Mini face toner to rebalance the skin’s pH

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: 100% natural ingredient obtained from sugarcane and approved by Ecocert. It is biodegradable, making it the perfect natural alternative to petroleum glycols.

Benefits: it is used in cosmetics as a moisturizing agent, solvent and emollient. Its sensory properties help reduce skin irritations. They also control viscosity.

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.

CAMOMILE

Extraction: camomile is plant that has been used since ancient times in natural medicine and in the preparation of home remedies, creams, cosmetics and other skin products. It has also been traditionally used as a digestive infusion.

Benefits: works as a natural anti-inflammatory, calming and purifying agent. Chamomile stimulates the healing of minor wounds and inflammations of the skin, in a completely natural way. Applied in the facial routine, it relieves chafing, redness and skin rashes. It also has softening properties thanks to its essential oils and flavonoids, making it common in cosmetics products catering to sensitive skin. It takes care of skin without altering the hydrolipidic mantle or its physiological pH.

Extraction: lime, like other citrus fruits, contains a high concentration of vitamin C and flavonoids, which are two class 1 antioxidants. It also contains calcium, potassium and essential oils. The oil extracted from its peel is used in numerous cosmetic products.

Benefits: combats skin impurities, making it one of the best astringents. It rejuvenates the skin, keeps it radiant and protects against infections. It also promotes blood circulation making it ideal for treating cellulite.

Extraction: it is a biannual plant of red thorny flowers that is commonly found in Europe. The leaves, roots and seeds of the plant are used, both in natural medicine and in cosmetics.

Benefits: burdock’s purifying and detoxifying properties make it great for use as a skin treatment for conditions such as psoriasis, dermatitis, acne, eczema, herpes and eruptive skin diseases. It works as a decongestant and anti-inflammatory, heals damaged skin and helps prevent hair loss. It also has multiple other properties. It’s an antacid, anti-bacterial cleanser, treats oily skin, cleanses the skin and is good for hair regeneration.

Extraction: equistem, commonly known as horsetail, is part of the vascular plant family and resembles alfalfa. Silica absorption is not usual among plants that grow on Earth, but horsetail is an exception.

Benefits: it is known for its anti-inflammatory properties, is an antioxidant and antiseptic and has antimicrobial and healing properties, making it beneficial for the body. It purifies skin deep down, helps to improve acne and is an excellent natural remedy to fight against stretch marks. This ingredient helps improve hair growth, treats dandruff and acts as a natural conditioner.

Extraction: an exotic and aromatic fruit from the citrus family, this essential oil is obtained by cold pressing the lime peel.

Benefits: it is used as a natural perfume for its refreshing citrus scent. It has a high concentration of flavonoids - vegetables pigments that protect the body from oxidizing substances and contains vitamin C which has antiseptic properties, meaning it eliminates the microbes that cause infections. It also has anti-inflammatory properties and helps stimulate circulation.

Obtaining: achillea is a herbaceous plant with narrow lobed leaves and white flowers that contains essential oils, phenolic compounds and flavonoids.

Benefits: it is used in cosmetics for all skin types. Its astringent, emollient and decongestant properties help to treat and purify the skin in a respectful way.

Extraction: the birch is a large tree of the Betulaceae family, originally from Eurasia. Its leaves have a slightly aromatic smell, and are rich in saponins, tannins and flavonoids.

Benefits: it is very popular for its astringent properties. It heals and calms the skin, helping to fight various disorders. It also helps to improve the elasticity of the skin, having a conditioning and firming effect on skin.

Obtaining: the lime tree is a tree species of the Malvaceae family, common in the forests of Europe. Its flowers are yellowish-white. Its main active ingredients are flavonoids and mucilage.

Benefits: It has important decongestant properties and is very refreshing. It is used in cosmetic products that moisturise and soothe skin.

Obtaining: the stinging nettle or major nettle is a perennial herbaceous plant. Its leaf contains chlorophyll, carotene, vitamins, minerals, acids and flavonoids.

