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Serum Matriciel

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TONING REMEDY
Serum Matriciel
Biologique Recherche
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Benefits
  • Hydrating
  • Anti-Wrinkle
  • Sculpting
  • Brightening
  • Antioxidant
  • Barrier-Strengthening
  • Regenerating
  • Anti-Pigmentation
  • Scar-Repairing

Biologique Recherche Serum Matriciel is an anti-ageing serum for the body. It intensely tones, plumps and improves the skin's elasticity for firmer, more hydrated, smoother and more luminous body skin.

A Complex based on Elderflower, Chestnut Wood & Myrobalan Leaf Extract is ultra-rich in polyphenols and flavonoids, providing strong antioxidant properties, boosting microcirculation and toning and firming ageing body skin.

The Glycoprotein of the Antarctic Microorganisms prevents skin from drying, boosts collagen and elastin production and helps keep the skin smooth and resilient. Horsetail — rich in actives that stimulate collagen, elastin and glycosaminoglycans including hyaluronic acid — directly supports the skin's firmness, tone and hydration.

Rye Extract stimulates fibroblast activity, while Marine Exopolysaccharide and NMF restore hydration and barrier function, producing body skin that is progressively firmer, smoother and more densely nourished with regular use.

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Biologique Recherche Serum Matriciel is an anti-ageing serum for the body. It intensely tones, plumps and improves the skin's elasticity for firmer, more hydrated, smoother and more luminous body skin.

A Complex based on Elderflower, Chestnut Wood & Myrobalan Leaf Extract is ultra-rich in polyphenols and flavonoids, providing strong antioxidant properties, boosting microcirculation and toning and firming ageing body skin.

The Glycoprotein of the Antarctic Microorganisms prevents skin from drying, boosts collagen and elastin production and helps keep the skin smooth and resilient. Horsetail — rich in actives that stimulate collagen, elastin and glycosaminoglycans including hyaluronic acid — directly supports the skin's firmness, tone and hydration.

Rye Extract stimulates fibroblast activity, while Marine Exopolysaccharide and NMF restore hydration and barrier function, producing body skin that is progressively firmer, smoother and more densely nourished with regular use.

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Biologique Recherche Tone & Tighten Body Collection
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Serum Matriciel
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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

Wrinkles

Volume Loss

Loss of Firmness

Renewed Skin

Fluid Retention

Dehydrated Skin

Red Cross
Not For you if

Damaged Skin


Not sure? Consult an expert.

How to Apply
Apply Sérum Matriciel once or twice a day to the targeted areas (chest, inner arms, and inner thighs) by gently smoothing in until fully absorbed.
Ingredients

Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Empetrum Nigrum Fruit Juice, Hydrolyzed Silk, Adansonia Digitata Pulp Extract, Honey Extract (Mel Extract), Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Extract, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract, Terminalia Catappa Leaf Extract, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Alteromonas Ferment Extract, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11, Tripeptide-1, Lactic Acid, Sodium Lactate, Allantoin, Serine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tannic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Citric Acid, Royal Jelly Extract, Mannitol, Sorbitol, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum, Dextran, Tea-lactate, Pvp, Urea, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hydroxide.


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

Smell: A subtle scent with hints of botanical notes.

Texture: A lightweight serum with a silky finish

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

  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Sculpting
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Brightening
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Regenerating
  • - + Anti-Pigmentation
  • - + Scar-Repairing
Hydrating

Hydration is all about the water content in your skin that keeps it supple and healthy. Humectants, ingredients with water-binding properties, deliver this hydration by attracting water molecules from the atmosphere. For the best results, apply hydrating serums right after a shower. Humectants not only replenish your skin's hydration but also enhance its water retention, creating a long-lasting hydration reservoir. 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 products work to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles by boosting collagen and elastin, essential proteins that keep your skin glowing. Collagen helps reduce wrinkle depth, while elastin shortens their length. Keeping your skin hydrated is crucial, as dehydration can make wrinkles more noticeable. For smooth, bouncy skin, ensure you stay well-hydrated and use products that promote collagen and elastin production.

