Monday, 12 September 2011

Lancome Visionnaire [LR 2412 4%] Advanced Skin Corrector

I recently had the opportunity to trial Lancome's Visionnaire [LR 2412 4%] Advanced Skin Corrector as part of the Beauty Heaven trial team. The second the serum arrived I knew I had one classy product in my hands and that I was in for a real treat as the packaging is just amazing. It was housed in a shiny silver box and inside was a gorgeous jewel like teal bottle that looks amazing on the vanity - but you shouldn't judge a beauty product by its packaging as it's whats inside that counts.





From the company: LR 2412, the 1st molecule of our Research Laboratories designed to “self-propel” throughout all of skin’s layers, it reprograms the skin to “auto-correction” mode.

Wrinkles erased, unevenness and redness reduced, pores tightened: a very beautiful skin, even before make-up.


Ingredients: Aqua, Cyclohexasiloxane, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat, C12-15 alkyl benzoate, Dipropylene glycol, Pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, Polysilicone-11, Dimethicone, Bis-PEG/PPG-16/16 PEG/PPG-16/16 Dimethicone Polymethyl Methacrylate, CI 77891, Mica, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol, Adenosine, Dimethiconol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Disodium EDTA, Citronellol, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Parfum, sodium tetrahydrojasmonate, ammonium polyacrldimethtyltauramide/ammonium polyacryloydimethyl taurate, hydoxyethylellulose, argilla/magnesium aluminium silicate, tetrahydrojasmonic acid, Citronellol, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Parfum/Fragrance.

I have tried to research just what LR 2412 but have struggled to find anything, likely because it is a proprietary secret. Marta, from Truth in Aging has studied the ingredient list and suggests that LR 2412 might actually be adenosine -  a anti-inflammatory molecule also responsible for energy transfer in cells. The other ingredient of interest is jasmonic acid. Jasmonic acid is a plant hormone produced in response to plant stress - when a plant is attacked by an insect, this hormone is released making the plant material indigestible to the insect and, therefore, undesirable to eat. It is also controls plant growth and development having the ability to slow down growth. I suspect, though could be wrong, that the inclusion of this ingredient would be with the aim to slow down cell turnover, which, in my books, is a good thing in the anti-ageing quest (I have previously written about slowing down cell turnover here).

The serum also contains a few silicones which act like a makeup primer on the skin, leaving it feeling silky soft as well as hyaluronic acid which is a humectant - a substance that attracts and binds water. This would be great for plumping out fine lines that are due to dehydration. Mica provides light reflecting particles to even out the skin tone.

My review: The bottle has a pump dispenser, which is perfect for dispensing as well as for maintaining the hygiene of the product. I used 3 pumps to do my whole face though I might have been a tad excessive - you probably could get away with two. But even with the amount I used it still absorbed instantly into my skin.

The serum contains light reflecting particles that are evident when you first pump it out - it has a pearlescent look to it. It was tough to photograph the pearlescence as the flash drown out the reflectivity but you can kind of get the idea in the second picture.






Immediately after applying the serum my skin felt satin soft and not at all greasy - matte even - which is quite surprising for my oily skin. This is most likely due to the silicones in the product. I applied the serum twice a day either straight after showering in the morning or after washing my face in the evening, then gave it a couple of minutes to sink in whilst I brushed my teeth before I applied my moisturiser.

The serum left my skin looking amazing. The light reflecting, illuminating particles really did an excellent job of hiding my skin concerns which are redness on the cheeks and around the nose, some pigmentation issues on my forehead and noticeable pores on my nose. I am pretty sure it is the light reflecting particles that are hiding these concerns.

Long term - though I have been using this for about a month it is still too soon to say whether it has had any effect on my pigmentation. There definitely doesn't seem as harsh line between the pigmented and non-pigmented skin on my forehead but the pigmentation has not been removed completely. When I am wearing the serum, though, it is definitely much much less noticeable thanks to the light reflecting particles. It claims to help wrinkles and they do seem less - well the fine lines seem to be be plumped out a bit, I suspect thanks to the hyaluronic acid. When wearing the serum my pores are less noticeable but upon rinsing it off they are much the same. I personally don't believe that the size of your pores can be changed so wasn't expecting them to miraculously shrink, though the light reflecting particles definitely make them less noticeable.

Would I buy this again? Possibly. I love the way it leaves my skin looking; however, I would like to keep using it for longer to see whether it actually has a permanent effect on my pigmentation before i make a decision. I would also probably use this as a day serum rather than a day and night serum, mostly because, with the light reflecting illuminating particles, it is more of a makeup product for me.

This will be available for sale in Australia from 18th September and costs $165 for 50ml or $115 for 30ml.

