ARCTIC™ SPICULE TECA SERUM

1. Belgian Thermal Spring Water Water
   Rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, sodium, carbon dioxide, bicarbonates, and sulfates, and possesses anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and calming effects. While deeply hydrating, it helps inhibit inflammatory reactions, soothe sensitive skin, reduce redness and itching, soften the stratum corneum, help the skin detox, and increase blood flow to the skin, while promoting skin regeneration.
   
   
2. Next-Generation TECA™ Hydrolyzed Sponge Microneedles
   TECA™ is a patented ingredient combining Madecassoside, Asiaticoside, and Asiatic Acid, which hydrates, repairs and revitalizes skin, stimulates collagen synthesis, strengthens the skin barrier, smooths fine lines and wrinkles, combats free radicals, while smoothing and softening skin. Its excellent soothing and anti-inflammatory properties can also significantly reduce redness, irritation, and inflammation, and accelerate the healing process of damaged skin.
   
   Shegaia further enhances TECA™ by encapsulating it via Phytosome technology. This is then nanonized and applied through a special Spray Coating Tech onto hydrolyzed sponge microneedles extracted from specific freshwater sponges. The tiny needle-like structure of these purified and dried algal needles can penetrate the epidermis, and by creating micro-disruptions in the epidermal structure, they stimulate keratinocyte renewal, promote dermal blood circulation and metabolism, and activate skin repair and regeneration, thereby improving skin texture. On the other hand, these microneedles can also penetrate deep into the dermal structure, stimulating the growth of underlying skin cells and collagen production, reducing the formation of wrinkles and fine lines, tightening enlarged pores, and restoring plumpness and firmness to the skin.
   
   With the added benefit of phospholipid-encapsulated TECA™, these hydrolyzed sponge microneedles not only cause no tingling sensation but are also suitable even for sensitive and damaged skin. Furthermore, based on their physical penetration effect, they can simultaneously greatly enhance the penetration of all active ingredients.
   
   
3. Edelweiss Callus Culture Extract ｜ Rhodiola Sacra Root Extract
   These arctic plants, which survive in cold climates, help the skin adapt to and resist damage caused by environmental stressors such as pollution, UV radiation, and extreme climates, thereby protecting skin cells and delaying aging. Furthermore, they are rich in antioxidants (with antioxidant effects and natural defense capabilities approximately 37,561 times stronger than other plants), anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, and thus, have significant effects on preventing skin aging and enhancing skin elasticity, while improving inflamed, problematic, and sensitive skin. They also help to brighten the complexion and awaken tired and dull skin.
   
   
4. PDRN
   Extracted from DNA of salmon sperm cells, then hydrolyzed into small nucleotide fragments, polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) can penetrate deep into the skin to promote cell regeneration and tissue repair, accelerate the healing process of damaged skin such as acne scars, micro-wounds, and signs of aging. It also stimulates the synthesis of collagen and elastin, enhances skin elasticity and firmness, while smoothing wrinkles and fine lines. Additionally, it improves skin microcirculation, increases nutrient delivery, and possesses anti-inflammatory and barrier-repairing benefits.
   
   
5. Dimethyl Sulfone (Organic Sulfur)
   More commonly known as MSM, this is an organic sulfur compound naturally present in the human body. It possesses significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, effectively soothing redness, sensitivity, and inflammation, making it particularly beneficial for sensitive and inflamed skin. MSM is also believed to help promote collagen production, maintain skin elasticity, and improve overall skin texture. Furthermore, its sulfur content has potential benefits for improving acne, balancing sebum secretion, and promoting skin detoxification.
   
   
7. Lactobacillus Ferment Exosomes
   These are nanoscale vesicles released by lactobacilli during the fermentation process, with the size of only 1/500th of a skin pore. These exosomes are rich in proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and various other bioactive molecules, and are considered key mediators for the efficacy of probiotics. Topical application of lactobacillus exosomes can significantly strengthen the skin's microbiome balance, which helps to maintain a healthy skin barrier and enhance the skin's immunity and defense functions, making it more resistant to external irritants. They also possess excellent soothing and anti-inflammatory properties to help reduce redness, sensitivity, and discomfort, while promoting skin repair and regeneration.
   
   
8. Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2
   A specially designed bioactive peptide primarily used to target progerin, a toxic protein that accumulates as cells age and is associated with accelerated cellular aging and extracellular matrix degradation. Studies confirm that by lowering progerin levels, this peptide helps strengthen skin structure, enhance skin firmness and elasticity, significantly reduce the depth of fine lines and wrinkles, and improve sagging facial contours, to restore a youthful, taut appearance to the skin.
   
