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AVENA SATIVA KERNEL OIL - OAT SEED OIL
Function: Skin conditioner
Origin: Oat seeds
What for: this oil has the ability to soothing and softening your skin; it also repairs your skin barrier by increasing ceramide levels and it has an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect.
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
CALENDULA OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT
Function: it soothes
Origin: from marigold flowers
What for: super-hero for sensitive skin
.It soothes your itchy skin
.it has anti-inflammatory activity, so it helps with irritated skin
.It has antibacterial activity so it helps with acne and eczema-prone skin
.It's an antioxidant and helps your skin fight free radicals
Where can you find it:
/ Baby balm
/ Lip balm
/ Face cream
GLYCERIN - GLYCEROL
Function: humectant
Origin: from rapeseed and sustainable palm oil
What for: This oldie but goodie ingredient has been used in cosmetics for more than 50 years. It's an humectant, it absorbs water from the air, thus helping the skin retain its natural moisture. We can say then that glycerin acts as an indirect moisturiser. It can also be found naturally in your skin.
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
/ Baby lotion
HELLIANTHUS ANNUS SEED CERA - SUNFLOWER WAX
Function: emollient
Origin: sunflower seeds
What for: this wax smoothes and softens your skin. This hard wax is also used to keep sticky type formulas, such as lip balms, solid.
Where can you find it:
/ Lip balm
/ Baby balm
OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT OIL - OLIVE OIL
Function: emollient and antioxidant
Origin: from olives
What for: olive oil is loaded with fatty acids such as oleic acid (55-83%), linoleic acid (3.5-20%) and palmitic acid (7-20%). These fatty acids make olive oil a great option to moisturise and nourish your skin (emollient ), specially if it's on the dry side. Olive oil also contains antioxidants such as tocopherols, polyphenols and more!
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
/ Lip balm
/ Baby balm
/ Baby lotion
OLEA EUROPAEA OIL UNSAPONIFIABLES - OLIVE OIL
Function: emollient
Origin: from olives
What for: to sooth and smooth your skin
Where can you find it:
/ Lip balm
/ Baby balm
PERSEA GRATISSIMA OIL - AVOCADO OIL
Function: emollient and antioxidant
Origin: from avocados
What for: avocado oil is rich on glycerides of oleic, linoleic and palmitic acid. This oil is very rich and has a soothing and highly moisturising effect on your skin, so it's the perfect choice for dry and sensitive skin! It also contains vitamins A, D and E and because of the last one, we can also say that avocado oil has antioxidant activity.
Where can you find it:
/ Lip balm
/ Baby balm
RICINUS COMMUNIS SEED OIL - CASTOR OIL
Function: emollient
Origin: castor seeds from Ricinus Communis plant
What for: this oldie but goodie is rich on ricinoleic glycerids, so it smoothes and softens (emollient) your skin while it increases water content on it!
Where can you find it:
/ Lip balm
/ Baby balm
RHUS VERNICIFLUA PEEL CERA - BERRY FRUIT WAX
Function: emollient
Origin: from berries
What for: this wax helps to soothe and smooth your skin
Where can you find it:
/ Lip balm
/ Baby balm
SHOREA ROBUSTA RESINA
Function: protective film former
Origin: sal trees
What for: this resin forms a film on your skin to keep it protected and avoid water loss. It also has wound and scar healing properties.
Where can you find it:
/ Lip balm
/ Baby Balm
ASCORBYL PALMITATE
Origin: from corn and sustainable palm oil
What for: ascorbyl palmitate is a form of Vitamin C that acts avoiding the oxidation of oils in the formula
Where can you find it:
/ Baby balm
/ Lip balm
TOCOPHEROL - VITAMIN E
Function: antioxidant
Origin: soybean oil and wheat germ oil
What for: this vitamin helps to prevent the oil oxidation in your cosmetics.
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
/ Hydrate Oil
/ Glow serum
/ Face cream
/ Oil to milk Cleanser
/ Lip balm
/ Baby balm
/ Baby lotion
CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE
Origin: from coconut oil and sustainable palm oil
What for: this ingredient is a very common emollient aka it soothes and smoothes your skin so you can feel it nice and soft. Its superpower? It doesn't leave that greasy feeling in your skin, so you can smooth it without it without feeling sticky!