Benefits: this plant offers high antioxidant protection. It soothes irritation, cleanses the pores and stimulates cell regeneration, regulating the production of sebum.

Extraction: sage leaf extract is widely used in cosmetics. It is known for its aroma and its great refreshing and calming effect.

Benefits: composed of pentacyclic triterpenes, flavonoids, rosmarinic acid and carnosol. It has great antiseptic and antioxidant properties. It is ideal for mature and devitalized skin, as well as for the treatment of various affections of the hair and scalp.

ROSEMARY

Extraction: rosemary is an aromatic, woody, evergreen shrub with many small branches. It can grow up to 2 meters in height. It grows on all types of soils, preferably dry, somewhat sandy and permeable soils. Its extract is obtained from the rosemary leaves via a maceration process.

Benefits: this rosemary extract provides significant anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties thanks to its high concentration of rosmarinic acid, which is used to treat sensitive and irritated skin. On the other hand, its carnosic acid and carnosol content act as antimicrobial agents, protecting against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. In general, this extract has a remarkable antiseptic and astringent properties which help to repair and strengthen hair growth from root to tip.

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

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

Extraction: lauric acid ester, a saturated fatty acid with antibacterial properties, and Polyglycerin-4. It is a natural, biodegradable ingredient approved by Ecocert.

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

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.

Obtainment: This ingredient is found naturally in the anise, an herb of the Apiaceae family native to South-West Asia and the eastern Mediterranean basin, and therefore, it is 100% plant-based.

Benefits: It is an innovative natural preservative, acts as a flavouring agent, preservative and and masks unpleasant odours.

Extraction: Levulinic Acid is a 100% natural preservative obtained from the degradation of cellulose.

Benefits: it is a mild preservative that control colonies of microorganisms without altering the integrity, colour or pH of the other ingredients included in the product. It has very good antibacterial properties.

Extraction: Sodium Levulinate is a 100% natural preservative obtained from starch and vegetal inulin.

Benefits: It is a gentle preservative proved to be able to control microorganism colonies without altering the integrity, colour or pH of other ingredients included in the final product. It is especially used in the preservation of fresh ingredients.

Extraction: arginine is an amino acid obtained by biofermentation. It is one of the main components of hair keratin. Acts as a source of nitrogen for proper cell function, generating a vasodilator effect that improves blood circulation.

Benefits: used in many formulas as a natural stabiliser, much safer than conventional alkaline agents, it is known for its effectiveness in fighting hair loss. It is biodegradable.

Extraction: is the potassium salt of sorbic acid that occurs naturally in mountain berries (Sorbus aucuparia).

Benefits: acts as a preservative, protecting cosmetics from deterioration by preventing or delaying the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. This compound is easily metabolized by the body and produces water and CO2, therefore it is completely harmless.

Extraction: benzoic acid salt that is naturally found in blueberries, prunes, cinnamon and apple.

Benefits: it is used as a cosmetic preservative to prevent the growth and proliferation of fungi and bacteria in the products. 

Extraction: also known as geranial, is a natural compound with lemon citrus aroma. It comes from the essential oils of a series of plants that include: lemon grass, lemon myrtle, lemon and orange blossom.

Benefits: it is used in perfumes as a natural component of essential oils. It is refreshing, rich in vitamins, stimulates microcirculation and nurtures tissues.

Extraction: It is a monoterpene that is found in natural essential oils. It is found naturally in plants such as geranium and lemon.

Benefits: it is widely used as an ingredient of fragrances due to its rose-like scent. It is also used in many products to generate grapefruit, plum, pineapple, peach, lemon and cranberry scents.

Extraction: it is a monoterpene of natural origin that is found in many citrus fruits such as lemon. It is a colorless liquid with a light, fresh and sweet citrus aroma.

Benefits: widely used to make fragrances and flavors. It is a main component of many essential oils.