The Science of the Age Refining Technology (A.R.T.) Skin Care System
(To view a short video on this effective skin care system visit www.bit.ly/artskin )
Young Living has taken the finest ingredients, and combined them with the latest skin
care technology, to create a system that enhances your skin’s natural ability to rebuild
DNA and restore youthful skin: Age Refining Technology (ART). The ART line was
introduced in October 2004. Daily use of the ART skin care system results in improved
skin tone and texture and reduction of wrinkles. Even those with the most sensitive skin
can use this incredible therapeutic grade essential oil skin care system. In 7 years of
experience with this system we have never had anyone have a negative reaction to this
product... a powerful statement to be able to make! Many who were very loyal to their
"usual brand" of skin care products, no matter how organic or pure they were, did not
return to their previous product after using the ART system for 6 weeks>!
A.R.T. Skin Care System
¡ A superior concept in skin restoration
¡ Combines DNA recovery enzymes – an advanced technology – with a proprietary
Anti-Aging Peptide Complex,
¡ Reduces the look of fine lines and wrinkles, diminish age spots, evens skin tone and
increases the elasticity and density of your skin.
¡ Young Living has added Frankincense and Sandalwood for their ability to replenish
DNA
¡ Wolfberry Seed Oil, known for its superior moisturizing and skin conditioning
properties
¡ A truly unique and effective skin care system.
Key Features of the A.R.T. System
1) Promotes superior skin recovery with 2 innovative enzymes, and a proprietary
blend of pure essential oils, which can enhance recovery and reduce premature
aging of the skin.
Photolyase
¡ Light-activated and suitable for day use.
¡ This enzyme uses light to enhance your skin’s ability to replenish DNA segment in the
damaged cell.
¡ 30 minutes of moderate light provides a significant amount of energy for the enzyme
¡ Allows the skin to be 60% more effective at DNA renewal
Endonuclease
¡ Uses energy in your body to cut damaged DNA segment, reproduce the original
segment before damage, and insert the new segment back into the correct place in the
cell’s DNA structure.
Essential Oils Frankincense and Sandalwood
¡ Support and sustain the skin’s ability to renew DNA.
2) Reduces the look of fine lines, wrinkles and age spots by enhancing the skin’s
ability to produce collagen and elastin.
Anti-Aging Peptide Complex
¡ Delivers a revolutionary Anti-Aging Peptide Complex that includes Matrixyl™ 3000,
¡ Helps increase the density of the skin by producing collagen I, III, IV and fibronectin
by a factor of at least 200%
Vitamin C
¡ Provides Vitamin C which, when combined with Matrixyl, produces a 50% increase in
skin matrix regeneration than the Anti-Aging Peptide Complex alone.
Wolfberry Seed Oil
¡ Contains the legendary Wolfberry Seed Oil for added moisturizing properties
¡ Rare and expensive oil from Inner Mongolia
¡ Extracted from seeds of Ningxia variety of Lycium berry
¡ Rich in Vitamin E, Linoleic acid, and Linolenic acid
¡ Has unusual chemistry that makes it ideal for nourishing and hydrating the skin
¡ Helps protect aging skin and adds luster to the skin
3) Advanced delivery technology ensures skin is getting the maximum benefit and a
more efficient application.
Laminar phase technology
¡ Delivers an equal amount of the active ingredients along the surface of the skin and
forms a barrier that allows greater penetration and efficacy.
¡ This same barrier also retains moisture and protects the skin from the environment.
Advanced Liposome technology
¡ Advanced Liposome technology delivers ingredients faster, and in greater
concentrations, to the lower layers of the skin.
What the heck is Advanced Liposome Technology?
So what is a Liposome and why does it make the ART system special?
A liposome is a type of lipid nanoparticle, an extremely small (1/2 the width of a human
hair), multi-layered bubble (called a vesicle). Liposomes have a fat-soluble exterior and
an interior that is watery. They are made from the same type of material as our cell
membranes, phospholipids.
A liposome can be thought of as a hollow sphere whose size ranges from 30 nanometers
to 10,000 nanometers or 10 microns. A nanometer, usually abbreviated as nm, is 1
millionth of a millimeter. For comparison, a red blood cell is about 8,000 nanometers and
viruses range from 25 - 200 nanometers.
Liposomes are made from phospholipid molecules which are the same molecules that
comprise cell membranes. Phospholipids are amphipathic, that is, part of their structure is
water-soluble (hydrophilic or water-loving) and the other part is oil-like (hydrophobic or
water-fearing or fat-soluble). Therefore, when added to water, the water-soluble part of
the phospholipid interacts with the water and the oil-like part of the molecule avoids the
water.
The interior of liposomes is filled with water and therefore, molecules which are soluble
in water can be encapsulated in the interior of the liposome. A less recognized but very
important property of liposomes is that molecules which are not water soluble, or oil-like
(i.e. sandalwood and frankincense oil) , can be entrapped in the oil-like portion of the
phospholipid bilayer. Consequently, liposomes can serve as carriers for all types of
molecules including both water-soluble and water-insoluble compounds. In fact, a single
liposome can carry both types of molecules or combinations of each type of molecule
The unique structure of liposomes allows them to penetrate tissues allowing for rapid
release into the deeper layers.
A paper published in 1965 (Bangham, A.D., Standish, M.M. and Watkins, J.C. (1965) J.
Mol. Biol. 13, 238-252) described these vesicles for the first time. Since then they have
been the subject of great interest and study. A liposomal delivery system of certain anticancer drugs has been used to target various malignancies, and other applications for
liposomes range from gene therapy to skin care. Currently there are almost 35,000
articles listed on the PubMed website (www.pubmed.gov) that relate to studies done
using liposomes.
How does the use of Liposome Technology make the ART system more effective?
In the case of the ART skin care system, the liposomes transport sandalwood and
frankincense oil to the deep dermal layers of the skin where they can have a more
powerful clinical effect. When these oils are applied to the surface of the skin they may
dissipate or evaporate before reaching the deepest dermal layers. The arrow in the
diagram, above, shows where the essential oil could be located in the liposome. Along
with the high quality ingredients, this advanced technology one of the reasons is why the
ART system is so clinically effective.
Conclusion: Our experience with Second Chance Facial Rejuvenation® treatments is
that the use of the ART skin care system compliments the effect of the Micro-current
facial rejuvenation treatments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Carla Green is a Physical Therapist and Registered Acupuncturist who
specializes in helping people enhance their health and wellness as well as reverse the signs of
aging. She and her husband Bill developed the highly successful Second Chance Facial
Rejuvenation® anti aging protocol. Visit www.bit.ly/secondchanceintro for more information
Carla Green BScPT, Reg. Ac. CAFCI, CMAc,
email: [email protected],
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