Sculpting

Lifting is all about visibly firming and tightening skin that shows signs of sagging. As we age, our skin produces less collagen and elastin, the proteins that keep it firm and elastic. Sun exposure and pollution make this worse, leading to a sagging appearance. Lifting products work by creating a tightening film on your skin for an immediate lift, while also rejuvenating it over time. These actives stimulate collagen production and improve skin tone and elasticity, helping to restore facial contours and enhance overall firmness.

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

Brightening your skin means restoring its natural glow. One of the best ways to do this is through exfoliation. By exfoliating, you promote faster skin cell turnover, replacing old, damaged cells with fresh, radiant ones. This keeps your skin looking vibrant and healthy.

Antioxidant

Antioxidant Protection shields your skin and preserves its youthful glow. It refers to a defence system that protects against harmful molecules and keeps your complexion healthy and radiant. Free radicals, those incredibly reactive molecules, come from everyday sources like sunlight, diet, smoking, and pollution. They attack healthy cells, accelerating skin ageing, causing wrinkles, loss of firmness, pigmentation, and dullness. Incorporating antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E, into your routine creates a protective shield on your skin. These powerful ingredients neutralise free radicals, preventing them from causing damage. The result is skin that stays youthful, firm, and luminous.

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.\n\nA 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.

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.

Anti-Pigmentation

Dealing with pigmentation means targeting melanin overproduction to reduce dark spots and prevent new ones. Melanin production can be triggered by UV exposure, pollution, hormonal changes (like during pregnancy), and inflammation (from acne or cuts). This excess pigment is then transferred to surrounding cells in epidermis called keratinocytes, which then moves to the skin's surface, causing visible dark spots.

To treat hyperpigmentation, a personalised and consistent approach is needed. Our anti-pigmentation products include lightening agents to block tyrosinase (the enzyme that creates melanin), antioxidants to fight free radicals, and ingredients to speed up skin cell turnover, removing pigmented cells. Using broad-spectrum sun protection is crucial to prevent new pigmentation during treatment.

Scar-Repairing

Anti-Scarring skincare targets the textured scars left by acne breakouts. These scars form due to inflammation disrupting collagen and elastin fibres leading to uneven healing and indented areas. Anti-Scarring actives harness growth factors and exfoliating actives to stimulate cell repair and regeneration, optimising the skin's healing process to reduce scar formation. They also effectively diminish older scars, improving overall skin texture and leaving you with a smoother complexion and significantly reduced scar visibility.

  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Sculpting
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Brightening
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Regenerating
  • - + Anti-Pigmentation
  • - + Scar-Repairing

Active Ingredients

  • - + Horsetail
  • - + Glycoprotein of the Antarctic Microorganisms
  • - + Complex based on Elderflower, Chestnut wood & Myrobalan Leaf Extract
  • - + Rye Extract
  • - + Marine Exopolysaccharide
  • - + NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors)
Horsetail

Horsetail is a herbaceous plant rich in actives that help to stimulate key components within the dermis: Collagen, Elastin & Glycosaminoglycans such as Hyaluronic Acid. The stimulation of these components improves the skin's firmness, tone and hydration. Horsetail extract is also rich in antioxidants and boasts healing properties, ensuring the skin is protected against environmental aggressors and premature cell ageing.

Glycoprotein of the Antarctic Microorganisms

This Glycoprotein is made by microorganisms living in the harsh conditions of Antarctic glaciers. It prevents skin from drying, boosts collagen and elastin production, and helps keep the skin smooth and resilient. It reduces wrinkle depth and maintains the skin's integrity.

Complex based on Elderflower, Chestnut wood & Myrobalan Leaf Extract

A complex based on Elderflower, Chestnut Wood & Myrobalan Leaf Extract is ultra-rich in polyphenols and flavonoids. These ingredients provide strong antioxidant properties, protecting the skin cells from premature ageing whilst boosting microcirculation. Additionally, the complex helps to tone and firm the skin.

