This rich facial moisturiser contains 100% pure bee venom & active manuka honey. This restorative night crème is a rich blend of natural moisturisers with the intense repairing effects of bee venom. Wake up to skin that feels more hydrated, firm & toned. Bee Venom assists in encouraging increased circulation allowing nutrients to flow into the skin tissue. This night crème will make your skin feel luxuriantly soft & smooth & help to gently ease away the appearance of fine lines. Bee Venom is a unique multi-component complex that 18 biological active compounds have been found to have pharmacological activity. The main groups of compounds are enzymes, peptides, aminos, sugars, phospholipids & volatiles. Bee venom contains a number of unique low-molecule peptides & “miracle” enzymes such as Phospholipase A2 & Hyaluronidase. Phospholipase A2 dissolves the skin cell membrane & allows other ingredients to penetrate into the skin cell, resulting in a product working more effectively. Hyaluronidase enhances the delivery of different active ingredients across the skin barrier. It is very important for fighting dermal ageing, as the ageing process significantly decreases skin penetrability. As we grow older, hyaluronic matrix responsible for the moisture retention in our skin becomes tougher & low-permeable. Hyaluronidase accelerates disintegration of the old molecules & activates the synthesis of new molecules of yaluronic acid by skin fibroblasts, thus improving skin penetrability. Other bee venom peptides, such as Melittin or Apamin are also known to provide additional anti-aging effects to skin: * Melittin is beneficial for the red blood cells & supports normal blood circulation in the deepest layers of skin, thus improving metabolism & stimulating cell regeneration as well as elastin & collagen production. * Bee venom peptides stimulate facial muscles, thus providing a lifting & plumping effect. Not all Bee Venom is equal, which is why at Wild Ferns we have used VENZ™ Bee Venom in our products to ensure you get the best quality Bee Venom available, which is also ethical & humane. We have used VENZ™ because of their in depth biological & biotechnology research. Bee venom is a complex combination of chemical substances produced by the worker & queen honeys bees. The venom is used together with parts of the bee’s anatomy (called the “sting apparatus”) to sting intruders in defense of the honey bee colony. Drone (male) honey bees do not produce venom & do not have a sting apparatus. Bee venom is produced in the venom (or acid) gland of the bee, & is stored in an adjacent sac in the bee’s abdomen. The amount of venom a bee has depends on its age. Newly hatched bees don’t have any venom at all, but the amount increases rapidly for the first two weeks of a worker bee’s life, reaching a plateau of about 0.3mg (dry weight). If a bee stings tough skin (eg a human’s) the whole apparatus pulls out the abdomen of the bee. The venom sac is pulled out with it & it keeps pumping venom until it runs out. Because the removal of the sting apparatus ruptures the bee’s abdomen, the bee dies within a short period of time.