BABOR: The Future of Beautiful Skin

Thanks to the unprecedented growth of Sephora stores across the US, lines like Babor are finding new markets and clients coast-to-coast. What used to be available only in salons, has finally reached retail market shelves. Babor, a technologically sophisticated line, should have no problem finding its way into American women's hearts. Clients of Babor stay loyal to its luxurious textures and unbeatable results. Key ingredients like active yeast from champagne, rich macadamia nut oil, vitamins A, E and C, plus marine-based collagen and plant-derived ceramides make Babor one of the most coveted lines in the world.

Babor was founded by Dr. Michael Babor in 1956 Germany. Dr. Babor, a biochemist, is credited with developing a revolutionary concept in skin care, hydrophilic (water-soluble) oils. By researching and analyzing formulas, Dr. Babor was one of the first biochemists to enrich skin care products with natural plant extracts and vitamins.

In 1961, Babor Cosmetics was purchased by Dr. Leo Vossen, whose daughter, Jutta Kleine-Tebbe, herself an esthetician who has trained throughout Europe, is the current principle owner of the company. Under their leadership, Babor has become one of the most successful skin and body care companies in Europe.

Research for Babor is conducted through Babor's laboratories, universities in Europe, and by an international team of dermatologists. All products are produced under pharmaceutical guidelines and are dermatologist and allergy-tested. Babor does no animal testing.

Babor prides itself on being on the cutting edge of the skin care industry, providing skin care professionals with innovative treatments and home care products for their clients. Babor offers a full range of professional skin and body care treatments and retail products for every skin type and condition.

Cleansing Range

Babor cleansing products have been formulated to cleanse gently and thoroughly without stripping the skin of its precious moisture balance.

Here are Babor's top 4 cleansing products:

Hy-Oil/PhytoActive
As the foundation of Babor's skin care philosophy, this unique two-part cleansing system gently deep cleans pores while maintaining the skin's pH balance. Based on the plant oils and herbal extracts, these innovative cleansing products maintain the skin's moisture balance throughout the deep cleansing process while preparing it for the next step in your skin care regimen.

Cleansing Gel
Ideal for the woman with combination or oily skin who wants a foaming water soluble cleanser. Cleansing Gel gently removes make-up and surface impurities and contributes to the skin's vitality and balance.

Peeling
Exfoliation is essential to a beautiful complexion, helping maintain the skin's youthful appearance by removing dead skin surface skin cells. Used regularly, Peeling clarifies the skin and provides a soft, fresh appearance.

Rose Toning Lotion
Rose Toning Lotion is an ideal toner for all skin types. Used after cleansing, it restores the skin's delicate pH balance.

High Skin Refiner
The environment, stress, and aging are all factors that contribute to the skin's natural loss of elasticity. Babor's revolutionary anti-aging treatment restores, relaxes and refreshes like no other product. The HSR range is scientifically formulated to help prevent aging, improve elasticity and protect from the harmful effects of the environment. The key to this group's effectiveness lies in an innovative pro-elastin complex made up of bio-active ingredients that prevent the decomposition of elastin fibers.

HSR Perfect Effect 28 Amp.
A highly concentrated serum sealed in individual ampoules, with Passion Fruit, Blackcurrant and a Vine Leaf extract.

Lifting Cream Rich
A rich, concentrated anti-aging nighttime treatment perfect for all skin types, HSR Night Cream replenishes lost moisture while you sleep. Mango kernel oil, allantoin and plant ceramides minimize fine lines and wrinkles.

Lifting Cream
Sun, stress, the passage of time and environmental influences break down the skin's elasticity, creating wrinkles and sagging. HSR Lifting Cream increases the skin's elasticity and effectively fights the visible signs of aging. Appropriate for all skin types and may be used morning and night. Oat protein and jojoba oil stabilize the skin's moisture. Balance and tightening properties increase the elasticity of the skin.

Lifting Gel
Ideal for combination or oily skin, treatment gel is easily absorbed and provides a perfect makeup base. Soya protein increases protection from the harmful effects of the environment and improves elasticity.

