What type of product is Lumina Day Cream?
A lightweight ozone-powered moisturiser for face and neck.
What are the Day Moisturisers main benefits?
Hydrates, brightens, protects, and supports skin repair.
Which skin types can use the Day Moisturiser?
All skin types, including sensitive and acne-prone.
What does ozone oil do?
Helps fight microbes and supports skin healing.
What does niacinamide do?
Calms redness, strengthens the barrier, and evens tone.
What does alpha-arbutin do?
Reduces dark spots and brightens skin tone.
What does sodium hyaluronate do?
Deeply hydrates and plumps the skin.
What do green tea and vitamin E do?
Protect skin from oxidative stress and UV damage.
How should the Day Moisturiser be applied?
After serum, 2–4 pumps, upward motions, followed by SPF.
How long does the Day Moisturiser last once opened?
12 months.
What is the Day Moisturisers pH and why is it important?
5.0–5.5, balancing actives with skin comfort and barrier integrity.
How do ozonized oils support regeneration?
They release controlled ozone species that neutralize microbes and stimulate antioxidant enzymes.
Controlled ozone species: When oils are ozonized (infused with ozone), they form stable compounds that can slowly release reactive oxygen species (ROS) in a controlled way.
Neutralize microbes: These ozone-derived molecules act as antimicrobial agents, disrupting bacterial cell walls and reducing microbial load on the skin.
Stimulate antioxidant enzymes: At low, controlled levels, ozone species trigger the skin’s own defense pathways — upregulating enzymes like superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, and glutathione peroxidase. These enzymes neutralize excess free radicals and protect against oxidative stress.
Think of ozonized oils as tiny time-release capsules of ozone power:
They gently release molecules that kill harmful microbes on the skin’s surface.
At the same time, they wake up the skin’s natural defense system, telling your cells to make more of their own antioxidants.
The result: cleaner skin that’s better protected against damage from pollution, UV, and stress.
Ozonized oils slowly release ozone-derived molecules that disinfect the skin and activate its natural antioxidant defenses, helping it stay clear, resilient, and protected.
How does niacinamide reduce TEWL?
By upregulating ceramide and fatty acid synthesis, lowering water loss by 20–30%.
How does alpha-arbutin brighten skin?
It inhibits tyrosinase, reducing melanin formation and fading pigmentation.
Tyrosinase: A key enzyme in the skin responsible for converting tyrosine into melanin (the pigment that gives skin its color).
Inhibits tyrosinase: Ingredients like alpha-arbutin block or slow down this enzyme’s activity.
Reducing melanin formation: With less tyrosinase activity, fewer melanin granules are produced, especially in areas of hyperpigmentation.
Fading pigmentation: Over time, this leads to lighter dark spots, more even tone, and reduced discoloration.
Think of tyrosinase as the paintbrush that colors your skin.
When it’s too active, it paints too much pigment, causing dark spots or uneven tone.
Alpha-arbutin acts like a gentle brake on that paintbrush, slowing it down.
As a result, less pigment is made, and existing dark spots gradually fade, leaving skin looking brighter and more even.
By blocking the enzyme that makes skin pigment, the cream helps reduce dark spots and discoloration, evening out your skin tone over time.
How does sodium hyaluronate hydrate skin?
It binds up to 1000x its weight in water, boosting hydration by ~50%.
How does green tea extract protect skin?
Polyphenols scavenge ROS, inhibit MMPs, and reduce UV-induced inflammation.
Polyphenols: Plant-derived antioxidant compounds, abundant in green tea and other botanicals.
Scavenge ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species): Polyphenols neutralize unstable oxygen molecules (free radicals) that cause oxidative stress and damage to lipids, proteins, and DNA.
Inhibit MMPs (Matrix Metalloproteinases): These are enzymes that break down collagen and elastin in the skin. By inhibiting MMPs, polyphenols help preserve the extracellular matrix and slow wrinkle formation.
Reduce UV-induced inflammation: Polyphenols calm inflammatory pathways triggered by UV exposure, lowering redness, swelling, and cellular stress.
Think of polyphenols as bodyguards for your skin:
They catch and neutralize free radicals (tiny troublemakers that damage skin when you’re exposed to pollution or sunlight).
They stop enzymes that chew up collagen and elastin, protecting your skin’s firmness.
They calm irritation from UV rays, so your skin feels less inflamed and stressed after sun exposure.
Polyphenols are powerful plant antioxidants that protect your skin by neutralizing free radicals, preventing collagen breakdown, and soothing inflammation from UV exposure.
How does retinyl palmitate support renewal?
Converts to retinoic acid, promoting keratinocyte turnover and collagen synthesis.
Retinyl Palmitate → Retinoic Acid: Retinyl palmitate (a vitamin A derivative) is metabolized in the skin into retinoic acid, the biologically active form.
Keratinocyte turnover: Retinoic acid accelerates the renewal of keratinocytes (the main cells in the epidermis), leading to faster exfoliation and smoother skin texture.
Collagen synthesis: Retinoic acid stimulates dermal fibroblasts to produce more collagen, improving firmness and reducing fine lines.
Think of retinyl palmitate as a gentle vitamin A precursor:
Once applied, your skin converts it into retinoic acid, the “active spark” that makes changes happen.
This spark tells skin cells on the surface to renew faster, so dull, old cells are replaced with fresh ones.
At the same time, it signals deeper repair cells to build more collagen scaffolding, keeping skin firm and youthful.
Retinyl palmitate transforms into retinoic acid inside the skin, which speeds up cell renewal and boosts collagen production, helping skin look smoother, firmer, and more even.
What role does Biosaccharide Gum-1 play?
Forms a soothing hydrofilm, sustaining hydration and calming irritation.
What troubleshooting step should be taken if mild tingling occurs with the Day Moisturiser?
Apply on damp skin, reduce frequency, and build tolerance gradually.
What packaging protects actives from degradation?
Transparent UV-labelled airless bottles.
How do ozonized oils affect wound healing?
They reduce bacterial counts by >90% and accelerate re-epithelialization by ~25%.
Reduce bacterial counts by >90%: Ozonized oils (like sunflower and olive oils infused with ozone) have strong antimicrobial properties. In lab and wound-healing models, they were shown to kill or neutralize more than 90% of bacteria present on the skin surface.
Accelerate re-epithelialization by ~25%: Re-epithelialization is the process where new epithelial cells (skin cells) migrate to cover a wound or damaged area. Ozonized oils stimulate microcirculation and antioxidant pathways, which speeds up this repair process by about 25% compared to untreated controls.
Think of ozonized oils as a two-in-one healer:
First, they act like a natural disinfectant, wiping out over 90% of harmful bacteria on the skin.
Second, they speed up the skin’s repair process, helping new skin cells grow and cover damaged areas about a quarter faster than normal.
Ozonized oils clean the skin by killing most bacteria and then help it heal faster, encouraging fresh skin cells to cover wounds or stressed areas more quickly.
What evidence supports niacinamide’s efficacy?
At 2–5%, it lowers TEWL by 20–30% and improves texture over 8 weeks.
What evidence supports alpha-arbutin’s efficacy?
At 2%, it reduces melanin content by up to 50% after 6 weeks.
What evidence supports sodium hyaluronate’s efficacy?
At 0.5–1%, it increases hydration by ~50% for 24 hours post-application.
