WATER

Extraction: Water is present in most cosmetic products and represents the most important raw material. In the cosmetic industry, water is purified by a process that eliminates any solid particle that the water may contain in order to achieve a greater degree of purity and water quality.

Benefits: In addition to moisturizing, it improves the effect of other active principles, providing smoothness and delaying the premature aging of the skin.

VEGETABLE GLYCERIN

Extraction: Obtained from plants by fat hydrolysis and sugar fermentation. Glycerol is found in its natural form in our skin and it is considered an auto-repair compound.

Benefits: It is one of the many substances in the skin that help to keep the external barrier and prevent dryness and scaling. Its application provides a more nourished skin and it works on the face as an acne treatment. It also eliminates grease buildup and improves the appearance of the hair.

PENTYLENE GLYCOL

Extraction: natural pentylene glycol is obtained from renewable plant-based sources such as sugar cane or maize.

Benefits: commonly used in moisturising creams and lotions for its hydrating properties, which help retain moisture in the skin. It also has antibacterial and preservative effects, helping other active ingredients act better on the skin.

GLYCERYL STEARATE SE

Obtenção: Este ingrediente deriva da glicerina e do ácido esteárico, um ácido gordo obtido a partir de óleos vegetais ao qual se acrescenta uma pequena quantidade de Potassium Stearate como co-emulsionante. Encontra-se de forma natural no corpo humano pelo que é totalmente respeitoso com a nossa pele.

Benefícios: Atua como um lubrificante na superfície da pele, dando-lhe um aspecto suave, liso e leve. Também retarda a perda de água, mediante a formação de uma barreira protetora e ainda protege a pele frente ao dano causado pelos radicais livres. Além disso, no que respeita a formulações, ajuda a estabilizar emulsões de óleo em água, mediante a redução da tensão superficial das substancias presentes.

CETYL ALCOHOL

Obtenção: Álcool gordo obtido a partir do coco, pelo que a sua origem é natural.

Benefícios: É utilizado como emoliente, emulsionante, espessante e agente de transporte para outros ingredientes em soluções cosméticas. Também há que destacar que proporciona aos produtos uma boa extensibilidade.

PECTIN

Extraction: Pectins are heteropolysaccharides that form the cell wall of plant. It is traditionally used in medicine for different areas, for example for its benefits on intestine. It is extracted from fruits such as apples.

Benefits: in contact with water pectin has a gel texture. For this reason it is used in food and cosmetics, since it helps to stabilise emulsions and control the viscosity of products.

GUM ARABIC

Extraction: Acacia Senegal is a tree originally from sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan and India. It produces a gum known as gum arabic, widely used in food as a texturiser, or in medicine and pharmacy for intestinal and skin inflammation treatments.

Benefits: in cosmetics, acacia gum is used as a thickener because of its texture, which forms a gel in contact with water and a film in contact with air.

CAPRYLIC / CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE

Extraction: Derived from Coconut Oil and Glycerin, it is considered an excellent emollient and skin repair agent. It is a mixture of fatty acids. Its greatest virtue is that it is not considered a sensitizing agent.

Benefits: It repairs the skin and fights against moisture loss. It can also work as a thickener, but its main function is to moisturize and replenish the skin. In addition, it is not a fatty ingredient or wax that can get easily trapped in the pores.

SUNFLOWER OIL Eco

Extraction: Having a hard steam and yellow flowers, the sunflower provides the seeds that are used to get this oil.

Benefits: Rich in vitamin E and caffeic acid, it becomes a natural antioxidant that helps positively when it comes to keeping the skin in good condition. In addition, it is also useful in the treatment of dermatitis, improving collagen formation.

JOJOBA OIL Eco

Extraction: Jojoba oil is extracted from Jojoba seeds (simmondsia chinensis). Actually more than oil it is a kind of wax that at room temperature looks like a liquid. It composition contains 96% of ceramides.

Benefits: Ceramides cover the epidermis cells and help to regulate its hydration intensively. They are very similar to those of human skin, that’s why they are absorbed and act quickly. Jojoba oil contains linoleic acid, which is a very effective natural skin regenerator. Its vitamin E content also assists in rejuvenating the skin.

