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Benefits
  • Brightening
  • Cellular Anti-Ageing
  • Detoxifying
  • Anti-Inflammatory
  • Hydrating
  • Anti-Wrinkle
  • Plumping

Biologique Recherche Masque VIP O2 is a refreshing and energising anti-pollution mask that hydrates, soothes, purifies and brightens. Ideal for city dwellers and frequent travellers looking to revitalise, hydrate and target dark circles under the eye area.

Chlorella Sorokiniana Microalgae reactivates mitochondrial function, allowing skin cells to use oxygen more efficiently to produce the energy required for cellular repair and renewal, while simultaneously delivering detoxifying and antioxidant action.

The Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex — combining melatonin, yeast extract and Lactobacillus ferment — further enhances the skin's oxygen use at a cellular level to revive radiance and brightness.

Dandelion Fructuans detoxify the skin by eliminating pollutants, limiting inflammation and oxidation for a brighter complexion and improved skin texture.

NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors) and the Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium restore hydration and balance following the detoxification process, leaving the skin clean, radiant, energised and thoroughly refreshed.

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Biologique Recherche Masque VIP O2 is a refreshing and energising anti-pollution mask that hydrates, soothes, purifies and brightens. Ideal for city dwellers and frequent travellers looking to revitalise, hydrate and target dark circles under the eye area.

Chlorella Sorokiniana Microalgae reactivates mitochondrial function, allowing skin cells to use oxygen more efficiently to produce the energy required for cellular repair and renewal, while simultaneously delivering detoxifying and antioxidant action.

The Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex — combining melatonin, yeast extract and Lactobacillus ferment — further enhances the skin's oxygen use at a cellular level to revive radiance and brightness.

Dandelion Fructuans detoxify the skin by eliminating pollutants, limiting inflammation and oxidation for a brighter complexion and improved skin texture.

NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors) and the Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium restore hydration and balance following the detoxification process, leaving the skin clean, radiant, energised and thoroughly refreshed.

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  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
Who it is for
Green tick
For you if

Dull Skin

Dehydrated Skin

Pollution Affected

Reactive Skin

Sensitive Skin

Red Cross
Not For you if
How to Apply
Apply Masque VIP 02 all over the face, neck and décolleté. Leave for 15 minutes, moisten the mask and rinse off with cold water and/or damp cotton pads. Use your treatment mask at least twice a week.
Ingredients

Scroll down the page for a full breakdown of the active ingredients.

Water (Aqua), Kaolin, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Glycerin, Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Seed Oil, Pentylene Glycol, Perfluorodecalin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Cetearyl Isononanoate, Titanium Dioxide, Taraxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Extract, Chlorella Sorokiniana Extract, Rhizobian Gum, Saccharide Isomerate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glyceryl Stearate, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cetyl Palmitate, Ceteareth-20, Sorbitan Isostearate, Ceteareth-12, Cetearyl Alcohol, 1,2-Hexanediol, C14-22 Alcohols, Polyperfluoromethylisopropyl Ether, Poloxamer 188, Polysorbate 60, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Benzoate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Citrate.

*This product contains nut-derived ingredients and should be avoided by individuals with nut allergies.


Please note: The ingredients listed in this product are subject to change as the formulation is updated. We aim to update the INCI list as soon as possible, but we encourage you to read the ingredient list on the product itself to ensure it's suitable for your personal use.

Smell & Texture

Smells Like: A clean, softly botanical scent

Texture: A creamy, smooth texture that glides easily onto the skin.

About the Brand
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Founded in Paris in the late 1970s by biologist Yvan Allouche and physiotherapist Josette Allouche, Biologique Recherche began as a laboratory for bespoke, high-performance formulas for elite skin professionals. Their medical-grade precision and artisanal formulation, paired with consummate savoir-faire, underpin their reputation for outstanding, clinically proven results.

Biologique Recherche treats skin according to its Skin Instant©, the skin’s precise, evolving state. Each formula is loaded with active ingredients in exceptional concentrations, then prescribed to address those real-time needs. This precision approach corrects imbalances, restores function, and delivers visible, lasting transformation.

Cold-processed actives are the core of Biologique Recherche. Formulated at 18–25°C, this method avoids the 70°C heat of standard processing that breaks down actives. Botanical, marine, and biotechnological extracts stay intact for higher absorption, stronger repair, and better tolerance. Antioxidants, peptides, and enzymes remain stable, ensuring consistent, visible results.

