Cosmetic use of an oily extract from distillation residue of immortelle as a skin brightening agent

A cosmetic method for bleaching the skin and/or lightening the complexion and/or for homogenizing skin color and/or reducing or preventing the appearance of pigment spots, comprising topically applying onto skin of people with skin color inhomogeneity mediated by environmental factors and/or pigmentation defects due to scars or acne marks an oily extract obtained according to a process comprising a step of extracting a distillation residue of the aerial parts of a Helichrysum italicum species with supercritical carbon dioxide, wherein the oily extract is applied to the skin in an amount sufficient to inhibit melanogenesis.