All opinions stated in this blog are my own. I have no affiliation with Lancome and received no remuneration for my comments. This product was provided to my to trial as part of Beauty Heaven's trial team.

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This sounds good, but I'm not sure it's worth splashing the cash for :( Might hold out for a product that performs better (or maybe I'm asking for too much, haha)
I love, love, LOVE this stuff! It has made a big different to my skin -- but like you say, the jury is out as to whether it has impacted on my pigmentation. I would still repurchase though, as I think my skin looks much fresher overall.
I think I got a sample of this in a magazine recently. I'll definitely have to give it a try. The retail price hurts, though!
Waahhh! *jealous* you're one of the chosen few to try out this baby. I heard *not sure if its true* people have wait listed already once it hits the store. Would like to try this too but like what Olgie said, retail price hurts.
Great Post Sarah, I was very curious about this serum but now that I know there is mica doing the illumination, I might just wait to hear more.

Nothing against mica, but it seems very similar to Estee Lauder's even skin tone illuminator, and I really want to know more about the proprietary complex (the sceince behind it) before I jump up and down crazily about it.
I wanna try this!!
I agree there is a lot of instant gratification in this product, it feels great on the skin and your skin does glow afterwards - faux or not!.

I did notice the skin around my forehard /cheeks look smoother after a while but i only had a 30 day sample so never took it further. Also agree about not using this at night due to the mica/silicones etc.

I was lucky enough to attend the launch- the Scientific Director from Paris spoke which was fascinating. You are on the money with the principle of this serum emulating the self-repair process in plants - LR2412’, is actually ‘jasmonic acid’, a member of the salicylate family apparently.
Seems like a good product, but I agree that with some of these things it take a while to see real lasting changes. I personally love the luminence this offers, sounds tempting! I am a sucker for mica
based on their advert which shows the structure and reading a few bits of press releases, LR2412 is the "tetrahydrojasmonic acid" (and its sodium salt) which appears in the ingredients. the structure on their advert is jasmonic acid derivative with an alcohol where the ketone was on the five membered ring and a fully saturated pentyl chain off the cyclopentane ring: hence the tetra hydro (i.e. it's got 4 more hydrogen atoms than jasmonic acid).

no idea whether it's one diastereomer or not; i'd be surpised if were diastereomically pure - whilst the chiral centres present in jasmonic acid are probably retained if it's used as a starting material for the synthesis, i would be surprised if they used a stereospecific reagent to produce the alcohol from the ketone - it's generally far more expensive to do.

the idea that this derivative might act on skin cells in the same way jasmonic acid does on plant cells is very very questionable. if it does work, i'd be very surprised if they know exactly how, given that i'm struggling to find any published literature regarding it.
1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
in fact, looking at it's structure, it could well work in exactly the same way as alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids. the compound itself is delta hydroxy acid but it's feasible it could conform itself into something where there is a much shorter distance between the acid and alcohol.
LR 2412 being tetrahydrojasmonic acid seems consistent with the companies statement that
"This molecule is as effective as retinoic acid but without any of the side effects. (Retinoic Acid helps cells to grow, but is know to cause irritation, skin rashes and the like – not what you want from a beauty product.)"

I agree that it's hard to believe the actual action of jasmonic acid on skin cells is at all similar to it's role in plant cells. I would have to see some rigorous research published in reputable journals with some explanation how that could be. It seems very unlikely. Also the slowing down the cell division in the epidermal layer would not exactly be necessarily a good thing or have a noticeable effect on a short time scale.
2 replies · active 515 weeks ago
Thanks for all this info. I must admit, I was a sucker for Lancome Products until I left my job, so now don't have the finances to purchase Lancome reguarly. I've been tempted to purchase this product because of it's promises but now I've read about illuminators and mica and the fact that the product only works or appears to work when it's on really puts me off. Then the scientific look at Jasmonic acid by Will have really slammed it home. It sounds like the best thing to do is save some money and purchase 'Boots' Beauty Serum at £21 a bottle, it does pretty well the same thing, disguises imperfections not cures them.
This Product caused me a terrible skin rash. Its been over 2 weeks and its just starting to go away. I do not have sensitive skin. Ive used many products thru the years. This is terrible. Ive heard many others complain about rashes. Wish I looked it up before trying the trial sample given to me. They should take it off the market. If i have permanent damage from Visionnaire and im still waiting to see, I will do everything I can to get it off.
So, what's the verdict after you've given it more time?
Most of your commentary is based on extremely superficial findings; not exactly skin deep analysis that one would expect from a review of a skin product for its long-term effects. Frankly, if one buys skin products based on wooohooo factor of packaging then you deserve to pay 100's of dollars for a bad product. Some people look for actual effectiveness.
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