Spilanthes: a natural botox by Francesca Lombardo
Spilanthes (also known as Acmella oleracea, toothache plant, or electric daisy) is a fascinating botanical ingredient for our cosmetics.
Key Active Compound: Spilanthol
Spilanthes owes most of its skin and sensory effects to spilanthol, an alkamide compound found mainly in its flowers and leaves.
What spilanthol does:
Has a mild anesthetic effect (tingling, numbing — hence “toothache plant”)
Relaxes facial muscles — making it a natural alternative to Botox in skincare
Stimulates collagen production and microcirculation
Offers anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits
Skin Benefits
Spilanthes is increasingly popular in natural skincare because it offers an instant tightening effect while also improving long-term skin health.
Long hours awake at night plus travelling and lack of sleep are all factors that can show in the face making the skin less elastic and ageing faster then the actual age.
This magic plant was chosen by us as a key ingredient in our product to help the skin revitalise, stimulating collagen and lifting it.
Top cosmetic properties:
Lifting and firming: Temporarily smooths fine lines and wrinkles by relaxing facial tension.
Revitalizing: Boosts circulation, bringing a fresh, plump look to dull skin.
Anti-aging: Stimulates fibroblast activity and collagen synthesis.
Soothing: Calms irritation and reduces inflammation.
Antioxidant: Helps protect from environmental stress and oxidative damage.
We use it in one of our emulsions, the skin manager cream, targeting expression lines, eye contours, or tired skin.
Scientific Backing
Several studies have shown that:
Spilanthol can reduce muscle contractions in vitro, leading to visible wrinkle reduction.
It can increase collagen I synthesis, enhancing firmness and elasticity.
Its anti-inflammatory effect supports barrier repair and calm, balanced skin.
In an world where Botox has been overused, especially in nightlife lifestyles, where it became a quick fix for the skin, and that actually goes against skincare and also at times can even transform your face, especially after prolonged use and various injections, we are willingt to support and inform you about a more natural way of ageing, using the power of nature and learning how to implement a routine for your skin in order to look and feel better and younger.
Finding the right ingredients to include in our formulations that can help achieve that, is what we love the most.