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Eau Micellaire Biosensible

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SMART WATER
Eau Micellaire Biosensible
Biologique Recherche
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Benefits
  • Hydrating
  • Pore-Tightening
  • Complexion-Unifying
  • Barrier-Strengthening
  • Regenerating

The Biologique Recherche Eau Micellaire Biosensible is a gentle micellar water that removes makeup and impurities. Enriched with Hyaluronic Acid, Peptides, and Amino Acids, it leaves your skin clean, hydrated, refreshed, and soothed.

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The Biologique Recherche Eau Micellaire Biosensible is a gentle micellar water that removes makeup and impurities. Enriched with Hyaluronic Acid, Peptides, and Amino Acids, it leaves your skin clean, hydrated, refreshed, and soothed.

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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
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For you if

Balanced Skin

Travel Use

Active Lifestyle

Light Makeup User

Pre-Cleanse

In-Flight Cleanse

How to Apply
Using a cotton pad saturated in Biologique Recherche Eau Micellaire Biosensible, wipe over the entire face, neck and décolleté. Repeat until all impurities and makeup have been removed. You can use it on its own for a quick cleanse, mix it with any BR Cleansing Milks for additional benefits and/or use it pre/post cleanse for better results.
Ingredients

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Water (Aqua), Methylpropanediol, Sodium Gluconate, Butylene Glycol, Maltooligosyl Glucoside, Mirabilis Jalapa Extract, Anhydroxylitol, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-2, Xylitylglucoside, Xylitol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Alanine, Proline, Serine, Citric Acid, Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Tocopherol, Propanediol, Sodium Phosphate, 3-Hexenol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hydroxide, Limonene.


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: Water-based, features a gentle and clean scent.

Texture: It has a light, watery texture, designed to be gentle and soothing.

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

  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Pore Decongesting
  • - + Purifying
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Anti-Ageing (Senescence)
  • - + Regenerating
Skin Barrier Strengthening

Strengthening your skin barrier involves replenishing the key elements in the top layer of your skin (stratum corneum), leading to a stronger and healthier barrier. These essential elements include lipids (ceramides, fatty acids, and cholesterol) and Natural Moisturizing Factors (amino acids, hyaluronic acid, etc.). Various factors, such as incorrect skincare use, seasonal changes, and aesthetic treatments, can damage your skin barrier. When this happens, your skin loses excess water through Trans Epidermal Water Loss (T.E.W.L) and becomes less capable of defending against environmental stressors, resulting in dryness, sensitivity, and irritation.

A healthy skin barrier is crucial for overall skin health as it helps prevent hydration loss, protects against environmental damage, and reduces the risk of skin conditions like eczema and acne. By strengthening your skin barrier, you ensure your skin remains well-hydrated, resilient, and protected.

Pore Decongesting

Pore decongesting focuses on both clearing and minimising the appearance of enlarged pores. Enlarged pores often result from excess oil production and the build-up of impurities within the pore, which can stretch them over time, while ageing further contributes as reduced elasticity makes them more visible. Effective formulations work first to clear the pores—dissolving and removing trapped sebum, debris, and congestion—before regulating oil production and supporting collagen and elastin to improve skin firmness. By addressing both internal build-up and structural integrity, pores can return to a clearer, more refined, and less noticeable state.

Purifying

Purifying skincare is designed to deeply cleanse and decongest the skin by targeting excess oil at its source—within the pores. Rather than simply removing surface shine, these formulations work to dissolve and dislodge sebum, debris, and impurities trapped inside the pore lining, helping to prevent congestion, blackheads, and breakouts. Actives such as exfoliating acids and oil-regulating ingredients penetrate into the pore to effectively “strip out” excess oil, restoring clarity and refining skin texture. By clearing buildup from within, purifying treatments leave the skin feeling exceptionally clean, balanced and visibly smoother.

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.

Anti-Ageing (Senescence)

Anti-senescence skincare represents a new frontier in skin longevity, focusing on slowing and reversing the accumulation of “retired” cells that no longer contribute to renewal but actively accelerate ageing. These senescent cells release inflammatory signals and degradative enzymes that weaken the skin’s structure, leading to loss of firmness, uneven tone, and the formation of wrinkles. Advanced anti-senescence formulations are designed to target this process at a cellular level—helping to limit the formation of these dysfunctional cells, neutralize their harmful effects, and support the regeneration of healthy, active ones. By restoring a more youthful cellular environment, this approach goes beyond traditional anti-ageing, promoting skin that appears smoother, stronger, and visibly revitalized over time.

Regenerating

Regenerating skincare actively stimulates the formation of new, healthier skin, working in alignment with the skin’s innate renewal processes. Central to this are growth factors—effectively encouraging the development of new skin tissue. Peptides complement this by acting as targeted messengers guiding the skin to rebuild with greater strength and structural integrity. Stem cell–derived actives further support this environment by delivering protective and regenerative signals that optimize cellular function and renewal. While these mechanisms are synonymous with advanced anti-ageing—improving firmness, elasticity and overall skin quality—they are equally valuable in addressing scarring, as they promote tissue repair, accelerate regeneration and help restore a smoother, more even skin surface.

  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Pore Decongesting
  • - + Purifying
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Anti-Ageing (Senescence)
  • - + Regenerating

Active Ingredients

  • - + Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium
  • - + Rhamnose
  • - + Cleansing Bio-Polysaccharide
  • - + Grapefruit Essential Oil
  • - + Mint Essential Oil
  • - + Soothing Hexapeptide
  • - + Moisturising Molecular Film
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).

