, healthy skin. Read on to learn more about three of the powerhouse ingredients in our beloved, transformative Empowered Collagen Revival Serum.

Encapsulated Retinaldehyde "The collagen maker"

Meet Encapsulated Retinaldehyde, ER for short. This major mouthful is the need-to-know skin care ingredient that makes the difference in maintaining collagen over time. ER is a derivative of vitamin A, and as proven by science again and again, there is no topical ingredient more powerful for synthesizing collagen production. Most vitamin A-derived over-the-counter serums and creams are activated by retinols, or with retinoic acid (under an array of brand names) in prescription formulas. First-generation retinols and retinoic acids offer great results for some, but they come with less-than-lovely side effects like redness and drying—meaning your skin will get worse before it gets better.

That all changed recently when a crackerjack team of US chemists worked hard—and we love them for it!—to create ER, a game-changing vitamin A treatment with all the collagen-building benefits and none of the irritation and downtime. This amazing ingredient is also found in our Harmonized Clarifying Serum.

ATP "Life force for your cells"

Adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) is known as the “energy currency of life.” ATP is a coenzyme that stores the energy to support metabolism in our cells. It improves microcirculation, renewing our skin cells while restoring and rejuvenating the appearance of our skin. Lack of sufficient ATP in the body causes the skin to age more rapidly. Empowered ensures you are loaded up with a nightly dose of ATP, keeping the life force of your skin top notch.

Syn-Hycan "Firm it up"

Syn-Hycan is pure skin goodness. It’s a skin-firming peptide that works by boosting hyaluronic acid content in the skin. Hyaluronic acid can bind up to 1,000 times its weight in water, which means it has incredible moisture-holding properties that create a gel-like framework for collagen and elastin, that applied topically, acts like a needle-free skin re-modeller.