Recent scientific evidence indicates that honey is also a potent would healer—an excellent antibacterial agent and humectant.
Humectant
Humectants are one of the primary building blocks of hair and skin care cosmetic formulations. Humectants are materials that are hygroscopic and are capable of retaining moisture over a wide relative humidity range.
In cosmetics they play an important role in hydrating the skin and hair, making them feel softer, enhancing suppleness, flexibility, and stretchability. They help to alleviate the drying conditions which threaten the appearance and well-being of the skin and hair caused by the environment.
Simply put, humectants have the ability to bind water to their molecules and want to do this to achieve a stable free energy state. Consequently, they are always very soluble in water.
Honey is a sweet, viscous, golden-colored liquid food. Bees gather nectar from flowers and transport it back to the hive in their honey sacs.
HyaCare is a hydrolised hyaluronic acid with unique Anti-Aging properties. Boosts natural short- and long-term moisturisation, strengthens the tissue, restores skin elasticity, minimizes lines and wrinkles and makes skin feel soft and delicate.
An exceptional humectant with multiple science-proven benefits. It noticeably diminishes fine and coarse lines, enhances skin elasticity and volume.
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate is a modified poly-glucose matrix that is used to encapsulate active and non-active cosmetic ingredients. This method of encapsulation protects the components during vigorous heating allowing the products to be prepared as anhydrous powders.
It can improve both hair manageability and skin smoothness. In addition, hydrolyzed collagen has unique water-binding and texturizing properties, which enable it to bind to the water held by the hair shaft.
Many manufacturers hydrolyze (divide long chains) mucopolysaccharides derived from natural sources like shrimp shells. Those hydrolyzed glycosaminoglycans are perfect-matching and ready-to-use building blocks for skins' own dermatan and hyaluronan production.
Hydrolyzed/oligomeric hyaluronic acid can penetrate into the deepest skin layers and store the moisture there in a targeted manner. The skin image is upholstered.
Keratin is made up of fibrous proteins rich in sulfur-containing amino acids, an essential component present in skin, hair, and nails. Hydrolyzed keratin is a mix of peptides and amino acids obtained from the controlled bio- or chemical hydrolysis of proteins from natural origin.
Hydrolyzed Linseed Seed is a hydrolyzed protein derived from Flax (Linseed - Linum Usitatissimum). It imparts benefits to skin and hair care products and is particularly suited to products based on natural concepts.
Hydrolyzed silk is a fragmented silk protein, peptides, and amino acids. "Smooth as silk" is a phrase that conveys sensuousness and elegance as no other words can.
The biotechnological processes used to produce hydrolyzed wheat bran make it possible to recover 100% of wheat bran protective chemistry in a bio-available form.
HydroxypropylTrimonium Honey is a low molecular weight quaternary derivative of honey to keep its natural charm and make it practically non-sticky. It is a substantive humectant suitable for hair and skin for leave-on and rinse-off applications.
Rich in a potent antioxidant, Emblicanin, Indian Gooseberry (Phyllanthus Emblica) fruit extract is completely free of pro-oxidation activity.
Inositol is a powerful skin moisturizer and a substance that optimizes the skin's water-lipid barrier. Inositol molecules are incorporated into membrane lipids, enhancing the natural defenses of the skin.
Leaf cabbage contains good sources of Vitamins A, B6, and C, manganese, potassium, sulfur, and beta carotene, which is a powerful antioxidant and key player against free radicals and other age-related changes in the skin.
A vital part of skin’s NMF (Natural Moisturising Factor), Lactic Acid moisturizes and hydrates skin while stimulating collagen renewal. It is naturally occurring in various food and milk, so the FDA permitted this organic acid for usage as an ingredient in cosmetics and skincare formulations at concentrations lower than 12%.
Lactose is good probiotic as it's a nutrient for Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria. Meanwhile, the majority of harmful bacteria and yeast unable to hydrolyze (into galactose and glucose) and consume it. It changes and improves skin microbiota balance providing a healthy, youthful, and refreshed appearance.
Lauryl Methyl Gluceth-10 Hydroxypropyldimonium Chloride is a quaternary ammonium salt of ethoxylated methyl glucose and dimethyl dodecyl ammonium substituted epoxide.
Mannitol has hydrating and antioxidant properties that make it an ideal ingredient for use in skincare formulations.
Mannose is a simple monosaccharide sugar, a stereoisomer of glucose found in many plants and the human body. It plays an essential role in biological processes in the human body, particularly in protein glycosylation.
Maris Aqua is a highly purified seawater that contains, on average, 3.5% of minerals and trace elements, mainly table salt (Sodium Chloride).
Maris Sal is a salt obtained by evaporation of seawater, an edible ingredient in crystalline form or concentrated 30% solution.
Rich in antioxidants and oleic acid, this nut oil has been treasured for centuries in Africa as an invaluable skincare treatment.
Methyl Gluceth-10 is an ethoxylated methyl glucose ether derived from natural raw material (corn). It is a pale yellow syrup (liquid) with a moderate viscosity and a mild odor.
Methyl Gluceth-20 is an ethoxylated methyl glucose ether, a pale, yellow, moderate-viscosity syrup (liquid) with a mild odor. It is an effective humectant in rinse-off and leave-on skin care products such as lotions, creams, and body cleansing formulations.
Methyl Glucose Dioleate is an amber, viscous liquid. It is a diester of methyl glucose and oleic acid. It is an efficient, nonionic, water-in-oil emulsifier with an HLB value of 4.4. It exhibits good mildness and safety suitable for modern personal care products.
Historically, Bayberry (Myrica Cerifera) has been used in folk medicine for its tonic, stimulant, and astringent properties, but the most popular use of this herb is for making candles.
Palmitoyl sh-Tripeptide-1 Amide is a low molecular weight synthetic recombinant lipo-peptide derived from FGF-1 (fibroblast growth factor -1) that is involved in various cellular processes, including angiogenesis, keratinocyte organization, and wound healing.
Palmitoyl sh-Tripeptide-2 Amide is a low molecular weight lipo-peptide derived from Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor (TNFR) that inhibits TNF-α ( tumor-necrosis factor-α). It is known under the trade name Tenefrin™.