Autobronzeador facial natural

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.

SUNFLOWER OIL

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.

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.

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.

Extraction: They are fatty alcohols produced in nature in small amounts in plants.

Benefits: They have the ability to prevent an emulsion from separating into its oily and aqueous phases. These ingredients are also used to alter the viscosity of liquid products and to increase the foaming ability or to stabilize it.

Obtenção: É um composto obtido da reação do álcool cetearílico, com açucares derivados do trigo.

Benefícios: Trata-se de um agente emulsionante, que promove a formação de misturas íntimas entre líquidos não miscíveis, alterando a tensão interfacial (água e azeite). Reduz a tensão superficial dos cosméticos e contribui para a distribuição uniforme do produto quando se utiliza.

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.

Extraction: This ingredient is derived from Glycerin and Stearic Acid, a fatty acid obtained from vegetable oils.

Benefits: It acts as a lubricant on the surface of the skin, giving it a smooth appearance. It also prevents water loss by forming a protective barrier. Furthermore, in terms of formulation, it helps to stabilize emulsions.

Extraction: This ingredient of vegetal origin is obtained from coconut.

Benefits: It is an excellent emollient that provides an incredible sensation of smoothness to the skin. It is highly biocompatible with our skin so it has the capacity to penetrate and help it to repair itself.

Obtención: El aceite de almendras está compuesto por grasas monoinsaturadas (grasas saludables que se encuentran en alimentos de plantas), ácido oleico y ácidos linoleicos (como el Omega 3 y 6). El color es casi transparente, con toques amarillos o dorados, no tiene un aroma muy fuerte.

Beneficios: Actúa como estimulante en la formación de colágeno y elastina dando firmeza y elasticidad a los tejidos. Mejora y previene las arrugas y las estrías, de ahí que el aceite de almendras sea recomendado en diversos tratamientos anti-celulitis. Es antiinflamatorio, reparador y cicatrizante, protege la barrea cutánea, frena el envejecimiento y protege de los rayos UV, contiene vitamina E. 

ACEITE DE BABASÚ

Obtención: Se extrae de las semillas de la palmera Babasú.

Beneficios: Es una manteca nada untosa que se absorbe con rapidez y presenta unas excelentes propiedades suavizantes e hidratantes. Es muy eficaz para tratar pieles inflamadas, con eczema y picores, siendo utilizado tradicionalmente en Brasil para tratar problemas cutáneos.

Obtenção: Esta dihidroxiacetona vegetal, obtém-se a partir do trigo e colza (couve nabiça), mediante um processo eco-responsável, baseado em matérias-primas vegetais renováveis.

Benefícios: O efeito autobronzeador da dihidroxiacetona, deve-se à coloração da camada superior da epiderme. A dihidroxiacetona reage com as aminas, péptidos e aminoácidos da camada córnea, para gerar melanoidinas castanhas. É uma reação inofensiva e agradável para a pele que não necessita de exposição ao sol. É muito diferente do fenómeno de melanogénesis, gerado por estimulação UV.

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.

Perfume natural com notas frutais de melão e pêssego, notas florais de violeta, jasmim, rosa e bergamota.

Obtenção: A eritrulose, é um monossacárido que se obtém a partir do milho, mediante um processo eco-responsável baseado em matérias-primas vegetais renováveis.

Benefícios: Possui as mesmas propeiedades que a dihidroxiacetona, ao reagir com as aminas, péptidos e aminoácidos do extrato córneo, através da chamada reação de Maillard, que conduz à
produção de compostos castanhos, das melanoidinas. Estes pigmentos, ligados às proteínas da pele, aportam um efeito bronzeador de longa duração em questão de horas. Aporta um efeito baseado pelo sol, um bronzeado duradouro, de aspeto natural e um efeito mais suave na pele.

Obtenção: Obtém-se a partir da polpa da alfarroba. Fruto de Ceratonia siliqua L., uma árvore de folha perenne, cultivada nas regiões mediterrâneas quentes, de solos calcários e sub-expontâneos, em lugares secos e pedregosos, não muito afastados do mar.