Rhamnose

Rhamnose is a protective sugar obtained by a bacterial fermentation. It soothes irritated skin after exposure to UV, pollution or harsh ingredients. Rhamnose limits cell message propagation, acting as a decoy to reduce inflammation and protecting cells from further damage.

Cleansing Bio-Polysaccharide

Cleansing Bio-Polysaccharide is a surfactant made up of different saccharides, which are sugars. It functions as a cleanser that removes impurities from the skin's surface with both gentle and thorough actions. Additionally, it offers protective benefits to the skin and helps to reduce inflammation, making it suitable for maintaining skin health while cleansing effectively.

Grapefruit Essential Oil

Grapefruit Essential Oil has been used for over 4,000 years for its therapeutic qualities. It provides a deep cleanse, removing daily impurities and leaving the skin clearer and purified.

Mint Essential Oil

Mint Essential Oil is known for its medicinal properties. It has a toning and astringent (tightening) effect, helping to minimise the appearance of enlarged pores on the skin while enhancing the skin's natural radiance.

Soothing Hexapeptide

Soothing Hexapeptide, made up of six amino acids, is formulated to be exceptionally gentle on sensitive skin. It works by blocking the PAR-2 receptor, which is responsible for triggering inflammatory responses and itching in the skin. By inhibiting this receptor, the peptide effectively reduces discomfort and itchiness, while also calming redness and irritation. Moreover, it supports the skin's barrier function, boosting its ability to withstand external irritants and enhancing overall resilience.

Moisturising Molecular Film

The Moisturising Molecular Film consists of sugars and peptides that form a protective layer on the skin's surface. This film helps to strengthen the skin's barrier, keeping moisture in and environmental stressors out. It effectively provides sustained hydration, ensuring the skin remains moisturised over time.

  • - + Complex of Hyaluronic Acid & Rhizobium
  • - + Rhamnose
  • - + Cleansing Bio-Polysaccharide
  • - + Grapefruit Essential Oil
  • - + Mint Essential Oil
  • - + Soothing Hexapeptide
  • - + Moisturising Molecular Film
"Living Stone" Stem Cells

Living Stone Stem Cells, sourced from resilient succulents, are celebrated for their unique ability to manage water and light. This pioneering ingredient is designed to enhance skin health by harnessing nature’s adaptive strategies. Living Stone Stem Cells work to optimise hydration, improve skin texture, and boost Vitamin D levels, strengthening the skin’s barrier function. This ingredient is particularly effective against dryness, dullness, and the signs of ageing, leaving the skin feeling supple, soothed, and restored. Living Stone Stem Cells are rich in hyaluronic-like bio-sugars that promote the formation of the Glycocalyx—a protective layer surrounding each cell. This layer plays a crucial role in maintaining a favourable skin environment by optimising hydration and enhancing light absorption. Increased light passage through the skin helps boost Vitamin D levels, which fortifies the skin barrier and combats glycation. Glycation, the harmful binding of reducing sugars to proteins, leads to advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) that cause wrinkles, loss of elasticity, dullness, and reduced skin function. With regular use, Living Stone Stem Cells deeply hydrate the skin, making it feel soft, supple, and revitalised. Users often report a noticeable improvement in skin radiance and texture, as well as a reduction in the appearance of fine lines. Living Stone Stem Cells provide a soothing and restorative experience, effectively addressing dryness and dullness. By incorporating this ingredient into your skincare routine, you’ll enjoy a revitalised, hydrated complexion that feels stronger and looks more youthful.

Spotlight

"Living Stone" Stem Cells

Living Stone Stem Cells, sourced from resilient succulents, are celebrated for their unique ability to manage water and light. This pioneering ingredient is designed to enhance skin health by harnessing nature’s adaptive strategies. Living Stone Stem Cells work to optimise hydration, improve skin texture, and boost Vitamin D levels, strengthening the skin’s barrier function. This ingredient is particularly effective against dryness, dullness, and the signs of ageing, leaving the skin feeling supple, soothed, and restored. Living Stone Stem Cells are rich in hyaluronic-like bio-sugars that promote the formation of the Glycocalyx—a protective layer surrounding each cell. This layer plays a crucial role in maintaining a favourable skin environment by optimising hydration and enhancing light absorption. Increased light passage through the skin helps boost Vitamin D levels, which fortifies the skin barrier and combats glycation. Glycation, the harmful binding of reducing sugars to proteins, leads to advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) that cause wrinkles, loss of elasticity, dullness, and reduced skin function. With regular use, Living Stone Stem Cells deeply hydrate the skin, making it feel soft, supple, and revitalised. Users often report a noticeable improvement in skin radiance and texture, as well as a reduction in the appearance of fine lines. Living Stone Stem Cells provide a soothing and restorative experience, effectively addressing dryness and dullness. By incorporating this ingredient into your skincare routine, you’ll enjoy a revitalised, hydrated complexion that feels stronger and looks more youthful.

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 Eau Micellaire Biosensible 100ml
    Biologique Recherche

    Eau Micellaire Biosensible

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    The Biologique Recherche Eau Micellaire Biosensible is a gentle micellar water that removes makeup and impurities. Enriched with Hyaluronic Acid, Peptides, and Amino Acids, it leaves your skin clean, hydrated, refreshed, and soothed.

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    • 250ml
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