ACEITE DE OLIVA Eco

Obtención: Se obtiene de la primera presión en frío de aceitunas.

Beneficios: Uno de los aceites más prestigiosos del mediterráneo no sólo en alimentación sino también para la piel. Al incluir una gran cantidad de ácidos grasos naturales y su aporte de vitaminas E y K el aceite de oliva actúa combatiendo la sequedad de la piel.

ACEITE DE MAÍZ

Obtención: El maíz es una gramínea originaria del centro de México y de cultivo muy extendido actualmente. Tiene propiedades diuréticas e hipotensoras, y forma parte de la alimentación en muchas culturas.

Beneficios: Es un buen emoliente. En su composición se encuentran glicéridos de los ácidos linoleico y oleico. Actúa como condicionante de la piel y del pelo.

GRAPE SEED OIL

Extraction: Grapes, sweet tasting fruit, is obtained from the vine and it is composed mostly by water and fiber. Grape seed oil is the result of pressing that grape seed. It adds vitamin E, tannins, OMEGA-6 and a great quantity of antioxidants that help our tissues and organs to be protected from free radicals.

Benefits: Its antioxidant, nourishing and protective powers help frizzy and breakable hair. It improves circulation, strengthens blood vessels and reduces hair loss.

GROMWELL PÚRPURA

Obtenção: É extraída do óleo neutro das raízes de Gromwell. É uma espécie botânica, que pertence á família Boaginaceae, originária do norte da China e do Japão.

Benefícios: Estas raízes são conhecidas na farmacêutica chinesa como plantas medicinais para tratar sarampo, eczemas ou queimaduras. A sua atuação está especialmente indicada para óleos e emulsões como condicionador para o cuidado facial, capilar e corporal de peles sensíveis.

SODIUM BICARBONATE

Extraction: although it can be found in nature as a natural mineral, it is mixed with other minerals such as limestone or sodium carbonate. Because of this, its purified obtaining is of synthetic origin.

Benefits: it has a widespread use in food and hygiene. It helps to balance the pH of the formula and has cleansing and exfoliating properties.

DECYL OLEATE

Obtenção: Este composto é obtido a partir do ácido oleico de origem vegetal, presente em óleos como o de abacate, azeitona, cártamo ou canola.

Benefícios: Atua como um lubrificante não gorduroso para a superfície da pele, conferindo-lhe um aspeto suave, leve e nada untuoso.

CASTOR SEED OIL

Extraction: obtained by cold pressing the seeds of the Ricinus communis plant.

Benefits: it has a high content of antioxidants, proteins, minerals and vitamins. It contains ricinoleic acid that fights microbes, helping to purify the skin. It is a powerful moisturiser that helps maintain skin hydration and provides extra softness. It acts as a hair repairer and strengthener, providing luminosity and shine.

ROSA CANINA FRUIT OIL/ROSEHIP OIL

Obtenção: O fruto Rosa Canina provém da roseira brava, um arbusto espinhoso e sempre verde da família Rosaceae encontrado principalmente na Europa, noroeste de África e Ásia ocidental.

Benefícios: O seu fruto, chamado rose hip, tem importantes propriedades antioxidantes graças ao seu elevado teor de vitamina C. Tem também um elevado teor de ácidos gordos insaturados. Ajuda a restaurar a firmeza da pele graças às suas propriedades nutritivas e adstringentes.

CAESALPINA SPINOSA GUM

Obtención: material 100 % vegetal derivado del endospermo de la planta leguminosa Caesalpinia spinosa, originaria de Perú.

Beneficios: agente espesante, estabilizante de emulsiones y texturizante en los productos cosméticos.

VITAMIN E

Extraction: Tocopherol is a vitamin found in vegetable fats and oils, cereals, nuts and green leafy vegetables.

Benefits: It is used in cosmetics for its antioxidant properties and it is also used as a skin conditioner. Skin-wise: it reduces stretch marks, improves skin texture, adds moisture and keeps it firm. Hair-wise: it improves scalp blood flow, stimulates hair growth and it is a good hair conditioner that gives extra shine.

ÓXIDO DE FERRO NEGRO

Obtenção: Pigmento de origem mineral.

Benefícios: Atua como corante negro.