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THE BRIGHTENING BOOSTER
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Benefits
  • Microbiome Balancing
  • Brightening
  • Active Delivery
  • Antioxidant
  • Detoxifying
  • Anti-Inflammatory
  • Hydrating
  • Nourishing
  • Anti-Wrinkle
  • Plumping

The Masque VIP O2 by Biologique Recherche is a rebalancing, oxygenating treatment mask designed to energise and restore clarity while supporting the skin’s natural defence mechanisms. Built around a hybrid clay-cream texture, it detoxifies without stripping, making it particularly suited to stressed, congested or environmentally exposed skin.

Melatonin acts as a high-performance antioxidant, helping to neutralise oxidative stress while supporting cellular repair processes and improving the skin’s resilience to environmental aggressors. This is complemented by Plankton Extract and Dandelion Root Extract which provide antioxidant protection against pollution-induced stress.

Lactobacillus ferment works to rebalance the skin’s microbiome, reducing visible reactivity and strengthening barrier function, while Saccharide Isomerate delivers long-lasting hydration, ensuring sustained hydration retention even after removal. Sodium Hyaluronate provides additional surface hydration, helping to smooth and plump the skin.

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The Masque VIP O2 by Biologique Recherche is a rebalancing, oxygenating treatment mask designed to energise and restore clarity while supporting the skin’s natural defence mechanisms. Built around a hybrid clay-cream texture, it detoxifies without stripping, making it particularly suited to stressed, congested or environmentally exposed skin.

Melatonin acts as a high-performance antioxidant, helping to neutralise oxidative stress while supporting cellular repair processes and improving the skin’s resilience to environmental aggressors. This is complemented by Plankton Extract and Dandelion Root Extract which provide antioxidant protection against pollution-induced stress.

Lactobacillus ferment works to rebalance the skin’s microbiome, reducing visible reactivity and strengthening barrier function, while Saccharide Isomerate delivers long-lasting hydration, ensuring sustained hydration retention even after removal. Sodium Hyaluronate provides additional surface hydration, helping to smooth and plump the skin.

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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

Microbiome Balancing

Dull Skin

Wrinkles

Loss of Volume

Dry Skin

Eczema & Psoriasis

Sensitive Skin

Reactive Skin

Dehydrated Skin

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

Water (Aqua), Kaolin, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Glycerin, Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Seed Oil, Pentylene Glycol, Triheptanoin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Cetearyl IsononΑΝΟΑΤΕ, Titanium Dioxide, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil. Taraxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Rhizome/Root Extract, Lavandula Hybrida Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Melatonin, Plankton Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment, Saccharide Isomerate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Citric Acid. Glyceryl Stearate, Tocopherol, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cetyl Palmitate, Phospholipids, Ceteareth-20, Sorbitan Isostearate, Ceteareth-12, Cetearyl Alcohol, 1,2-Hexanediol. C14-22 Alcohols, Polysorbate 60, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Hydroxide.

*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

  • - + Microbiome Balancing
  • - + Brightening (Oxygenation)
  • - + Active Delivery
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Detoxifying
  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Nourishing
  • - + Photo-Protecting
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Plumping
Microbiome Balancing

Microbiome Balancing skincare focuses on supporting the skin’s ecosystem through a precise combination of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics—each playing a distinct and complementary role. Prebiotics act as a targeted nutrient source, feeding and promoting the growth of beneficial microorganisms to maintain balance within the skin’s microbiome. Probiotics then introduce and reinforce these beneficial bacteria, helping to strengthen the skin’s natural defenses and reduce the presence of harmful strains. Postbiotics, the bioactive compounds produced through this process, enhance overall skin function by supporting barrier strength, improving hydration, and calming inflammation. Together, this synergistic approach stabilises the skin environment, resulting in a complexion that is clearer, more resilient, and visibly healthier.

Brightening (Oxygenation)

Brightening your skin through oxygenation means that it helps the skin use oxygen more effectively, boosting its natural energy production and improving its ability to repair itself from within. By supporting cellular respiration, it helps the skin function more efficiently, especially when exposed to stress, fatigue, or pollution. At the same time, it strengthens the skin’s microbiome and barrier, creating a healthier environment for oxygen exchange while protecting against external aggressors. As a result, the skin becomes clearer, more balanced, and better equipped to maintain its own recovery and performance over time.

Active Delivery

Active Delivery skincare involves advanced technologies designed to boost the absorption and effectiveness of active ingredients deep within your skin's layers. These enhancements ensure that other ingredients deliver their powerful benefits precisely where they're needed most. By overcoming the common issue of low permeability in many effective ingredients, active delivery ingredients maximise the unique benefits and visible results of your skincare routine.

Antioxidant

Antioxidant skincare is dedicated to protecting the skin against oxidative stress—one of the primary drivers of premature ageing and cellular damage—while preserving overall skin integrity and vitality. These formulations rely on potent molecules such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and polyphenols, which neutralize free radicals generated by UV exposure and environmental aggressors before they can compromise cellular structures like lipids, proteins, and DNA. Beyond defence, many antioxidants also support repair processes and enhance collagen stability, contributing to improved firmness, brightness and resilience. The result is skin that is not only shielded from ongoing damage but maintained in a healthier, more luminous state over time.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nourishing

Nourishing skincare focuses on replenishing the skin with essential lipids, nutrients, and bioactive compounds to restore comfort, resilience, and optimal function. When the skin is depleted—whether through environmental stress, over-exfoliation, or natural ageing—it can become dry, fragile, and less able to protect itself. Nourishing formulations work to rebuild the lipid barrier using ingredients rich in fatty acids, vitamins, and antioxidants, helping to reinforce the skin’s structure while supporting repair and reducing moisture loss. By restoring what the skin lacks, this approach leaves it softer, stronger, and more supple.

