Aftersun with Aloe Vera

ALOE VERA POWDER

Extraction: Aloe Vera is a perennial plant native to warm climates. The gel contained in its leaves is commonly used in skin treatments due to its many beneficial properties.

Benefits: Known as an astringent, this plant also has moisturizing, regenerating, rejuvenating and antibacterial properties. These properties are perfect for revitalizing skin. It also functions as a deep cleansing agent, opening pores and eliminating toxins that cause the disruptions in the skin’s normal functioning. It also benefits the hair by restoring shine and helping to eliminate excess dandruff and scalp irritations. It is used especially effective for treating skin irritations, blemishes and acne.

Extraction:  water is an element present in most cosmetic products and is the most important raw material. In the cosmetics industry, purified water is used in a process to eliminate any solid particle that may contain water in order to achieve a higher degree of purity and quality.

Benefits: water helps to cleanse the body. Hydrates and improves the effect of other active ingredients, provides softness and delays premature aging of the skin.

Extraction: it is harvested from plants (soy or coconut oil for example) by hydrolysis of fats and by fermenting sugars. Glycerol is found naturally in skin and is considered a self-healing compound.

Benefits: it is one of the many substances in the skin that helps maintain the outer barrier and prevents dryness and peeling. It leaves skin feeling nourished and works to treat acne. It also prevents the accumulation of fat and improves the appearance of hair. Vegetable glycerin can be used as a diluent and as an alcohol substitute when preparing herbal extracts.

Obtention: It is an ester of polyglycerin 4 and isostearic acid. Isostearic acid is a fatty acid of vegetable origin.

Benefits: It is included as an emulsifier in cosmetic formulations.

Extraction: this vegetable oil is obtained by cold pressing the pulp and pit to extract the fruit’s natural virgin oils. Is is rich in antioxidants, fatty acids, proteins and minerals and contains high concentrations of vitamins E, A, B2, B3.

Benefits: its protective and regenerative effect protect the skin from external agents. Studies have shown that it helps reduce dermatitis and to speed up the healing process. It improves the hydration of dry, cracked and damaged skin and also acts as an emulsifier.

Sourcing: Vegan ingredient of vegetable origin, mainly vegetable oils.

Benefits: Has the properties of an emulsifier, helping to keep the water and oil phases of the formula blended together. It also acts as an emollient, preventing moisture from evaporating from the surface of the skin, and providing a pleasant texture to the skin when the product is applied.

Refreshing natural perfume, combining green notes of mint and cucumber, watery notes of aloe vera and melon.

Extraction: it is harvested from the fruit of the African Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) and provides numerous benefits to the skin and hair thanks to its rich composition vitamins (A, D, E and F) and minerals.

Benefits: illuminates skin and hair, and provides additional hydration and elasticity. It is an excellent cell regenerator that offers intense hydration and long-lasting nutrition. It also acts as a natural sunscreen by combating UVA and UVB rays. It provides healing, properties and provides protection against cold weather damage.   

Extraction: cold-pressed from the macadamia nut. It is a vegetable oil rich in oleic acids, vitamin E and sterols (providing soothing and calming actions). Theese nuts are rich in OMEGA-7 fats.

Benefits: it makes your hair look younger without plugging the pores, similar to the sebacious fats produced by the human body itself. It is perfect to regenerate split ends and acts as an anti-frizz. Hydrates, repairs and strengthens the hair avoiding hair loss.

JOJOBA OIL

Extraction: jojoba oil is extracted from the jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) nut (seed). Actually, it functions more like a wax that is liquid at room temperature than an oil. 96% of its composition consists of ceramides.

Benefits: highly moisturizing and nourishing. Ceramides cover the cells of the epidermis and to help regulate and intensify hydration. They are very similar to human skin, which is why they are absorbed and act quickly and are not oily to the touch. Jojoba oil also contains linoleic acid which is a very effective at restructuring and regenerating natural skin. Its vitamin E content also helps to rejuvenate skin and provides defence against free radicals. In addition, it is ideal for oily and acne-prone skin because it absorbs accumulated sebum and helps minimise breakouts. 

Obtention: This oil is extracted from the pulp of the fruit of the Mauritia flexuosa species, a plant native to the Amazon popularly known in Brazil as Buriti. 

Benefits: It is rich in oleic and palmitic acid and carotenoids, especially vitamin A. This oil is prized for its essential fatty acids and emollients that help keep the skin soft. It is also moisturising, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, healing and soothing for sunburn.

Extraction: it is obtained from the first cold pressing of olives, from which the unsaponifiable fraction is later separated.

