It’s been rumored that Coco Chanel’s favorite flower was the camellia flower. This flower can be seen throughout everything the French fashion house designs. The blooms have been integrated into the house’s clothing, designs, fragrances, and skincare.
As of today, the red camellia was the source of inspiration for the launch of No. 1 de Chanel. This new collection features nine skincare and makeup items and is completely clean.
It took ten years at Chanel’s Open Sky laboratory doing research before scientists discovered No. 1 de Chanel’s age-defying breakthrough: the red camellia extract. The ingredient apparently prevents skin cells from becoming sluggish, resulting in dull, tired skin (a phase called senescense).
The skin can go into the senscence phase multiple ways, such as internal aggressors (hormonal changes, stress, illness) and external factors such as pollution or overexposure to the sun. But red camellia extract, filled with antioxidants, shields skin from these factors, supporting each cell to function better and for longer.
No. 1 de Chanel is the brand’s cleanest skincare and makeup line, as well as its first refillable one. The formulas are made with 76% of the anti-aging camellia – giving the skin all the benefits – and total, contain up to 97% ingredients of natural origins.
The ingredients aren’t the only things that are green, though. Those red bottles are green, too. Weight of the bottles has been reduced by 30% (lighter shipping costs = lighter carbon footprint per product). And the cap of the refillable Revitalizing Cream isn’t made of solid plastic. Rather, it’s been hollowed out and filled with crushed camellia seeds.
The complete No. 1 de Chanel lineup features a powder-to-foam cleanser, eye cream, serum, fragrance mist, foundation, Revitalizing Cream, Lip and Cheek Balm, and Revitalizing Lotion. Everything might look red due to the stunning bottles, but be happy knowing they’re actually green.
