{"id":997,"date":"2020-04-25T11:59:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T03:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h2o-living.com\/?p=997"},"modified":"2022-02-03T12:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T04:30:35","slug":"ignae-was-featured-in-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h2o-living.com\/hk\/ignae-was-featured-in-financial-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Times “How To Spend It” \u4ecb\u7d39Ignae"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Financial Times\u5831\u5c0e : Portugal\u2019s burgeoning beauty brands<\/p>\n

November 28 2018 \/ Mary Lussiana<\/p>\n

\"Ignae<\/p>\n

Ignae Day Complex<\/p>\n

And so to cow\u2019s colostrum. The arrival of Ignae, produced on S\u00e3o Miguel, could almost justify the description of Portugal as being in its second \u201cgolden age of discovery\u201d, for it\u00a0is\u00a0an extraordinarily exciting story. Its\u00a0young founder Miguel Pombo noticed, while working in Brussels as an intern at a consultancy for pharmaceutical-industry clients, that thermal water \u2013 something S\u00e3o Miguel is not short of \u2013 was a key ingredient in many beautifying creams, so he decided to return home and start creating his own.<\/p>\n

The island\u2019s Terra Nostra botanical garden dates back to 1775; from here Pombo took the thermal water, exceptionally rich in silica and other minerals that improve the skin\u2019s barrier function. He cold-pressed Camellia japonica seeds, making oil that delivers anti-ageing and antioxidant properties. From the cows he took colostrum (after their calves were sated), having found that the milk of cows in the Azores \u2013 probably due to year-round grazing and an immune system stimulated by the Atlantic winds \u2013 is unusually rich in immunoglobulins, growth factors and proline-rich peptides, which stimulate collagen production. Then he tapped the anti-ageing and replenishing properties of the local bees\u2019 honey (the black Azorean bees also seem to produce a better quality of venom, extracted on a glass so they don\u2019t die).All this resulted in a wrinkle-busting Day Complex (\u20ac115 for 50ml) with peptides and antioxidant-rich lactobionic acid; a revitalising Night Complex (\u20ac120 for 50ml) with peptides and collagen-boosting stem cells; an Enriched Regenerating Serum (\u20ac109 for 15ml) and an Eye Complex (\u20ac90 for 15ml) with haloxyl, which stimulates microcirculation to\u00a0this delicate area; and a cleansing, firming and illuminating Bee Venom & Clay Mask (\u20ac95 for 100ml).<\/p>\n

Lisbon\u2019s Four Seasons Hotel Ritz has just launched Ignae facials<\/a> at its spa<\/a>, and the products are gaining global attention. Renowned US-based facialist (and global brand ambassador for Biologique Recherche) Joanna Czech is impressed: \u201cThe science is what impresses me the most about Ignae. The creams are hydrating and healing and have all the steps to fight the\u00a0glycation process [when sugar reaches your skin, breaking down the collagen molecules \u2013 one of the main accelerators of skin ageing]. I have used the eye serum on clients before the Met Ball: it is great for red-carpet preparation, as it is lightweight and plumps the eye area, diminishing the appearance of fine lines.\u201d<\/p>\n

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