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Environ Skin Care
Better Than 1% Retinol: Results Without the Harsh Side Effects
Choosing the right retinol serum means knowing how it works and why. With clinically proven ingredients, strict safety standards, and a transparent philosophy, our Vitamin A skincare rejuvenates, protects, and strengthens skin, designed for Canadian lifestyles and climate.
Environ Tri-Retinoid Complex Retinol Serums
Better Than 1% Retinol
The foundation of our serum is built on offering you the profound benefits of Vitamin A without the well-known drawbacks. We achieve this with two synergistic plant-based actives that work in harmony with your skin.
Retinoid Effect Boosters
NovoRetin™: Boosting Your Skin's Own Power
Instead of flooding the skin with an external retinoid, our serum uses NovoRetin™, an active derived from the resin of the mastic tree. Its genius lies in its ability to work with your skin's natural biology. Scientific research shows that NovoRetin™ inhibits the enzyme that breaks down your skin's own retinoic acid.
By gently blocking this enzyme, our serum allows the retinoic acid (C20H28O2) your body naturally produces to remain active for longer, delivering powerful rejuvenating signals with minimal irritation.
Retinoid Effect Boosters
Revinage™: Mimicking the Message, Calming the Skin
Complementing this is Revinage™, a sustainable extract from the Bidens pilosa plant. This “bio-retinol” cleverly uses the same communication channels as traditional retinoids. Its compounds bind to and activate your skin’s receptors, instructing cells to boost collagen and regulate turnover.
Crucially, Revinage™ also provides potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits, ensuring your skin remains calm, soothed, and comfortable, a stark contrast to the irritation often caused by many traditional retinols.
Ingredients
Why the Type of Retinol is Important
The Retinoid Relay - A Triple-Action Vitamin A Complex
For those looking for the powerful action of traditional retinoids, our advanced formula uses an intelligent, multi-form complex designed for maximum results and superior tolerance.
This strategy is built around your skin's natural conversion pathway. Our formula uses a “staggered release” to work with this pathway, not overwhelm it.
Stage 1: Retinyl Palmitate & Retinyl Propionate
These gentle forms act as a reservoir in the skin. They convert slowly and steadily over time, providing a continuous, low-level supply of retinol without irritation.
Stage 2: Pure Retinol
As the "workhorse" of the trio, pure retinol provides a more immediate and powerful effect, delivering the noticeable results you expect in texture and fine lines.
Sustained Action
This "relay race" system avoids the harsh spike of single-retinoid formulas, maintaining a sustained level of activity in the skin. This makes it a formula you can use consistently through the changing Canadian seasons, from the harsh, dry air of winter to the humidity of summer (with proper SPF use, of course).
Trusting the Label
The Swiss Vitamin Institute (SVI) Seal: Proven Potency You Can Trust
In a crowded cosmetics market, the SVI seal separates fact from marketing hype. As an independent, non-profit scientific laboratory, SVI validates our product’s quality through rigorous testing.
They verify two key factors:
- Accurate Concentration — The product contains the exact vitamin potency stated on the label.
- Guaranteed Stability — Vitamins remain active and effective throughout the shelf life.
For you, the SVI seal means visible results, reliable efficacy, and complete trust, backed by impartial Swiss science. Our commitment to SVI certification is our commitment to you: we don’t just promise performance, we prove it.
A Protective Shield for Your Skin
IBR-UrBioTect® & IBR-TCLC®: The Protective Shield
Rejuvenated skin deserves to be protected. Recognizing that modern life from urban pollution to digital-heavy lifestyles constantly exposes your skin to aging aggressors, we fortified our serum with a defensive complex.
IBR-UrBioTect®: Your Shield Against Pollution & Blue Light
Derived from the resilient Inula helenium plant, IBR-UrBioTect® protects skin from environmental pollutants and blue light. It reduces inflammation and activates your skin’s natural detoxification, keeping skin healthy and resilient.
IBR-TCLC® (Tomato Colorless Carotenoids): Internal UV Protection
IBR-TCLC® (Tomato Colorless Carotenoids) provides a secondary layer of UV defense. Sourced from non-GMO tomatoes, it accumulates in the skin to reduce redness and inflammation from incidental sun exposure, boosting resilience and enhancing protection alongside daily SPF.
Trusting What's Inside
Decoding the Label - IU, Percentages, and Canadian Guidelines
Navigating a cosmetic label can be confusing. We believe in total transparency, especially when it comes to ingredient potency and our national standards.
Percentage (%) vs. International Unit (IU)
A percentage is a simple measure of concentration. However, for vitamins like Vitamin A, mass does not equal effect. Different forms of Vitamin A have vastly different levels of biological activity. This is where the International Unit (IU) becomes essential.
An IU is a standardized measure of a vitamin's biological effect or potency. It tells you how powerful a vitamin is, not just how much of it is in the bottle. For example:
- It takes almost twice the mass of retinyl palmitate to achieve the same biological effect as pure retinol.
This is why stating only a percentage can be misleading. IU is the true measure of a formula's retinoid strength.
Health Canada Cosmetic Guidelines
Your safety is our priority. Environ Retinol Serums follow Health Canada regulations, limiting leave-on Vitamin A to 10,000 IU/g to ensure safety and efficacy. Using International Units (IU) ensures precise potency and biological activity. Our formulas are carefully crafted to deliver maximum results while fully complying with Canadian skincare safety standards, so you can use them with confidence.
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