   Clinical studies have shown after 56 days of application, skin elasticity improved by 11.1%, skin firmness by 10.5%, and face sagging by 16%. Specifically, the jawline contour showed a 10% increase in firmness and 11% improvement in elasticity, demonstrating its capacity to enhance skin structure and reduce the appearance of aging.
   
   
9. Velvet Extract
   Rich in growth factors such as EGF, FGF, IGF-1, IGF-2, and TGF-β, as well as 20 amino acids, collagen, hyaluronic acid, proteins, calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, selenium, cobalt, phospholipids, and more, it can increase epidermal growth factors in the skin by over 6 times while stimulating collagen and elastin production, which significantly smoothes fine lines and wrinkles and promotes wound healing, cell growth, regeneration, and repair.
   
   
10. EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor)
    Effectively promotes the growth, proliferation, and differentiation of skin cells, and accelerates the repair process of damaged skin, including minor wounds and skin cell damage caused by inflammation and sensitivity. By stimulating cell renewal and promoting collagen and elastin synthesis, it also helps to diminish fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity, enhance skin firmness and plumpness, and improve skin barrier function, resulting in a more youthful, smooth, and refined skin texture.
    
    
11. FGF (Fibroblast Growth Factor)
    An important signaling protein that primarily promotes the proliferation and activity of fibroblasts, stimulating the synthesis of skin matrix components like collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid. This significantly enhances skin elasticity, firmness, and plumpness, effectively improving fine lines and wrinkles. FGF also accelerates the skin's repair process, plays a crucial role in the regeneration of damaged skin, and helps improve the skin's overall health and radiance.
    
    
12. IGF (Insulin-like Growth Factor)
    An important polypeptide that primarily promotes cell growth and differentiation, especially the renewal of skin cells. It helps accelerate the skin's repair process, which is crucial for improving damaged skin and enhancing overall skin health. IGF also works synergistically with other growth factors to stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, thereby boosting skin elasticity and firmness, and smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, for a plumper and healthier skin texture.
    
    
13. Copper Tripeptide-1
    Clinically proven to stimulate the synthesis of collagen in the dermal fibroblast, increase total protein, glycosaminoglycans, and DNA in dermal wounds, and boost the synthesis of decorin (a proteoglycan that regulates collagen synthesis and wound healing). This improves skin elasticity, clarity, and firmness, while reducing fine lines and wrinkles. It also possesses unique wound-healing properties, which stimulate the breakdown of unhealthy, excessive collagen in scar tissue and promote healthy collagen formation. Furthermore, it has significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
    
    
14. Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
    One of the causes of fine lines and wrinkles stems from our repetitive facial expressions, such as smiling, frowning, or squinting. Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, derived from Botox, can reduce and prevent the appearance of wrinkles by blocking nerve signals to muscles, thereby preventing muscle contractions, yet without the side effects of Botox. It also promotes the skin's natural production of Type I collagen, while optimizing the skin's collagen and moisturizing functions, further improving fine lines, wrinkles, and skin elasticity. Studies show that continuous use for 30 days can reduce wrinkle depth by up to 30%.
    
    
15. Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1
    Directly stimulates the proliferation of Type I collagen, glycosaminoglycans (polysaccharide chains linked to central proteins in the dermis, such as hyaluronic acid), and elastin, while also strengthening the epidermis. Its efficacy is similar to retinoic acid but without its irritation. Numerous studies and clinical tests show that using Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 twice daily for four consecutive weeks or more can significantly reduce wrinkle length, depth, and skin roughness. It also helps to tighten pores and maintain the skin's moisture levels.
    
    
16. Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4
    A powerful signal peptide that effectively addresses multiple signs of skin aging by mimicking a fragment of type I collagen, thereby stimulating the skin's natural production of collagen (types I, III, and IV), elastin, and fibronectin, all crucial components of the extracellular matrix. This action leads to improved skin elasticity, firmness, and overall texture.
    
