Allantoin
It is a skin conditioning agent, known to help reduce discomfort on the skin and helps to keep skin in good condition.
Aloe Vera
Derived from the leaf of the Aloe plant, Aloe Vera is an anti-inflammatory ingredient containing antioxidants, enzymes, and vitamins that soothe and hydrate the skin. It often creates a cooling and refreshing effect, making it a hero for sunburns, problem skin, and dry skin.
Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate
An oil soluble derivative of vitamin C, it works as an antioxidant and also brightens skin tone.
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour
A finely powdered form of Oat Extract that has skin soothing, skin protecting and antioxidant benefits. It is loaded with skin-loving properties such as anti-inflammatory agent beta-glucan, skin nourishing lipids, and moisturizing carbohydrates. A real treat for dry, irritated, inflamed or eczema-prone skin.
Betaine
Derived from sugar beet, betaine helps to manage skin hydration by helping control cell-water balance. When used in cleansers and hair products it helps to make them milder and gentler.
Butyrospermum Parkii
Shea Butter with excellent moisturising properties.It regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and EGCG).
C-14-22 Alcohol
A fatty alcohol with great emollient properties.
C 12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
An emollient with a light silky feel.
C-12-20 Alkyl Glucoside
A 100% vegetable origin emulsifier that helps to create ultra-soft light formulas.
Calendula Oil
Derived from the bright orange calendula flower, it has the power of healing redness, acne, and sunburns. When it’s used in skincare, Calendula Oil stimulates collagen production and keeps your skin hydrated. Its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties also makes it suitable for sensitive skin and people with eczema.
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredient. Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial. It is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin con including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis
Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil
Hemp seed oil is used as an emollient and to supply skin with omega fatty acids. It replenishes the skin and makes it supple.
Caprylic Capric Triglyceride
An emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with.
Centella Asiatica Extract
Centella Asiatica, also known as Gotu Kola- it's biologically active compounds are pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins called asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic and madecassic acid (also called centellosides).It is used to improve small wounds, burns and scratches and it’s also a well known anti-inflammatory agent for eczema.
Ceramide
ceramides are lipids (fats) that are found naturally in high concentrations in the uppermost layers of skin. They make up over 50% of skin’s composition. As we age we tend to produce less ceramides. Also damaged barrier and eczema prone people have less ceramides in their epidermis, hence its beneficial to apply them on skin.
Cera Alba
It's a natural material produced by honey bees to build their honeycomb. As for skincare, it's used as an emollient and thickening agent. It's super common in lip balms and lipsticks.
Cetearyl Alcohol
A fatty alcohol with great emollient properties with the ability to add body to creams and lotions and well as helps to stabilise emulsions.
Cetyl Alcohol
A fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier).
Citric Acid
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. Just like other AHAs - it gently lift off the dead skin cells from the skin and makes it smooth and fresh.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Helps to boost and stabilise production of bubbles in cleansers
Dimethyl Isosorbide
It is a skin conditioning agent that is used to enhance the delivery of active ingredients in the formula.
Disodium EDTA
It works to mop up trace mineral elements(mainly from the water) that would otherwise affect product stability.
Ferulic Acid
Ferulic Acid (FA) is an antioxidant that can be found naturally in plant cell walls.
Glycerin
The most popular humectant used in skincare. Holds onto moisture to reduce trans-epidermal water loss to help keep skin hydrated and healthy.
Glyceryl Stearate (and) PEG-100 Stearate
It helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.
Glyceryl Triisostearate
A clear pale yellow liquid that works as a highly effective but mild surfactant. It can create microemulsion facial cleansers (microemulsions are a mixture of water, oil, and surfactants) that are crystal clear, gentle to the skin and can easily be rinsed off leaving no oily residue.
Helianthus Annuus
It is an emollient that absorbs quickly into the skin and leaves it feeling smooth.
Lactic Acid
Lactic acid is one of the most popular alpha hydroxy acids available. It is milder and more hydrating than Glycolic Acid. Lactic acid is specifically used to treat hyperpigmentation, age spots, and other factors that contribute to a dull and uneven complexion. It stimulates collagen renewal and can reduce signs of aging.
Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Oil
It is also known as Lavender Essential Oil. The scent of lavender has calming and relaxing properties.
Mandelic
Mandelic Acid is an AHA that comes from bitter almond and is named after the german name of almond, 'mandel'. It can gently lift off surface skin cells and make the skin more smooth and even. It has antibacterial properties and thus helps in reducing acne. It also works on superficial pigmentation to reveal an even looking skin.
Niacinamide
Niacinamide is also known as vitamin B3 and nicotinamide. It is a water-soluble vitamin that works with the natural substances in your skin to help reduce redness, fight premature signs of aging, repair a damaged skin barrier, and balance oil & sebum production.
Panthenol
Panthenol is used in skincare products as a humectant because of its ability to attract and hold moisture. Sometimes called pro-vitamin B5, panthenol helps with healing wounds and is an anti-inflammatory. It is used in formulas because it helps in getting rid of issues like flaky skin or dryness.
PEG 40Hydrogenated castor oil
A mildly viscous, amber-colored liquid with fatty odor, made from Castor Oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG). It’s mostly used as an emulsifier and surfactant.
Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
The fragrant essential oil coming from the whole plant of Rose Geranium. It contains antioxidant and antimicrobial components.
