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can become virtually any

type of cell in the body.

Adult stem cells, on the

other hand, are tissue-

specifi c – they can only

generate new cells for the

tissue or organ in which

they’re found. So for

instance, liver stem cells

can only create liver cells

• they can’t create bone
  marrow or heart cells.
  Similarly, skin stem
  cells are factories that
  churn out new skin cells
  to regenerate skin – and
  they do so all your life.
  But there’s a catch.
  They are extremely
  rare – only 0.2 per cent
  of all our skin cells are
  adult skin stem cells,
  based on a collaborative
  study done by the
  LVMH Recherche, on
  behalf of Dior Science,
  and the Center for iPS
  Cell Research and
  Application (CiRA) at
  Kyoto University.
  “A stem cell has
  the power to generate
  millions of new cells, by
  dividing itself to create
  other cells. Skin stem
  cells are the key to skin
  renewal – in fact, one
  skin stem cell alone can
  rebuild the skin surface
  of an entire adult body,”
  says Edouard Mauvais-
  Jarvis, scientifi c

restores the regenerative

power of skin stem cells.

Based on in vitro tests,

40-year-old skin stem

cells will start working

like 20-year-old skin

stem cells, says associate

professor of CiRA, Knut

Woltjen.

“The 20-year-old

skin stem cells are at

their peak energy level –

they’re working best to

produce more skin cells,

and that cell renewal

keeps your skin supple

and glowing,” he says.

“That doesn’t mean

you’ll go back to looking

like a 20-year-old. But it

does mean your skin will

look healthy and radiant,

even when you’re in your

50s, 60s and beyond.”

The key to C.E.L.L.

Energy’s eff ectiveness

is fl oral science.

Dior ethnobotanists

screened 1,667

botanical ingredients

before narrowing their

selection down to four

fl owers: Madagascan

longoza, Chinese peony

and jasmine, and white

lily, chosen for their

exceptional revitalising

powers.

The four fl owers

form a complex that

“reawakens” slower-

performing skin stem

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communication and

environmental director

of Dior Science.

Dior Science’s latest

breakthrough in its 30-

plus years of research

in skin stem cells found

two things: First, unlike

regular cells that die

in three to four weeks,

skin stem cells (or stem

cells in general) never

decrease in number

over your lifetime. The

second thing: While the

number remains the

same, skin stem cells

lose energy – by at least

50 per cent by the time

you’re 40.

“This decrease

goes hand in hand

with the decline in all

cellular functions, and

the overall vitality of

the face,” Mauvais-

Jarvis says. “It includes

skin cell renewal,

self-repair, healing,

and strengthening

of the skin. It’s like

exhaustion.”

The new Dior

Capture Totale

C.E.L.L. Energy line – a

reformulation of the

2008 range – represents

the brand’s latest

solution to this problem.

What C.E.L.L.

Energy does: It revives

the energy potential and

cells and is found in

all fi ve products in the

upgraded range: the

Gentle Cleanser, Serum-

Lotion, Super Potent

Serum, Creme and Eye

Creme.

“C.E.L.L. Energy

is made with 91 per

cent natural-origin

ingredients, says Bruno

Bavouzet, president of

LVMH Recherche. He

adds that hundreds of

trials were necessary

to combine a high

concentration of natural-

origin ingredients,

without comprising on

effi cacy, in one skincare

formula. “Just the Super

Potent Serum (the star

product) took at least

nine months, and over

300 attempts, to perfect.

FORWARD

THINKING

Capture

Totale

through the

years

The new eco

design of

this range

cuts down

the volume

of packaging

by at least

10 per cent.

Bottles and

tubs are also

made with

recyclable

glass. The

inks on

labels and

boxes are of

plant origin.

The creation

of Capture

Totale, where

Dior Science

used liposomes

(originally used

for medicine)

to enable active

ingredients

to be passed

through

skin cell

membranes,

then released

into skin cells.

Dior Science

discovers

the 20 “youth

markers”

produced by

skin cells and

creates an

Alpha-Longoza

Complex that

refreshes the

efficacy of

skin cells to

preserve those

markers.

In Capture

Totale XP,

products work

to increase the

amount of skin

stem cells on

the epidermal

layer of skin,

thereby

boosting skin

regeneration.

The launch

of Capture

Totale C.E.L.L.

Energy, which

ups the energy

potential of

skin stem cells.

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