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Brightening Lotion

The Graces Brightening Lotion will clarify, refine and brighten your skin tone.

What grace can we bestow on pigmented skin?

The Graces Brightening Lotion contains an exciting new blend of plant and marine extracts. This plant therapy helps to reduce pigmentation and brighten the complexion.

Plant therapy:  Bearberry, mulberry, frankincense, seaweed extract, liquorice root, rose-hip oil, argan oil, carrot-seed oil, vitamin C.

“The Graces Brightening Lotion harnesses plant-power to brighten and refine every complexion, naturally. ~ Janine Tait, Bestow Beauty Founder

Plant Therapy for Skin
Made in New Zealand
No Nasties
Cruelty Free

Who is it suitable for?

The Graces Brightening Lotion is suitable for everyone. It promotes radiance in normal, healthy skin. It effectively treats pigmentation by reducing its intensity.

The natural plant-based ingredients make it safe and effective for all ages.

 

The Graces Brightening Lotion addresses multiple skin concerns. It:

  • Brightens and refines skin tone.
  • Reduces long-standing pigmentation.
  • Clarifies and refines lightly pigmented skin.
  • Lightens freckles (safe for teenagers).
  • Promotes youthful looking skin.

Enjoy Brighter Skin in Just 8 Weeks:

The Graces Brightening Lotion visibly lightens and brightens skin within eight weeks. Skin becomes more luminous. Freckles, sun spots and age spots fade in intensity. This lotion also offers a beautiful feast of anti-ageing ingredients.

Skin Brightening Benefits:

  • Brightens and refines every complexion.
  • Visibly lightens freckles, sunspots, age-spots and melasma.
  • Skin tone becomes more even and balanced.
  • Inhibits melanin production, helping to prevent pigmentation.
  • Hydrates skin and stimulates enzyme action, promoting a luminous glow.

Bonus! Anti-ageing Benefits:

  • Superior antioxidants protect skin from environmental stressors and premature ageing.
  • Reduces the visibility and depth of wrinkles.
  • Inhibits enzymes that break down collagen and elastin.
  • Encourages the production of collagen.

How to use The Graces Brightening Lotion:

Apply one to two pumps of The Graces Brightening Lotion under your moisturiser, morning and evening. For best results, follow The Graces Skin Brightening Routine.

THE GRACES SKIN BRIGHTENING ROUTINE

Specific ingredients and intensive hydration are needed to brighten the complexion.

We have created a hydrating and brightening routine to intensify your results.

Learn More About the Skin Brightening Routine

Ingredients:

Aqua, aloe barbadensis (aloe vera leaf) juice, arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry leaf) extract, glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root) extract, morus nigra (mulberry leaf) extract, ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate (vitamin C), argania spinosa (argan) oil, cetearyl olivate/sorbi- tan olivate, carica papaya (papaya seed) oil, sesamum indicum (sesame seed) oil, rosa canina (rosehip fruit) oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) oil, daucus carota (carrot) oil, glycerine, manuka honey, butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), cetyl alcohol, fucus vesiculosus (seaweed) extract, sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronic acid), lecithin, tocopherol, citrus grandis (grapefruit seed) extract, ecocert approved perservatives (benzyl alcohol, dehydroacetic acid), panthenol (vitamin B5), xanthan gum, lavandula angustifolia (lavender flower) oil, pelargonium graveolens (rose geranium flower) oil, boswellia carterii (frankincense resin) extract, cananga odorata (ylang, ylang flower) oil, daucus carota (carrot seed) oil.

Packaged for Protection | Violet Glass Bottles

The Graces Brightening Lotion is packaged in specially crafted MIRON Violet Glass bottles, which prolong the efficacy of the lotion. Miron Violet Glass blocks the complete spectrum of visible light with the exception of violet light, which energises rather than degrades the lotion. These beautiful, deep violet bottles protect the plant extracts by preserving their natural potency.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The Graces Brightening Lotion provides a safe and fairly rapid lightening of the skin. Results will vary from person to person. Most people see a noticeable reduction in pigmentation within eight weeks. Age-spots, sunspots and melasma will still be visible, but less intense. Take note of the overall appearance of your face. Skin tone will be brighter and more evenly balanced.