Persea Gratissima oil
The oil is derived from the pulp of Avocados. It's loaded with the nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids- Oleic (70%), Palmitic (10%) and Linoleic Acid (8%). It also contains Vitamins A, E and D. Avocado oil has extraordinary skin penetration abilities and can nourish different skin layers. It's a very rich, highly moisturizing emollient oil that makes the skin smooth and nourished.
PHA
PHA has all the benefits of AHAs without the irritation. It gently lifts off dead skin cells and makes your skin smooth and even. It moisturises and helps the skin barrier. It can be used by sensitive skin too. In the long run, it provides anti-aging benefits and is also an antioxidant.
Phenoxyethanol (and) Ethylhexylglycerin
Gentle and safe preservatives.
Pogostemon Cablin Leaf oil
It is also known as Patchouli, an important essential oil in the perfume industry. It boasts a pleasant woody, earthy and camphoraceous scent and has fixative properties (makes the fragrance long-lasting).
Polyacrylate-13 (and) Polyisobutene (and) Polysorbate 20
It usually comes to the formula as part of a thickener-emulsifier trio paired with Polyisobutene and Polysorbate 20. The three togeather have excellent thickening properties with remarkable emulsifying-stabilising abilities. They also have a nice silicone feel with glide-on spreading.
Polysorbate 20
It's a popular helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula.
Propylene Glycol
Propylene Glycol (PG) is a colorless liquid, whose main job, usually, is to improve the so-called freeze-thaw stability of the products. This means that it makes sure that a product doesn’t freeze or melt in low or high temperatures. To achieve this, small amounts - usually less than 2% - is used. It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer.
Rosa Canina Fruit Oil
It is also known as Rosa Canina Seed Oil, or Rosehip Oil. It has high omega fatty acid content (linoleic acid - 51%, linolenic acid - 19% and oleic acid - 20%) and skin-regenerative properties.
Rosemary Oleoresin Extract
Extracted from rosemary herb and is packed with nutrients. It’s anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory—great for calming inflammation and breakouts and keeping pores clear.It also protects skin from free radicals and sun damage and acts as an antioxidant.
Salicylic Acid
This exfoliating acid is a BHA. It removes excess oil and shine, while also sloughing away dead skin and other pore-clogging impurities. Due to the fact that it penetrates deeper into pores than other acids, it’s particularly effect at treating (and preventing) acne.
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Derived from Jojoba plant, it's actually not an oil but a wax ester which means it is extremely stable, it also means it stays on the skin's surafce and forms a protective, moisturising barrier.
Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
It is the sodium salt form of vitamin C. A powerful multifunctional antioxidant which helps to protect skin from the impact caused by environmental pollution (called free radicals).
Sodium Citrate
This ingredient is used to adjust the pH of the product. It also helps increase the shelf life of the product by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (they usually come from water).
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
A cleansing agent that's so gentle on the skin that it hardly impacts the skin barrier. It also gives a rich, creamy foam, it's based on vegetable fatty acids and is readily biodegradable.
Sodium Hyaluronate
The salt derivative of Hyaluronic Acid. A powerful moisture-binding ingredient. It works beneath the skin’s surface and can hold up to 1000x its weight in water.
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
This special Hyaluronic Acid mesh has a remarkable water-binding capacity, 5 times more than the already crazy water-binding capacity of ""normal"" Hyaluronic Acid. This water filled crosslinked Hyaluronic Acid gel forms a smooth film on the skin and it gives long-term moisturizing benefits.
Sodium Lactate
The sodium salt of lactic acid. It's a great skin moisturizer and also used to regulate the pH value of the cosmetic formula. It's a natural ingredient approved by both ECOCERT and COSMOS.
Sodium Meta Bisulphate
An Antioxidant used in very low levels in skincare to prevent oxidation.
Sodium Palmitoyl Proline
Amino acid Proline improves skin elasticity, increase collagen production, and promote skin repair and regeneration.
Solanum Lycopersicum Fruit Extract
A special Tomato Fruit Extract that is concentrated in Colorless Carotenoids Phytoene and Phytofluene. It acts as an antioxidant.
Squalane
Squalene is part of our skin’s natural moisture, but it decreases as we age. Squalane comes from plants and works as effectively as the squalene in our bodies. It instantly hydrates and locks in moisture, replenishing what our skin naturally once had.
Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane
A standardized powdered extract from the roots of the Curcuma longa (Turmeric) plant. It has skin-brightening, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant magic properties.
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Also known as Cocoa Butter, it is a rich emollient that can moisturize and nourish even the driest skin. It's solid at room temperature and melts nicely when you smear it on. It's loaded with good-for-the-skin things: it contains fatty acids, mainly oleic (35%), stearic (34%), and palmitic (25%) and it also has antioxidant vitamin E and polyphenols.
Tocopherol
Also known as Vitamin E. It is a fat-soluble antioxidant that protects your skin from free radicals while simultaneously moisturizing. Vitamin E also has anti-inflammatory properties which naturally enhance the skin's regeneration process, thus often alleviating discoloration and pigmentation.
Xanthan Gum
A natural water soluble thickener to modify the skin feel of a product. It also helps to thicken the product slightly as well as help with stabilising the formula.It’s approved by Ecocert .
