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Rich in Vitamins A and E and omega 3, Apricot oil is known for its anti-aging properties. An excellent emollient, it deeply nourishes and protects your lips.
This rare botanical oil is often used in hair care products and valued for its coating and nourishing properties.
L'huile d'Açaï est riche en phénoliques capables de piéger les radicaux libres et de combattre les effets néfastes du stress oxydatif.,
Elle contribue à lutter contre le vieillissement cutané tout en nourrissant la peau grâce à sa teneur en oméga 9.
This wild berry is packed with Vitamin C (20 times richer than an orange), so it really revitalizes! It's perfect for stimulating collagen production, to firm and smooth the skin.
Native to the Indian Ocean region, this plant has muscle-relaxing properties. It smoothes out wrinkles and fine lines, and works to reduce the intensity of skin microcontractions, which are responsible for the formation of expression lines (crow's-feet, frown lines between the eyebrows, nasolabial folds). It also helps to smooth out fine lines and visibly smooth the eye area upon application. For a Botox-like effect, but without the needles – or the risks!
The gentle action of AHAs, extracted from Blueberry, Lemon, Orange, Cane Sugar and Maple Sugar, stimulates epidermal renewal, acts on dark spots and energizes the skin, for a radiant complexion.
Alfalfa Sprout extract helps to restore density to the skin. It is rich in proteins, amino acids, vitamins (A, B, C, D, E, K), minerals and trace elements (iron, phosphorus, zinc, copper, selenium, silica, magnesium). It also contains Vitamin U – a rare vitamin that contains an epidermal growth factor. It promotes skin regeneration, helps to reduce expression lines, and inhibits collagen-breakdown enzymes.
One of the most widely used medicinal plants, Aloe Vera is used to treat burns, including sunburn, to heal wounds and to combat cellular aging. Its composition is very interesting: like a cactus, it contains over 99% water. The remaining 1% is a very potent synergy of 12 vitamins (A, B1, B2, B3, B12, C, E...) but also numerous minerals, trace elements and amino acids.
This ultra-gentle oil is very pleasant to apply and leaves skin looking velvety and feeling soft. It has emollient properties, nourishes the skin and protects against drying. It softens, strengthens, promotes skin repair and also soothes itching and irritation.
Rich in lipid components, including nourishing and softening squalane and sterols, it helps to protect the skin and nourishes it when it is particularly receptive.
Amyris essential oil helps alleviate the pressures of the day-to-day, relieves tired minds and brings clarity. When used on the skin, it helps slow down the signs of aging.
This remarkable plant with adaptogenic capabilities is also known as Yellow Clover. It activates microcirculation, regulates sebum, refines skin texture, protects the skin and provides anti-inflammatory action.
Rich in Vitamin E and omega 3 fatty acids, its oil helps to restore the skin's hydrolipidic film and increases the supply of nutrients to skin cells, to slow down the effects of aging.
The arnica flower extract comes from theArnica montanaplant, which grows mainly in Europe and North America. In cosmetics, it is used for its soothing, anti-inflammatory, and healing properties, making it ideal for calming irritated and tired skin.
Stimulates the synthesis of collagen and elastin, thus improving skin’s elasticity and tone.
Astragalus falls into the category of adaptogenic plants – plants that have a balancing effect on the body and help it to cope with stress. More recently, Astragalus has been used in cosmetics, where it has been shown to have beneficial properties. It’s rich in polyphenols, enabling it to stimulate the synthesis of collagen and elastin, thus improving skin’s elasticity and tone.
Nourishes, protects and restructures. Avocado Butter is excellent for mature and/or very dry skin. It is rich in linoleic acid (omega 6), oleic, palmitoleic and palmitic acids.
The Atlas cedar is native to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and Algeria. Its essential oil, extracted from the wood, is known for its soothing and toning properties, promoting relaxation. It is frequently used in aromatherapy to reduce stress and enhance concentration. Atlas cedarwood oil is also renowned for its antiseptic properties, beneficial for the skin and respiratory system.