Pro Tip: We recommend you take before and after photos of your skin (without makeup on). We often don’t notice skin changes that happen slowly over time. Photos will help you to see improvements in your skin that you might otherwise overlook. We recommend that you take the before and after photo in similar light conditions. This will provide a more accurate comparison.

Maintaining results will require ongoing use. You should include The Graces Brightening Lotion in your regular twice-daily skincare routine.

Pigmentation occurs when the skin produces too much melanin (pigment). The cells responsible for producing melanin are called melanocytes. They live in the deeper layer of the skin. Pigmentation occurs when these melanocytes go into over-drive, creating age spots, sunspots, freckles, melasma and hyper-pigmentation.

Common causes of pigmentation are sun exposure, hormonal changes (including going on the contraceptive pill) and ageing. Freckles are genetic and the result of the uneven distribution of melanocytes. They will typically fade over winter and become more pronounced over summer.

Absolutely. Once developed, pigmentation is difficult to get rid of. This is why sun-care is so important. Prevention is easier than cure. The Graces Brightening Lotion will improve existing pigmentation. It will also inhibit melanin production, making it less likely for pigmentation to form. However, it is essential that you wear a pure, eco-conscious sunscreen every day. One day of unprotected exposure to the sun can undo weeks, or even months of pigmentation treatment. 

Featured Plants

Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate (Oil-Soluble Vitamin C)  is a powderful antioxidant sourced from plants. It helps fade pigmentation and promotes the production of collagen.

Carrot-seed Essential Oil contains a lightening agent called limonene. In addition, it contains carotol. This is known to brighten dull complexions and lighten skin marks.

Mulberry is highly effective at treating pigmentation. Clinical trials show that mulberry can inhibit melanin production by as much as 50%. It actively prevents new pigmentation from forming. It also helps fade existing pigmentation over time.

Liquorice Root is a natural skin whitening agent. It aids skin renewal for a more balanced complexion. It is clinically proven to treat hyper-pigmentation.

Bearberry smooths and balances skin tone. It has a lightening effect on existing pigmentation. Bearberry offers natural UV sun filters. This protection helps to prevent premature ageing of the skin.

Fucus vesiculosus is a seaweed extract. It is clinically proven to brighten skin and reduce pigmentation. It inhibits the enzyme responsible for melanin production by 97%. It enhances radiance and visibly reduces age spots. Fucus vesiculosus boasts powerful anti-oxidant activity, more than double that of Vitamin C. 

Frankincense Oil is best known as an effective scar treatment. The same properties make it effective at treating hyper-pigmentation. In addition, frankincense oil is an effective remedy for age spots. 
Argan Oil inhibits the enzyme responsible for making melanin. This makes it valuable for both treating and preventing pigmentation. High levels of EFAs and vitamin E nourish and hydrate the skin.

Rosehip Oil contains anti-oxidants and rejuvenating acids that treat pigmented lesions. It is effective in healing damaged complexions and darkened spots.

Lindsay's Skin Story:

Lindsay struggled with rosacea for ten years. Jenny Barrow, (Bestow Skin Coach) introduced her to a plant-based skincare remedy to repair her compromised skin barrier. Once her skin was strong enough, she added in The Graces Brightening Lotion to clarify her skin tone.

Over six months, Lindsay’s rosacea improved significantly. Thanks to The Graces Brightening Lotion, pigmented areas became lighter and less visible. Overall her complexion became clearer and brighter.

“I love the idea of not wearing make-up. Tonight, when I looked in the mirror, I think I can. I am absolutely blown away by how well my skin is doing.”  ~ Lindsay

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Will You Leave the House Without Make-up on?

“I want New Zealand women to have the freedom to enjoy their skin without having to wear makeup. To be bare-faced without feeling self-conscious. I’m talking to those women who would secretly love to go natural but feel they have to hide their skin.” ~ Janine Tait  

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