Photo-Protecting

Photo-protecting skincare at a cellular level focuses on defending the skin against the internal damage triggered by UV exposure, rather than simply blocking rays at the surface. Ultraviolet radiation generates free radicals and disrupts cellular DNA, accelerating collagen breakdown, inflammation, and premature ageing. Advanced formulations work by neutralising oxidative stress, supporting DNA repair mechanisms, and strengthening the skin’s natural defence systems to limit long-term damage. By preserving cellular integrity and maintaining healthy skin function, this approach helps prevent visible signs of photo-ageing—such as wrinkles, loss of firmness, and uneven tone.

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.

  • - + Microbiome Balancing
  • - + Brightening (Oxygenation)
  • - + Active Delivery
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Detoxifying
  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Nourishing
  • - + Photo-Protecting
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Plumping

Active Ingredients

  • - + New Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex
  • - + Dandelion Fructuans
  • - + Plankton Extract
  • - + Saccharide Isomerate (PENTAVITIN)
  • - + NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors)
  • - + Macadamia Nut Oil
  • - + Cotton Oil
  • - + Sunflower Seed Oil
  • - + Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid
New Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex

The Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex combines melatonin, yeast extract, and Lactobacillus ferment to enhance the skin’s ability to use oxygen efficiently at a cellular level. Melatonin boosts mitochondrial respiration, yeast extract provides the cofactors needed for energy production and repair, and Lactobacillus ferment supports a balanced microbiome, improving oxygen availability and reducing stress on the skin. Supported by phospholipids for improved penetration and dandelion extract for pollution protection, this complex promotes healthier skin function and better oxygen utilisation from within

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.

Plankton Extract

Plankton Extract works to stimulate energy metabolism within the skin, helping to improve oxygen utilisation and support more efficient cellular turnover. This contributes to a fresher, more luminous appearance while reducing the visible effects of environmental fatigue. Its antioxidant properties help neutralise free radicals generated by pollution and UV exposure, protecting structural proteins such as collagen and elastin from premature degradation.

Saccharide Isomerate (PENTAVITIN)

Saccharide Isomerate, also known as PentavitinÆ, is a carbohydrate complex derived from plants that closely resembles those found in human skin. It serves multiple functions in skincare: first, it acts as a prebiotic, supporting a healthy balance of microorganisms on the skin's surface, which is crucial for maintaining skin health.

Secondly, Saccharide Isomerate functions as a powerful humectant. This means it attracts moisture from the environment and binds it to the skin, acting like a "water magnet." This ability helps to deeply hydrate the skin, making it appear plump, smooth, and intensely moisturised.

Studies have shown that Saccharide Isomerate can increase skin hydration levels for up to 72 hours after application, making it an effective ingredient for providing long-lasting hydration and maintaining skin moisture balance.

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.

Macadamia Nut Oil

Macadamia Nut Oil, cold-pressed for maximum efficacy, is rich in Fatty Acids that offer strong nourishing, replenishing, skin softening and healing benefits for the skin.

Cotton Oil

Cotton Oil is extracted from cotton seeds. Naturally rich in Omega 6 & 9, two essential Fatty Acids that limit Trans epidermal Water Loss (TEWL) and strengthen the skin barrier. Cotton Oil is naturally rich in Vitamin E whose antioxidant properties protect cells from external damage and premature ageing.

Sunflower Seed Oil

Pressed from the seeds of Helianthus Annuus, Sunflower Oil is a biologically active plant lipid with a high concentration of Linoleic Acid and Vitamin E. It enhances skin hydration, soothes inflammation, and supports skin regeneration. By stimulating collagen metabolism and reinforcing the lipid barrier, it helps to mitigate the damaging effects of UV exposure and environmental aggressors, contributing to improved skin resilience and suppleness.

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid (LMW-HA) is a smaller, more penetrative form of hyaluronic acid. Unlike high molecular weight forms that primarily hydrate the skin’s surface, LMW-HA has the ability to penetrate deeper into the epidermis, where it attracts and binds water to maintain optimal moisture levels from within. This deep hydration helps improve skin elasticity, firmness and smoothness, while reducing the appearance of fine lines and dehydration-induced wrinkles. Additionally, it enhances overall suppleness, making the complexion look plumper and more resilient. It is ideal for dehydrated, dull or mature skin, and especially those in need of long-lasting hydration and improved texture.

  • - + New Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex
  • - + Dandelion Fructuans
  • - + Plankton Extract
  • - + Saccharide Isomerate (PENTAVITIN)
  • - + NMF (Natural Moisturising Factors)
  • - + Macadamia Nut Oil
  • - + Cotton Oil
  • - + Sunflower Seed Oil
  • - + Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid
The New Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex

Brightening the skin through oxygenation energises it at its source. By enhancing the skin’s ability to use oxygen efficiently, it helps ignite natural energy production and supports deep, cellular-level repair.

This boost in cellular respiration allows skin to perform at its best, even when challenged by stress, fatigue or pollution. At the same time, it reinforces the skin barrier and microbiome, creating an optimal environment for healthy oxygen exchange while defending against external aggressors.

The result is skin that looks clearer, feels more balanced and is empowered to recover, recharge and thrive over time.

Spotlight

The New Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Complex

Brightening the skin through oxygenation energises it at its source. By enhancing the skin’s ability to use oxygen efficiently, it helps ignite natural energy production and supports deep, cellular-level repair.

This boost in cellular respiration allows skin to perform at its best, even when challenged by stress, fatigue or pollution. At the same time, it reinforces the skin barrier and microbiome, creating an optimal environment for healthy oxygen exchange while defending against external aggressors.

The result is skin that looks clearer, feels more balanced and is empowered to recover, recharge and thrive over time.

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