Pure Rainforest
Skin Care
Lluvia Skin
Renewal System
Rainforest Sustainability
The Lluvia™ Skin Renewal System comes from the purest natural source and is born of a mission with rainforest preservation in mind. Part of that mission is sustaining the indigenous communities in the Amazon.
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Skin Care Glossary of Terms
Elastin - A protein similar to collagen that is the principal structural component of the elastic fibers of connective tissue, which enable skin to snap back when stretched. Aging and environmental damage to tissues causes the skin’s elastin to break down resulting in wrinkle formation.
Emulsifier - An agent that binds two substances together that do not normally mix. For example, oil and water. Lecithin is a natural emulsifier derived from soy.
Emollient - A substance added to a formulation that soothes and softens the skin. They can be natural like almond oil or synthetic, like mineral oil.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) - Fats the body can not make and must be obtained from the diet or applied externally. EFAs are part of the lipid layer, and help maintain the suppleness and elasticity of skin. These fats have long been known to be necessary for the body’s functioning, their deficiency results in the skin losing moisture and leading to hardening and drying. They help nourish the skin deep within.
Essential Oils - Pure plant extracts or liquids derived from flowers, leaves, stems, berries, rinds, resins, or roots of plants. These oils are the essence of the plant’s smell that make the plant smell the way it does. Essential oils have long been used in folk medicine and aromatherapy for their many healing qualities.
Extract - A concentrate made by steeping raw plant material(s) in either a solvent or water.
Fibroblast cells - Fibroblast cells produce collagen and elastin fibers, the primary components of connective tissue which are responsible for skin elasticity, tone and firmness. Fibroblasts also eliminate damaged connective tissue.
Flavonoids - A class of water-soluble pigments that are found in plants and add to their pretty yellow, orange or red color. A few thousand different flavonoids have been so far identified. Many of these compounds serve as antioxidants or play other important roles in maintaining the health of your body. One characteristic of nearly all flavonoids is that they enhance the functionality of vitamin C, itself a powerful antioxidant. Certain flavonoids have a special affinity to skin, and bind to it’s connective tissue fibers to provide protection against free radicals.
Free-radicals - Highly reactive, imbalanced molecules caused by environmental toxins and normal metabolism associated with the degenerative aging process internally and in skin.
Glycerine - Made by chemically combining water and fat from vegetable oil. It has water binding capabilities which helps the skin retain moisture. It also improves the spreading ability of creams.
Glycosides - Any of a group of organic compounds, occurring abundantly in plants, that yield a sugar and one or more non-sugar substance on hydrolysis.
Herb - A flowering plant valued for distinctive healing properties.
Hypodermis - The third layer of the skin beneath the epidermis. It is the fatty layer of the skin, home of sweat glands and fat and collagen cells. The hypodermis is responsible for conserving your body’s heat and protecting your vital inner organs.
Humectant - A substance that absorbs or retains moisture. Added to a product, it keeps it from drying out.
Natural Skin renewal in six simple steps:
Cleanse - Refine -
Hydrate - Treat - Nourish
- Moisturize
Lluvia Skin Renewal System