    Clinical studies have shown remarkable results, with one double-blind study demonstrating a quantitative decrease in wrinkle fold depth by 18%, fold thickness by 37%, and an increase in skin firmness by 21% after 28 days of twice-daily application. Other research indicated that after 4 weeks, crow's feet wrinkles decreased by 14.07%, skin elasticity increased by 8.79%, and dermal density rose by 27.63%, contributing to a significant reduction in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
    
    
17. Tripeptide-1 ｜ Hexapeptide-9 ｜ Hexapeptide-11
    Working synergistically, these peptides stimulate collagen and elastin production, promote skin cell regeneration, repair damaged skin, accelerate wound healing, and provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. They also help to enhance skin firmness and elasticity, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, slow signs of skin aging, and restore smoothness to the complexion, which is particularly beneficial for improving scars and rough skin texture.
    
    
18. Atelocollagen
    Atelocollagen, which has undergone enzymatic treatment to remove its terminal peptides, possesses a smaller molecular structure and better permeability among collagen ingredients. Not only does it deeply hydrate and alleviate dryness, it also promotes collagen production, thereby increasing skin firmness and elasticity, diminishing fine lines and wrinkles, accelerating wound healing and tissue repair, and supporting the skin's regeneration and renewal processes.
    
    
19. Dragon's Blood Resin Extract
    Rich in proanthocyanidins and polyphenolic compounds, it possesses potent antioxidant capabilities. Its most significant benefit is promoting skin repair and regeneration, accelerating the healing of damaged tissues, and helping to fade scars. Furthermore, Dragon's Blood Resin Extract has excellent anti-inflammatory and soothing properties, which helps to calm redness and sensitive skin, and reduce irritation and discomfort. It also forms an invisible protective film on the skin's surface to help strengthen the skin barrier function, lock in moisture, and enhance skin elasticity and radiance.
    
    
20. Black Cohosh Root Extract | Kwao Krua Root Extract | Kudzu Root Extract | Red Clover Flower Extract | Soy Isoflavones
    Rich in triterpene glycosides, flavonoids, isoflavones, phenolic compounds, and tannins, these extracts possess highly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, soothing, calming, and moisturizing properties.
    
    On the other hand, a decline in estrogen levels can lead to collagen loss, decreased elasticity, dryness, and even melasma in the skin. Because these ingredients contain phytoestrogen compounds, they can balance the hormonal microenvironment by binding to estrogen receptors in skin cells. This can help improve skin elasticity and firmness, as well as reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and melasma caused by hormonal changes. They may also potentially help regulate sebaceous gland activity, improving inflammation, hormonal acne, and subsequent acne marks resulting from hormonal fluctuations.
    
    
21. Dong Quai Root Extract
    Rich in polysaccharides, flavonoids, coumarins, and various vitamins, it possesses significant anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and skin-brightening properties to help soothe skin sensitivity, reduces redness, and protect skin cells from free radical damage. Additionally, it also promotes skin microcirculation, helping to improve dullness and sallowness.
    
    
22. Garlic Bulb Extract
    Rich in unique bioactive compounds like sulfur compounds (e.g., allicin), vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, it boasts significant antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties, which helps to purify the skin, improve acne and breakouts, soothe redness and sensitivity, and combat free radicals, while simultaneously promoting blood circulation and repair processes, thereby improving overall skin texture, condition, dulness and sallowness.
    
    
23. Japanese Knotweed Root Extract | Resveratrol
    Possess powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, which help to inhibit the occurrence of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, reduce oxidative stress that leads to dull and lackluster skin, lessen the chance of exacerbated pigmentation, increase skin elasticity and radiance, and improve skin texture and uneven tone. Research further confirms that Resveratrol (Japanese Knotweed Root Extract is also rich in Resveratrol) can reverse skin cells to a younger, more active state, thereby delaying the skin aging process and promoting skin repair and regeneration.
    
    
24. Neem Leaf/Flower Extract
    Rich in various bioactive compounds, they boast powerful antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties to purify skin, improve acne and blemishes, and soothe skin inflammation and sensitivity. They can also help to fight free radicals, balance sebum secretion and promote skin healing and repair.
    
    
25. Maca (Peruvian Ginseng) Extract
    Packed with various vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and plant sterols, it helps boost skin energy and resilience, aiding the skin in adapting to environmental stress. It also promotes skin cell renewal and repair, and overall skin health.
    
    
26. Madecassoside | Centella Asiatica/Leaf/Root Extract
    Highly soothing and regenerating, they help to calm the skin, alleviate inflammation, and promote the skin's healing process. Also effective in improving acne.
    