The Benefits

  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Cell Communication
  • - + Brightening (Oxygenation)
  • - + Detoxifying
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Plumping
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
Brightening (Energising)

Brightening skincare involves using active ingredients to boost your blood circulation, detoxification and cellular energy. Improved blood circulation brings more essential nutrients and oxygen to your skin, while detoxification helps eliminate cell waste and impurities that can make your skin look dull. Certain active ingredients also enhance your skin's metabolism and regeneration. These combined actions restore your skin's vitality and radiant appearance, giving you a fresh, energised complexion.

Cell Communication

Cell-communicating ingredients support the skin by enhancing the dialogue between its cells, helping them function in a more intelligent and responsive way. Advanced actives such as growth factors, peptides and plant stem cells act as molecular messengers, signalling to skin cells and encouraging them to repair, regenerate and protect themselves against environmental stress and the visible effects of ageing.

When delivered topically in well-formulated skincare, these ingredients help stimulate essential processes such as collagen production, cellular renewal and barrier repair. The result is skin that appears stronger, smoother and more resilient over time. For these ingredients to perform optimally, they must also be bioavailable meaning the skin can readily recognise, absorb and utilise them. The closer an ingredient’s structure is to that of human skin cells, the more effectively it can interact with the skin’s natural biology, allowing it to deliver meaningful and visible results.

Brightening (Oxygenation)

Brightening your skin means restoring its natural glow. One way to do this is through oxygenation, which helps skin cells "breathe" better by delivering more oxygen. Perfluorocarbons are key ingredients that carry oxygen into the skin cells. This process also boosts blood circulation and removes skin cell waste, resulting in brighter, more radiant skin.

Detoxifying

Detoxifying skincare focuses on clearing the skin of accumulated pollutants, toxins, and metabolic waste that can dull the complexion and disrupt healthy function. Daily exposure to environmental aggressors such as pollution and oxidative stress can overwhelm the skin, leading to congestion, imbalance, and premature ageing. Advanced detoxifying formulations work to neutralise these impurities, support the skin’s natural elimination processes, and reduce the buildup of harmful particles within pores and on the surface. By restoring clarity and balance, this approach leaves the skin feeling purified, refreshed and visibly brighter.

Anti-Inflammatory

Anti-Inflammatory skincare soothes, heal, and balance your skin, the targeted actives are designed to reduce inflammation. Inflammation is your body's natural response to injury or irritation, but continuous inflammation can lead to troublesome skin conditions like acne, rosacea, or eczema. Our anti-inflammatory skincare solutions work to soothe and calm your skin, reducing redness, swelling, and discomfort to provide much-needed relief. By strengthening your skin's barrier, these products help protect against further irritation and damage. Additionally, the anti-inflammatory actives support your skin's natural healing processes, leading to a more balanced and resilient complexion.

Hydrating

Hydration is a fundamental part of healthy skincare, focusing on maintaining and restoring the skin’s water content. Well-hydrated skin appears plump, smooth and radiant, while dehydration can lead to dullness, tightness, fine lines and increased sensitivity.
Hydrating the skin can work through a fascinating mix of ingredients with different roles. Humectants like hyaluronic acid and glycerin act like water magnets, pulling water into the skin to instantly plump and smooth, while Natural Moisturizing Factors (NMFs)—such as urea, amino acids and sodium PCA—mimic the skin’s own hydration system, helping it hold onto water and stay balanced from within.
Adding humectants like hyaluronic acid to your routine will restore your skin's healthy glow, minimize fine lines, and provide a plumping effect.

Anti-Wrinkle

Anti-wrinkle skincare is focused on both preventing and visibly reducing the formation of lines by targeting the structural and dynamic causes of wrinkles within the skin. Fine lines and deeper wrinkles develop as collagen and elastin decline, cell turnover slows and repeated facial movements create creases that become etched over time. Advanced formulations address these mechanisms through a combination of elastin-stimulating actives, smoothing peptides that help relax the appearance of expression lines, and deeply hydrating ingredients that plump the skin from within. By reinforcing the skin’s architecture while softening surface contractions and improving elasticity, anti-wrinkle skincare delivers a visibly smoother complexion.

Plumping

Plumping involves using active ingredients to boost the production of key structural components like collagen, the dermal-epidermal junction and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), giving your skin more volume and density. Collagen provides structural support and firmness, while the dermal-epidermal junction, a thin connective layer, ensures smooth, wrinkle-free skin by facilitating cell communication. GAGs, like hyaluronic acid, keep your skin hydrated and plump from within. By stimulating these components, active ingredients help restore your skin's plumpness and radiance.

Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss

Reducing Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL) is key to maintaining your skin’s optimal hydration levels. By strengthening your skin’s natural barrier, these ingredients prevent water from escaping, keeping your skin well-hydrated and plump. The result is a smoother, more supple complexion with improved texture and resilience, giving you a healthier, more radiant look.