Lifting Eye Cream
The sensitive skin around the eyes needs special care. HSR Eye Cream softens the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Phospholipids and mango kernel oil work to smooth and regenerate the delicate eye area. For best results, use morning and evening.

Lifting Décolleté Cream
Exclusive Multitendyn(TM) Complex improves elasticity and firms the delicate skin of the neck and décolleté. Contains essential oils to help maintain a youthful appearance. This cream contains sesame oil and mango kernel oil to help prevent premature aging and keep skin smooth and supple.

Selection

There's something about champagne - that promise of luxury, that air of indulgence. But who knew it could make you beautiful too? Champagne yeast extracts (Glutathione) provide the unique nourishing, regenerating and revitalizing effects of Selection's products. Other active ingredients are shea butter, macadamia nut oil, corn germ oil and hyaluronic acid - substances which nourish, soften and smooth the complexion. Konjac Mannan, a plant from Asia, draws moisture to the skin and helps maintain its balance, while vegetable ceramides enhance the active ingredients.
This first class skin treatment activates and stimulates the skin's metabolism while protecting it from the harmful effects of the environment.

Ultimate Care Cream
This luxurious cream supports the skin's natural regeneration process while you sleep. Recommended also as a day cream for those with particularly dry skin.

Ultimate Gel Spray
Although suitable for all skin types, this light, oil-free gel is recommended for oily and combination skin. Provides effective protection against harmful environmental influences while balancing the skin's moisture levels. A perfect base for make-up.

Complex C

By now, everyone knows the power of Vitamin C to restore, repair and retain the skin's youthful appearance. Now you can experience the nourishing effects of this vitamin in the most luxurious way with vitamin rich Complex C products. High levels of Vitamins C, A and E help revitalize and refresh, improving the skin's metabolism and collagen production while protecting the skin from the harmful effects of the environment.

Complex C Cream
A rich cream suitable for normal to dry skin, with Vitamins C, A and E encapsulated in marine collagen to provide time-released action. Macadamia nut oil and ProVitamin B5 sooth and moisturize.

Complex C Lotion
A light, vitamin rich lotion designed for normal, oily and combination skin. Noticeably improves the skin's elasticity and protects if from the harmful effects of the environment. Along with the Multi-Vitasphere of Vitamins A, E and C, the lotion also contains Provitamin B5 to moisturize, Vitamin F to guard against skin irritation, and jojoba oil and shea butter to moisturize.

Vita Balance
(Day Cream, Night Cream, Ampoules, Mask, and Concentrate)
An outstanding treatment specially formulated for dry skin which is either oil-deficient or moisture-deficient. Use Vita-Balance if your skin appears or feels taut, rough or scaly and shows signs of dehydration. Vita Balance encourages restoration of the skin's lipid and moisture balance and renews the skin's supple, youthful appearance. Special care: Lipid Plus.

Advanced Biogen
(Day Cream, Night Cream, Intensive Repair, Concentrate, Mask and Décolleté Cream)
Encourages the skin's natural renewal process. Advanced Biogen is ideal for skin that has undergone the trauma of illness, surgery or accelerated signs of aging. Special care: Intensive Repair.

Perfect Combination
(Day Cream, Night Cream, Mask, Purifier Gel and T-Zone Control)
Specially formulated for combination skin. Restores moisture balance and corrects areas of excessive dryness or oil. Special Care: T-Zone Control.

Calming Sensitive
(Day Cream, Night Cream, Calming Sensitive BiPhase Moisturizer, Couperose Serum, and Mask)
Specially formulated to soothe, moisturize and strengthen the natural defenses of sensitive skin. Ideal for skin that is easily irritated, shows signs of redness, rough patches or broken capillaries and reacts adversely to skin care products. Special care: Bi-Phase Moisturizer, Couperose Serum.

Sensational Eyes
Specially formulated for the delicate area around the eye. In Cream, Gel or Fluid formula, plus Eye Mask Hydropads.

