This critical herb has immune-enhancing, antibacterial, antibiotic, and anti-viral properties and contains antioxidants, which protect our cells against free radical damage.
Skin conditioning
In skin care, conditioning is everywhere. Consumers have always wanted their skin moisturized, nourished, restored, and protected. Each of these benefits results from the activity we call conditioning.
Here are some of the most intriguing products for providing conditioning effects. They have performance properties offering "extraordinary" conditioning for the skin.
These are specialty ingredients that create memorable, distinctive features in skincare products – the kind of features that will help offerings stand out in the minds of customers.
From phospholipids to quaternaries, the products in the line are based on exceptionally creative chemistry, making them ideal ingredients for today's personal care products. Features such as mildness, substantivity, high performance, and multifunctionality are common in modern skin conditioners.Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter is a unique, 100% natural fatty active ingredient obtained by cold pressing a special selection of kernels from a group of palm trees belonging to the Astrocaryum species.
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract is a sugar-based tensor ingredient, that efficiently meets this expectation. An elastic, flexible molecule, it is a purified fraction of branched natural polysaccharides obtained from oats produced by organic farming.
The stratum corneum is the outermost layer of the epidermis, and this structure is made up of corneocytes and several classes of lipids.
Molecular association of bio-proteins and polysaccharides obtained from oats, Avena Sativa Protein Extract presents outstanding anti-wrinkle properties due to its action at both biological and mechanical levels.
The fatty acid profile of Persea Gratissima (avocado) Butter shows 49% C18:1 and 8.3% C18:2. It is a soft, buttery substance rich in vitamins A and E.
Avocado oil is rich in nutrients and has a big value in skin care products. It contains in its composition a large amount of easily digestible fats, vitamins, macro - and microelements, and other biologically active components.
Bipure is an innovative tetrapeptide obtained by condensation from azelaic acid and two molecules of the Dipeptide-10 (alanine-histidine).
Days continue to have 24 hours, but most people have the same feeling that they are insufficient to carry out all daily tasks, often having to deprive themselves of rest and leisure, such as physical activity.
Bacopa Monnieri Extract is an herbal anti-stress agent derived from Waterhyssop. It is based on the Ayurvedic healing system. It is an active ingredient in Sederma's complex called Bacocalmine™.
Bakuchiol is a derivative from the psoralea corylifolia plant used in oriental medicine. The first natural alternative to retinol.
Barley contains a large variety of vitamins, including beta carotene (provitamin A), thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (B2), pyridoxine (B6), cobalamins (B12), pantothenic acid (B5), and folic acid (B₉), which all play an essential role in dermal cells metabolism and necessary for normal functioning.
The honeybee produces an organic skincare ingredient, beeswax, which contains a mixture of fatty acids and esters. It is used in a range of organic skincare products as a thickener and emulsifier.
Behentrimonium Dimethicone PEG-8 Phthalate is a complex of a fatty quaternary compound and a carboxy silicone. It is an off-white to slightly yellowish solid wax with a mild odor.
Bellis Perennis Flower Extract is derived from Daisy flowers and has skin-brightening properties. Incorporated in skincare products, it fights against age spots, pigmentation disorders, and freckles and exhibits general skin-lightening activity.
Benzyl Laurate is an ester of Benzyl alcohol and Lauric acid, a clear yellow liquid. It is soluble in mineral oil, Jojoba oil, Almond oil, isopropyl myristate, Cyclomethicone, PPG10 Butanediol, and SD Alcohol 40B.
Benzyl Nicotinate (3-pyridine carboxylic acid phenylmethyl ester) is an ester of Niacin (nicotinic acid or Vitamin B3) with benzyl alcohol, a member of the nicotinate family of compounds with a rubefacient action on the skin.
Berry wax smoothens and softens the skin, moisturizes the lips and lends the hair a silky shine. It can guard the skin against harmful environmental factors by leaving an invisible protective layer.
Bertholletia Excelsa Seed Oil PEG-8 Esters is a complex ester based on Brazil Nut oil. It is known under the trade name Hydramazon Excelsa.
This carotenoid is found primarily in carrots and is used to give personal care products a yellow to orange-red color. The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A.
It is a valued ingredient in skin care preparations thanks to many beneficial effects on the skin, including anti-aging, immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, and antioxidant action.
A amino acid derived from beets that increases hydration and offers skin protection. Improves mitochondrial activity and balances moisture, reduces skin irritation.
The American Indians used birch tea made from Betula Alba leaves to help relieve headaches and found that poultices of boiled bark helped to heal burns, wounds, and bruises.
Bifida Ferment Lysate is a lysate (cytoplasm contents, cell wall fractions, and metabolites) of probiotic bifidobacteria with protective functions, disintegrated in a bioactive nutrient that brings a healthy balance to the skin.
Bioflavonoids have been used to maintain normal blood vessel conditions by decreasing capillary fragility (homeostatic). This fragility may result in the appearance of fine red lines in the skin, particularly around the nose.
Biosaccharide Gum-1 is an anionic biotechnological polysaccharide obtained by a bacterial fermentation process and is accepted for organic cosmetics. It is a moisturizing, soothing, anti-aging, and hair-sheathing cosmetic active ingredient providing a soft touch to formulations.
Our organism is controlled by a communication network that maintains physiological balance. This communication is a dynamic relationship maintained between a transmitter and a receiver through messages carried from a specific channel.
Biotin (Vitamin B7) rescues the skin. How? Let’s see. If you do not use it for a while your skin looks dull, it becomes dry, inflammation and wrinkles appear on it, the face ages faster.
Vitamin B Complex is a combination or mixture of eight essential vitamins that work together to bolster metabolism, maintain healthy skin and muscle tone, enhance immune and nervous system function, and promote cell growth and division - including that of the red blood cells.
Bis-PEG-20 Dimethicone is a white, waxy, solid, water-soluble silicone wax designed to boost foam and soften in personal care formulations. It provides a significant foam boost in shampoo and body wash formulations.