  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Cell Communication
  • - + Brightening (Oxygenation)
  • - + Detoxifying
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Plumping
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss

Active Ingredients

  • - + Chlorella Sorokiniana Microalgae
  • - + Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex
  • - + Dandelion Fructuans
  • - + NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors)
  • - + Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium
Chlorella Sorokiniana Microalgae

Chlorella Sorokiniana Microalgae activates the mitochondrial defence. Mitochondria are†responsible for producing energy within the body, so when they don't receive the instructions they need from the DNA to make energy, it can damage cells or cause them to die early, ageing the skin. This ingredient therefore reactivates them, which allows them to use oxygen to produce the energy required for cellular renewal, brightening and illuminating the complexion.

Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex

Biologique Recherche's "Oxygenating Complex" utilises Perfluorodecalin to enhance cellular respiration by delivering oxygen deep into the skin. This ingredient effectively carries oxygen to the skin's deepest layers, promoting rejuvenation, plumping, reducing wrinkles, and brightening the complexion.

Dandelion Fructuans

Dandelion Fructans detoxify the skin by eliminating pollutants, thereby limiting inflammation and oxidisation of the skin. The result is a brighter complexion and an improved skin texture.

NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors)

Natural Moisturising Factors are water-soluble substances which are naturally present in the epidermis. They are able to capture water and effectively hydrate the upper layers of the epidermis, making NMFs an incredibly hydrating ingredient for the skin.

Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium

The "Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium" contains a high molecular weight Hyaluronic Acid which is designed to remain on the surface of the skin, and forms a barrier to reduce Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL). Whilst, the Rhizobium gel acts like a water reservoir, retaining all the hydration they have accumulated. The result is a newly formed water barrier, which is supple, flexible and non-comedogenic (does not clog pores).

  • - + Chlorella Sorokiniana Microalgae
  • - + Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex
  • - + Dandelion Fructuans
  • - + NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors)
  • - + Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium
The Biologique Recherche Proprietary Oxygenating Complex

Biologique Recherche's proprietary Oxygenating Complex is a powerful skincare ingredient known for its rejuvenating properties. It enhances cellular respiration and promotes better tissue oxygenation, which helps boost the efficacy of other active ingredients.

It contains perfluorodecalin, a compound renowned for its ability to transport oxygen. It stimulates cellular exchange to replenish oxygen-deprived skin, resulting in improved skin vitality and enhanced absorption of skincare products.

This advanced formulation is particularly suited to city workers, smokers and those with stressed or dull skin, leading to a more radiant and healthier complexion with boosted cellular function.

Spotlight

The Biologique Recherche Proprietary Oxygenating Complex

Biologique Recherche's proprietary Oxygenating Complex is a powerful skincare ingredient known for its rejuvenating properties. It enhances cellular respiration and promotes better tissue oxygenation, which helps boost the efficacy of other active ingredients.

It contains perfluorodecalin, a compound renowned for its ability to transport oxygen. It stimulates cellular exchange to replenish oxygen-deprived skin, resulting in improved skin vitality and enhanced absorption of skincare products.

This advanced formulation is particularly suited to city workers, smokers and those with stressed or dull skin, leading to a more radiant and healthier complexion with boosted cellular function.

Why I love it

  • "The efficacy of Biologique Recherche relies not only on its science-driven approach to balancing and curing the skin, but on its prescriptive and tailored nature."

    X Natalie K-F

    Founder, Embassy of Beauty

  • Biologique Recherche Masque VIP O2 100ml
    Biologique Recherche

    Masque VIP O2

    £210

    Biologique Recherche Masque VIP O2 is a refreshing and energising anti-pollution mask that hydrates, soothes, purifies and brightens. Ideal for city dwellers and frequent travellers looking to revitalise, hydrate and target dark circles under the eye area.

    Chlorella Sorokiniana Microalgae reactivates mitochondrial function, allowing skin cells to use oxygen more efficiently to produce the energy required for cellular repair and renewal, while simultaneously delivering detoxifying and antioxidant action.

    The Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex — combining melatonin, yeast extract and Lactobacillus ferment — further enhances the skin's oxygen use at a cellular level to revive radiance and brightness.

    Dandelion Fructuans detoxify the skin by eliminating pollutants, limiting inflammation and oxidation for a brighter complexion and improved skin texture.

    NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors) and the Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium restore hydration and balance following the detoxification process, leaving the skin clean, radiant, energised and thoroughly refreshed.

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