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
/ Baby lotion
CETEARYL ALCOHOL
Function: In addition to being an emollient, this ingredient is a co-emulsifier and a viscosity controller.
Origin: from sustainable palm oil, sustainable palm kernel, coconut and eruca oil
What for: this ingredient gives your skin a soft touch while it smoothes it (emollient). It also helps to mix oil with water (co-emulsifier) and gives body to creams and lotions by controlling their viscosity.
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
/ Baby lotion
CETYL PALMITATE
Origin: from sustainable palm oil
What for: this white and waxy ingredient is an emollient used to give "body" to your cosmetics by increasing their viscosity. It's similar to cetearyl palmitate.
Where can you find it:
/ Baby lotion
COCO-CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE
Origin: from coconut and sustainable palm oil
What for: this ingredient soothes and smoothes your skin leaving a dry but silky finish on it.
Where can you find it:
/ Baby lotion
CETEARYL OLIVATE
Origin: from sustainable palm oil and olive oil
What for: this ingredient is an olive oil derived (from olive oil fatty acids and cetearyl alcohol to form this ester). Its main function is helping to mix oil with water (emulsifier) but it also helps to avoid TEWL, aka trans-epidermal water loss, aka it helps to avoid water loss from your skin to keep it hydrated and pampered!
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
GLYCERYL LAURATE
Function: in addition to being an emulsifier, this ingredient also acts as an emollient
Origin: from sustainable palm oil
What for: this ingredient comes from the reaction between glycerin and lauric acid. It helps to mix oil with water on formulations but it also acts as an emollient leaving your skin nice and smooth.
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
SORBITAN OLIVATE
Origin: from sustainable palm oil and olive oil
What for: this ingredient is a derivative from sorbitol and fatty acids from olive oil. It helps to mix oil with water in your cosmetics' formulations.
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
SUCROSE POLYSTEARATE
Function: in addition to being an emulsifier, this ingredient also acts as a skin conditioner
Origin: partially natural from sugar
What for: this ingredient helps to mix oil with water while it maintains skin in a good condition.
Where can you find it:
/ Baby lotion
COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE
Origin: partially natural from coconut oil
What for:
.It produces foam and stabilises the bubbles
.It gently cleanses your skin
It works better when combined with other surfactants. This ingredient is biodegradable so you can have guilt-free bubbles.
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
DECYL GLUCOSIDE
Function: in addition to being a skin cleanser, this ingredient is also an emulsion stabiliser
Origin: from sustainable palm oil, wheat and corn
What for: we use this ingredient as a mild skin cleanser that has the ability to create some bubbles. Another reason to love it? It's biodegradable so you can have guilt free bubbles everyday!
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
DISODIUM COCOYL GLUTAMATE
Function: non-ionic surfactant, skin cleanser
Origin: from coconut and sustainable palm oil
What for: this ingredient is a non-ionic surfactant which means it gently cleanses your skin
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
BENZOIC ACID
Function: preservative
Origin: non-natural, approved by Ecocert®️
What for: this ingredient is a preservative which prevents the growth of nasty bacteria in your cosmetics. It’s a gentle and non-irritant ingredient, and approved for use in natural cosmetics by COSMOS Ecocert ®️, one thing less to worry about.
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
CITRIC ACID
Function: buffer, ph regulator
Origin: from corn
What for: this ingredient is used to adjust the formula's pH to the skin's pH (5.5)
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
DEHYDROACETIC ACID
Function: preservative
Origin: Non -natura, approved by Ecocert®️
What for: this ingredient prevents the growth of nasty bacteria and fungus in your cosmetics. It's a gentle and non-irritant ingredient, and approved for use in natural cosmetics by Cosmos Ecocert®️. One thing less to worry about.
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
/ Baby lotion
GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE
Function: viscosity agent
Origin: partially natural from guar seeds
What for: this ingredient is a derivative from guar gum and it's used to increase viscosity on formulations helping also to enhance formulation's stability
Where can you find it:
/ Facial cleansing gel
/ Baby bath gel
XANTHAM GUM
Function: viscosity agent
Origin: from fermented sugar molecules
What for: this biologically derived gum is a thickener that is used to control viscosity in your creams and lotions. By controlling viscosity it stabilises the formulation too because it prevents the separation of the emulsion into two different phases.
Where can you find it:
/ Face cream
/ Baby lotion