Benefits: one of the most prestigious oils of the Mediterranean not only in gastronomy, but also in cosmetic. This oil has repairing properties, combats skin dryness by including a large amount of natural fatty acids in its composition. It is also rich in vitamins E and K.

Extraction: it is obtained directly from the seeds of soybeans, a legume rich in proteins with great energetic and nutritional value. This oil high in vitamins (A, B6, B12 and K), calcium, magnesium and potassium.

Benefits: it is high in antioxidants and has moisturizing and firming properties. It also works to stimulate cell regeneration and sometimes works as a surfactant. It easily penetrates deep into skin to stimulate the synthesis of collagen, elastin and other proteins that help keep skin firm.

Extraction: tocopherol or vitamin E, is naturally found in vegetable fats and oils, cereals, nuts and green and yellow leafy vegetables.

Benefits: it is used in cosmetics for its antioxidant properties and also acts as a skin conditioning agent. Reduces the appearance of stretch marks, helps improve skin tone, moisturizes and helps keep skin firm. For hair care, Holy Basil helps improve the blood circulation in the scalp which stimulates hair growth and helps to condition hair and provide shine.

Extraction: safflower is a herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. The oil obtained from the cold pressing of its seeds is used as food and natural colouring.

Benefits: it contains a high concentration of linoleic acid and vitamin K, which help to treat irritated or tired skin. It is a dry oil, which penetrates quickly into the skin, hydrating it without greasing it.

Extraction: extracted from the freshwater microalga Haematococcus pluvialis. It is the primary food source for flamingos, salmon and prawns, hence their characteristic reddish color.

Benefits: it is the most powerful antioxidant that exists in nature. It has antioxidant power 1,000 times stronger than that of Coenzyme Q10 and 65 times stronger than Vitamin C. This carotenoid is used for repairing skin damage and to prevent premature ageing. It is a natural anti-inflammatory, promotes hydration and protects against solar radiation.

Extraction: caprylic acid monoester, a saturated fatty acid with antifungal properties, and Polyglycerin-6. It is a natural, biodegradable ingredient approved by Ecocert.

Benefits: acts as a skin conditioner, emollient, solubilizer and emulsifying agent.

Extraction: natural polysaccharide of high natural weight derived from the fermentation of carbohydrates such as glucose or corn syrup.

Benefits: it is used as a binder, emulsion stabilizer and skin conditioning agent in a wide variety of cosmetics and personal care products. 1% of xanthan gum is used for cosmetic formulations.

Extraction: Hydrocolloid compound mainly made of galactans extracted from red algae. These algae grow along the rocky parts of the Atlantic Coast of Europe. In their habitat, these algae are soft and made of cartilage.

Benefits: It has an immediate tightening effect, reduces skin relief and has an immediate and long-lasting moisturising effect thanks to the fact that galactans can retain water and maintain an optimal osmotic value in both algae and skin. In addition, the film-forming effect of these constitutes a shield against dehydration. Galactans have anti-pollution activity by exerting a film-forming effect that forms a physical defense shield against pollutants. They also protect against inflammation and they have antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity.

Extraction: sodium salt from phytic acid, a vegetable compound found in corn.

Benefits: it is used in cosmetic products as a chelating agent to prevent the heavy metals.

Extraction: Sodium Anisate is a 100% natural preservative obtained from anise and fennel.

Benefits: It is a gentle preservative proved to have a great mitotic inhibitor activity without altering the integrity, colour or pH of other natural ingredients included in the final product. It is especially used in the preservation of fresh ingredients.

Extraction: natural ester of vegetable origin of glycerin and caprylic acid.

Benefits: acts as an emulsion stabilizer and a moisturizing agent.

Obtention: Glycyrrhetinic acid is obtained from the liquorice plant.

Benefits: Increases skin suppleness.

Obtention: Proline is an amino acid. It is obtained by biofermentation of glucose.

Benefits: Proline functions as a skin conditioning agent, it forms a protective film on the skin surface. It prevents moisture loss from the skin.

Extraction: fatty acid from vegetable origin. Beta-Sitosterol is naturally produced in many fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. It is similar to cholesterol, which occurs naturally in the skin and is considered part of the intercellular matrix of the skin.

Benefits: it provides a lot of hydration and acts as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Extraction: it is the hydrogenated version of squalene. It is an aliphatic triterpene extracted from rice bran, wheat germ and green olives. It has a 100% natural origin.

Benefits: it is a natural component of the skin and a good emollient and sebum restorer. It is used in regenerative treatments for dry skin. It has antioxidant properties and stimulates the immune system.

Extraction: Lactic acid is obtained from the natural fermentation of sugars and is used to adjust the pH of cosmetic products due to its acidic nature.

Benefits: This ingredient allows cosmetics to be milder for skin and hair.