Benefícios: Trata-se de uma molécula de baixo peso molecular, com uma estrutura próxima à glicose, e que está implicada em numerosos processos celulares. Quando o inositol entra em contacto com um melanócito, este ativo estimula a produção de melanina, mediante o aumento da síntese do principal segundo mensageiro da geração de melanina, o DAG. Estimulando o processo de bronzeado natural da pele.

Extraction: Lingonberries grow in 50 cm tall bushes that produce dark blue or red berries. They are abundant in natural pigments that act as antioxidants.

Benefits: It is very rich in vitamin C and antioxidant polyphenols. It stands out for its ability to recover the oxidative damage caused by solar radiation which reduces wrinkle appearance.

Obtención: Es un heteropolisacárido ácido soluble en agua, y producido principalmente, por una gran cantidad de microbios del suelo como: Agrobacterium, Rhizobium o Pseudomonas.

Beneficios: Ofrece buenas propiedades de suspensión, estabilizando las partículas de emulsiones y evitando la sedimentación. Además, se adapta a todo tipo de entornos de pH.

Obtención: La zanahoria es una hortaliza de la família de las apiáceas. Contiene carotenoides y vitamina B6. Se utiliza en alimentación, tanto cruda como cocinada y tiene un perfil nutricional muy bueno, gracias a su contenido en vitaminas y minerales.

Beneficios: Su alto contenido en carotenoides y vitamina C actúa como escudo foto-protector. Combate y previene el estrés oxidativo provocado por la luz azul, ya sea de origen natural o la producida por dispositivos electrónicos con pantallas. Revitaliza y mejora el tono general de la piel.

Obtención: El Levulinic Acid es un conservante de origen 100% natural obtenido de la degradación de la celulosa.

Beneficios: Es un conservante suave que ha demostrado controlar las colonias de microorganismos sin alterar la integridad, color ni pH de los otros ingredientes que incluye el producto. Tiene muy buenas propiedades antibacterianas.

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: It is directly obtained from soybeans, a legume with great nourishing and energetic value, it is very rich in protein as well.

Benefits: In cosmetics, it works as antioxidant, skin conditioning agent and / or surfactant.

Obtención: este ingrediente se encuentra de forma natural en el anís. Por lo tanto, su origen es 100 % vegetal.

Beneficios: Se trata de un innovador conservante natural, actúa como agente aromatizante, conservante y enmascarante de aromas.

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.

Extraction: Citric acid is a weak organic acid found in fruits like lemons or oranges. For instance, lemon juice contains between 5-8% of citric acid.

Benefits: Citric Acid and its sales of Diamonium, Potassium and Sodium help to preserve cosmetics. Citric Acid and its salts are also added to cosmetics to provide acid / base balance.

Extraction: Xanthan Gum is a polysaccharide 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, including bath products, makeup, skin and hair products and toothpaste.

Extraction: It is a fatty acid of vegetable origin. Beta-Sitosterol is naturally generated 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: Applied on the skin, it provides hydration and acts as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Obtenção: É a versão hidrogenada do esqualeno. É um triterpeno alifático, extraído do farelo do arroz, do gérmen de trigo e das azeitonas verdes. A sua origem é 100 % natural.

Benefícios: É um componente natural da pele e um bom emoliente e um restaurador de sebo, pelo que se emprega em tratamentos nutritivos para peles secas. Tem propriedades antioxidantes r estimula o sistema imunitário.

Extraction: It is a salt of benzoic acid.

Benefits: It is used as a preservative to allow the preservation of cosmetics. It is especially used to provide protection against the growth of fungi.

Extraction: It is the salt of sorbic acid. Sorbic acid is naturally produced as para-sorbic acid in mountain ash berries, Sorbus Aucuparia, Rosaceae.

Benefits: It protects cosmetics from deterioration by preventing or delaying the growth and reproduction of microorganisms.