By Melissa Magsaysay. When aesthetician Sonya Dakar introduced a face oil treatment in the midst of the oil-free and astringent-filled 19 80s , most people raised an unruly Brooke Shields-inspired eyebrow. It was then that I discovered the secret to beautiful skin: oil. Pret-a-Reporter : What was the impetus for creating your omega skincare oil decades ago?
Dakar: I was starting to see a lot of new clients asking me to fix their skin, damaged from strong glycolic peels that were all the rage in skincare at the time. I quickly realized that glycolic acid is just too strong for skin, burning and stripping it. I knew I had to find a solution. In my research I came across omega oil based on flax seed oil and learned that it was actually used to heal burned skin hundreds of years ago.
It has a ton of soothing, healing, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. The oil was a skin savior, and I quickly used it to formulate my first skincare oil.
They are a hybrid of my omega oil and a cream formulation, so they are very hydrating, soothing, nourishing and anti-inflammatory, combined with cutting-edge sculpting and plumping ingredients — all while being nontoxic and natural. Both the mask and the cream are formulated with the highest concentrations of organic omega oil, Leontopodium alpinum a unique compound from the edelweiss plant.
The cream works to create a barrier, so the skin is protected from environmental damage, UV damage, pollution and free radicals. It also metabolizes free radicals found in the skin by up to 50 percent, thus freeing up the cells to do their job and restore a youthful complexion.