    
27. NB P-Complex™
    A patented, highly effective ingredient formulated from Purple Carrot Root Extract, Yerba Mate Leaf Extract, Moroquia Leaf Extract, and Borage Extract. It is rich in minerals, antioxidants, and essential amino acids, especially gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, or Omega-6), as well as powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and barrier-strengthening properties, which help to soothe and calm sensitivity and inflammation, improve skin immunity, lock in moisture, enhance overall skin hydration, combat free radicals, boost radiance, and support the skin's regeneration and repair processes.
    
    
28. Guaiazulene | Sodium Guaiazulene Sulfonate | Azulene | Ethyl Guaiazulene Sulfonate | Chamazulene
    These five azulene derivatives, extracted from Moroccan Tansy and German Chamomile, are renowned for their exceptional anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, soothing, and antioxidant properties, as well as their unique blue color. Through multifaceted action, they can significantly calm redness and sensitive skin, alleviate irritation, itching, and discomfort, stabilize skin condition, strengthen skin immunity, protect skin cells from free radical damage, while improving inflammatory issues like acne, eczema, and rosacea.
    
    
29. Arginine | Glycine | Serine | Glutamic Acid | Aspartic Acid | Leucine | Alanine | Lysine | Tyrosine | Phenylalanine | Valine | Threonine | Proline | Isoleucine | Histidine | Methionine | Cysteine
    These 17 amino acids effectively boost the skin's Natural Moisturizing Factors (NMF), providing deep hydration and strengthening the skin barrier function to help lock in moisture, reduce dryness and flakiness, and keep skin hydrated, supple, and smooth. As the building blocks of proteins, they also play a crucial role in promoting the collagen and elastin synthesis, which helps improve skin firmness and elasticity, reduces the formation of fine lines and wrinkles, and makes the skin appear younger and plumper. Additionally, they assist in repairing damaged cells and tissues, accelerating the skin's regeneration process, soothing sensitivity and discomfort, and providing antioxidant support to combat damage from environmental stressors.
    
    
30. Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate | Ascorbic Acid | 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
    These three forms of Vitamin C and its stable derivatives effectively inhibit melanin production, fade hyperpigmentation, freckles, and acne marks, reduce redness and inflammation, and promote more translucent and even skin tone. Additionally, they provide powerful antioxidant protection against free radicals, while promoting collagen synthesis to help boost skin elasticity and firmness, and smooth fine lines and wrinkles.
    
    
31. Niacinamide
    Brightens skin tone, fades dark spots, increases and normalizes collagen, and inhibits the glycation process, thereby smoothing and preventing fine lines and wrinkles! It also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, along with the ability to restore skin barrier function and regulate sebum, making it especially suitable for inflammatory skin conditions like acne, rosacea, and eczema.
    
    
32. Thiamine HCl (Vitamin B1) | Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) | Panthenol (Provitamin B5) | Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) | Biotin (Vitamin B7) | Folic Acid (Vitamin B9) | Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12)
    These B vitamins play an indispensable role in skincare. Working synergistically, they promote healthy skin cell metabolism and energy production, providing ample vitality to the skin and maintaining normal physiological functions. This helps improve overall skin health and enhances the skin's repair capabilities. They are also crucial for maintaining skin barrier integrity, helping to strengthen the skin's defenses, reduce moisture loss, thereby boosting hydration and soothing sensitivity and discomfort. They can also balance oil secretion to improve overall skin texture.
    
    
33. Phytonadione Epoxide (Vitamin K1)
    As a derivative of Vitamin K, it primarily helps to improve issues related to blood coagulation, such as reducing redness or hyperpigmentation caused by broken capillaries, and diminishing dark circles and reducing the appearance of bruises.
    
    
34. Pomegranate | Grape | Blueberry | Apple | Peach | Japanese Apricot | Plum | Banana | Strawberry | Sweet Orange | Lime | Watermelon Fruit Extracts
    Rich in natural fruit acids (AHA), vitamins (especially Vitamin C), antioxidants, and minerals, these fruit extracts not only gently promote cell turnover and melanin metabolism, improve uneven skin tone, and brighten overall complexion, but also help to combat free radical damage to the skin, and slow down skin aging. They also provide soothing, hydrating and nourishing benefits, while helping to balance sebum secretion, and refine pores and skin texture.
    
    
35. Alpha-Arbutin
    A gentle, non-irritating, safe, and effective brightening ingredient derived from Bearberry Leaves. Compared to traditional Beta-Arbutin, it boasts higher stability, which makes it suitable for long-term use, and a stronger ability in inhibiting tyrosinase activity. This significantly reduces melanin production, effectively fading freckles, sun spots, age spots, and acne marks, while also improving uneven skin tone and dullness, leaving skin more translucent, fairer, and even.
    