Rye Extract

Rye Extract firms and smooths the skin, increasing its tone and tightness. It stimulates fibres that enhance the skin's strength and elasticity, restoring its plumpness for long-lasting results

Marine Exopolysaccharide

The Marine Exopolysaccharide stimulates collagen and elastin synthesis to improve the skin's firmness, smoothness and plumpness. Furthermore, it also has a tightening benefit on the collagen fibre network, which provides an immediate and durable lifting effect, filling in fine lines and wrinkles.

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.

  • - + Horsetail
  • - + Glycoprotein of the Antarctic Microorganisms
  • - + Complex based on Elderflower, Chestnut wood & Myrobalan Leaf Extract
  • - + Rye Extract
  • - + Marine Exopolysaccharide
  • - + NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors)
Glycoprotein Of The Antarctic Microorganisms

Antarctic glycoprotein, derived from microorganisms in extreme glacier conditions, hydrates the skin by reducing trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) and forming a protective barrier. It stimulates collagen and elastin production, improving skin elasticity and firmness while reducing wrinkle depth for a smoother, more youthful appearance. Additionally, it protects skin cells from environmental stressors, maintaining structural integrity and resilience, making it highly effective for preserving skin health in harsh conditions.

Clinical Proofs

USAGE TEST:
* Test conducted on 20 women aged 25 to 35 for 3 weeks with twice-daily application.
- 80% of women said their skin sagged less, seemed less wrinkled and smoother
- 75% of women said their skin was more toned, softer and moisturised
- 70% of women said their skin was firmer
- 70% of women said their skin’s elasticity was restored

* The above information has been supplied to the Embassy of Beauty by the brand manufacturer. Embassy of Beauty takes no responsibility for these claimed studies and or results.

Spotlight

Glycoprotein Of The Antarctic Microorganisms

Antarctic glycoprotein, derived from microorganisms in extreme glacier conditions, hydrates the skin by reducing trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) and forming a protective barrier. It stimulates collagen and elastin production, improving skin elasticity and firmness while reducing wrinkle depth for a smoother, more youthful appearance. Additionally, it protects skin cells from environmental stressors, maintaining structural integrity and resilience, making it highly effective for preserving skin health in harsh conditions.

Clinical Proofs

Clinical Proofs

USAGE TEST:
* Test conducted on 20 women aged 25 to 35 for 3 weeks with twice-daily application.
- 80% of women said their skin sagged less, seemed less wrinkled and smoother
- 75% of women said their skin was more toned, softer and moisturised
- 70% of women said their skin was firmer
- 70% of women said their skin’s elasticity was restored

* The above information has been supplied to the Embassy of Beauty by the brand manufacturer. Embassy of Beauty takes no responsibility for these claimed studies and or results.

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 Sérum Matriciel: Ultimate Anti-Aging Body Serum for Firm, Hydrated, Smooth, and Luminous Skin.
    Biologique Recherche

    Serum Matriciel

    £228

    Biologique Recherche Serum Matriciel is an anti-ageing serum for the body. It intensely tones, plumps and improves the skin's elasticity for firmer, more hydrated, smoother and more luminous body skin.

    A Complex based on Elderflower, Chestnut Wood & Myrobalan Leaf Extract is ultra-rich in polyphenols and flavonoids, providing strong antioxidant properties, boosting microcirculation and toning and firming ageing body skin.

    The Glycoprotein of the Antarctic Microorganisms prevents skin from drying, boosts collagen and elastin production and helps keep the skin smooth and resilient. Horsetail — rich in actives that stimulate collagen, elastin and glycosaminoglycans including hyaluronic acid — directly supports the skin's firmness, tone and hydration.

    Rye Extract stimulates fibroblast activity, while Marine Exopolysaccharide and NMF restore hydration and barrier function, producing body skin that is progressively firmer, smoother and more densely nourished with regular use.

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