Babor B-Young
Technology developed from Arctic berries focuses on protecting and nourishing skin for clients in their 20's and 30's. Babor has analyzed the lifestyles of the age group to see what their skin needs most, and protection was key. So the line was developed to keep younger skin radiant, refreshed and protected.

Inteli-Zyme
Non-acid, non-abrading exfoliation system reveals brighter, more radiant skin without burning or redness.

VitaA Retinol
VitA Retinol boasts stabilized retinol (vitamin A) that reveals firmer, brighter skin without the harsh side effects of other retinol-based creams.

Color/ Make-Up

The Classics
Beautiful colors that change a look and capture a mood at the touch of a finger. The Classics form the basis of a woman's classic wardrobe. Start with the basics: Classic foundations in skin specific formulations create a beautiful canvas for Classic colors: lip colors, blushes, eye colors and nail lacquers created to flatter every woman based on six essential, enduring shades. From perfect red to rich wine and earthy brown, this easy color palette complements a woman's beauty every day of the year, no matter what she wears, or where she goes. With Babor Classics, a woman can eliminate the expense and waste of buying and trying colors that can never be truly hers - and have everything she needs to look perfect and polished, around the clock.

The Chics
Stylish women all over the world will welcome the seasonal fashion sense of the Chics. Designed for the different colors and moods of the seasons, the Chics keep pace with new trends and fashions year in, year out. Now, as you change your wardrobe you can change your look... beautifully. Created especially for the cozy mood of Fall/Winter and the carefree moments of Spring/Summer, Babor's four exciting new fashion lip, nail and eye colors always reflect the glamour of the moment. The Chics are the perfect complement to Babor's Classic make-up collection, creating endless possibilities for a uniquely beautiful you.

The Babor Institut in Palm Beach

Treatments Available through select spas and skin care salons: (including The Babor Institut (Palm Beach, Bella Sante, The Spa on Newbury (Boston), Caesars Palace (Las Vegas), The Cloisters (sea Island), The Greenbrier (West Virginia), The Peninsula (New York) and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Spas world-wide.)

"Seduction of the Senses"

To compliment the High Skin Refiner collection, Babor has also developed "Seduction of the Senses", a luxurious 90 mixture facial complete with a custom massage to mirror the motion of gentle waves, and a specially-composed musical arrangement of ocean sounds and soothing music to touch all the senses.

The "Selection Facial"

A unique and exclusive treatment, including the foaming mask (only available for professional use) that feels like millions of tiny champagne bubbles. This facial leaves the skin radiant and the client is given a take-home portion of yeast extract to continue the treatment six more days.

Babor's Spirulina Algae

Premier quality marine plant life, specifically-cultivated Spirulina Algae, is the key ingredient in this body treatment, which when mixed with Babor's aromatic massage oil and Body Pack Cream, provides the skin with vital nutrients, vitamins and moisturizers, resulting in softer skin that is supple to the touch.

Requiring only 10 grams (about a handful) of seaweed to cover the entire body, Babor's Spirulina Algae is cost-effective and a frontrunner in this luxury treatment genre. Added to its attributes is that Babor's mixture is easy to remove and unlike many of the marine plant-based treatments, has a light, pleasant fragrance. Babor's Spirulina Algae is free of pesticides, chemicals and contaminants.

Benefits from Active Ingredients Include
- Antioxidants that protect the skin from free radicals.
- High Concentrations of minerals and trace elements nourish the skin.
- Essential Fatty Acids have a softening effect and protect the skin from rashes and irritation.
- Polysaccharides detoxify.
- Amino acids nourish the skin.

For more information about Babor products and salons that feature their treatments, call 888-222-6791. You may need to call the Sephora nearest you to inquire about the line's availability, as Sephora.com does not yet list Babor. Or, visit these sites:

http://babor-institut.com/

The Babor Spas at the following hotels:

(Go to the Rancho Mirage location in California) - http://www.ritzcarlton.com/
The Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, England - http://www.city2000/bf/corinna.html