    
36. Glutathione
    An essential and powerful antioxidant for the body, it combats free radicals, and protects skin cells from oxidative stress damage, thereby slowing down skin aging. It also helps to fade various hyperpigmentation and improve uneven skin tone by inhibiting melanin production. Furthermore, glutathione can promote skin detoxification, helping to clear toxins from within the skin, thus enhancing the overall skin health.
    
    
37. Alpha-Bisabolol
    One of the main active ingredients in chamomile, it boasts excellent soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, which can reduce redness, irritation, and discomfort, with a significant calming effect on inflammation. Additionally, Alpha-Bisabolol also helps to brighten skin, fade hyperpigmentation and improve uneven skin tone.
    
    
38. Adenosine
    It helps to replenish essential energy for skin cells, maintain normal skin cell metabolism, while inhibiting melanin, soothing skin, promoting blood circulation, and fighting free radicals to prevent wrinkles, sagging and loss of elasticity.
    
    
39. Bakuchiol
    A retinol-like ingredient suitable for sensitive, rosacea-prone, eczema-prone, or pregnant skin. Not only does it possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antibacterial properties, it also effectively promotes collagen production, improves fine lines and wrinkles, increases elasticity and firmness, while combating inflammation, free radicals, and acne.
    
    
40. Hydrolyzed Collagen | Soluble Collagen
    Hydrolyzed collagen, which has undergone hydrolysis, and soluble collagen, which is uncrosslinked and water-soluble, primarily provide powerful hydration. Due to their relatively larger molecular weight, they also form a moisturizing barrier on the skin's surface to prevent moisture loss, making the skin more hydrated and smooth to the touch.
    
    
41. Sodium Hyaluronate | Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate | Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer | Potassium Hyaluronate | Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate | Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid | Hyaluronic Acid ｜ Dextran
    These 7 hyaluronic acid derivatives, each with a unique molecular size and structure, plus dextran, work synergistically to deeply hydrate, boost the skin's water content, and resolve dryness. They also form a highly efficient moisture-retaining film on the skin's surface to provide long-lasting moisture-retention and barrier-repairing benefits.
    
    
42. Ceramide AS ｜ Ceramide AP ｜ Ceramide NS ｜ Ceramide NP ｜ Cholesterol
    Naturally occurring lipids in the skin's stratum corneum, these are crucial for maintaining a healthy skin barrier. When applied topically, they significantly strengthen and repair damaged skin barrier function to prevent moisture loss, reduce the chance of external irritants from harming the skin, and enhance the skin's defense capabilities, thereby improving symptoms like sensitivity, redness, and inflammation.
    
    
43. Sunflower Oil
    Provides anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benefits, while hydrating skin, protecting collagen and elastin, promoting wound healing, combating free radicals. improving enlarged pores and regulating sebum secretion in acne-prone skin.
    
    

SHEGAIA Step-by-Step Guide

🅠：I have sensitive skin. Can I use this product?

Ⓐ：SHEGAIA ARCTIC™ Spicule TECA Serum incorporates a series of highly effective ingredients with excellent anti-inflammatory, soothing, and calming properties to significantly reduce redness, irritation, and inflammation, and accelerate the healing process of damaged skin. It has also passed skin low-irritation tests, making it suitable for sensitive, acne-prone, and damaged skin. However, if this is your first time using a microneedle product, we recommend starting with a small amount and gradually increasing the frequency of use as your skin adapts.

🅠: I feel a tingling sensation when I use it. Is this normal?

Ⓐ: The next-generation TECA™ Hydrolyzed Sponge Microneedles used in SHEGAIA ARCTIC™ Spicule TECA Serum utilize Phytosome and Nanotechnology. They possess exceptional anti-inflammatory, soothing, and calming properties and have passed skin low-irritation tests. However, microneedles inherently have a micro-needle structure, so a very slight tingling sensation may occur when applied to the skin, which is absolutely normal. This tingling sensation is not persistent; it only occurs during application and massage. Furthermore, this sensation will gradually diminish with continued use.

🅠: Can I use it daily, morning and night?

Ⓐ: The formula is designed for daily morning and night use. For fast and significant results, we recommend using it both in the morning and evening.

🅠: Can I use it with other serums?

Ⓐ: SHEGAIA ARCTIC™ Spicule TECA Serum inherently enhances the absorption of other serums, so it is highly recommended to use it in conjunction with other serums. When used together, we suggest applying it after your other serum(s) for optimal results.