The use of activated charcoal goes back to ancient times; it was used by the Egyptians for its many medicinal properties. It is known and renowned for its extraordinary adsorption capacity and has purifying and detoxifying properties. In cosmetics, it is used as an active ingredient in soaps because it works deep down to remove impurities, toxins and sebum that have built up during the day without damaging the skin's hydrolipidic film. Its incredible adsorption capacity can be explained by its highly porous composition, with countless pore-like cavities.
This ancient shrub from the Amazon region is still used daily by the native Indians to protect the skin and treat minor skin problems. It purifies and helps to rid skin of unsightly blemishes (spots, blackheads, etc.).
Rich in essential fatty acids, vitamins (A, D, E), and antioxidants, it has nourishing, moisturizing, and regenerating properties. It easily penetrates the skin, promotes elasticity, and helps soothe irritations. It is particularly beneficial for the eye contour due to its hydrating and regenerating qualities. It helps nourish the thin and delicate skin in this area, while reducing the appearance of dark circles and fine lines thanks to its fatty acids and vitamin E. It stimulates collagen production, which improves skin elasticity and reduces signs of fatigue. Additionally, its anti-inflammatory properties help calm puffiness under the eyes.
Rich in antioxidants and omega 3 – a combination that provides intense hydration and enables cell membranes to maintain their suppleness and vitality. Epidermal cohesion and hydration are boosted; skin feels velvety soft again.
Some of its components stimulate beta-endorphins in the skin – also known as feel-good molecules. With its lipid-replenishing and anti-inflammatory properties, Skullcap flower is like a guardian angel for your skin.
Works to restore skin’s density, with Atlantic Wakame, or Alaria esculenta – a brown seaweed found in the cold waters of the Atlantic. Its fat composition gives it numerous benefits: it is rich in sterols and fatty acids, which help to slow dehydration. It has an antioxidant activity, which helps to maintain cellular communication in the skin. Atlantic Wakame also helps to protect collagen and elastin against enzymatic attacks, and to maintain skin’s suppleness and elasticity. Skin feels firmer, better hydrated, smoother and more toned.
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Moisturizes and helps to maintain the elasticity of the skin.
In its three forms (high, medium and low molecular weight), it hydrates, smoothes and maintains the proper functioning of cellular cohesion.
The oil extracted from hemp seeds is rich in omega 3 and 6, linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid. It helps to protect against external aggressions, providing the skin with elements essential for its structure and to maintain its youthfulness.
Helichrysum hydrosol, with circulatory and healing properties, helps to even out skin tone and prevent the appearance of minor blemishes.
L'Honokiol est l’une des molécules actives du magnolia. C'est un excellent antioxydant utilisé depuis plusieurs centaines d'années en médecine orientale.
Hyssop extract is known to soothe sensitive or irritated skin, reduce redness and relieve skin irritations.
It invigorates, nourishes, softens and soothes. Rich in sugar, vitamins and amino acids, honey promotes skin hydration, healing and regeneration and helps to calm irritations.
This balancing and softening oil is very appreciated by oily and acne-prone skin, and it leaves a non-greasy finish. It is rich in linoleic acid (omega-6), oleic acid (omega-9), palmitic acid and stearic acid.
This primitive plant has a rich and complex composition, which makes it a classic ingredient in pharmacopoeia. Its richness in silicon – an element involved in the formation of collagen, which builds the skin's support tissues – gives it excellent firming properties. Both invigorating and purifying it also contains tannins and saponins – astringent molecules that tighten pores. Horsetail is therefore known to promote tissue firmness and elasticity while maintaining a good level of hydration in the upper layers of the skin.
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Restructures, enhances skin hydration while increasing its ability to trap moisture.
This green seaweed has a velvety texture, and the one we use is harvested on the Emerald Coast of Brittany.
Rich in sulfated polysaccharides, glucuronic acid and minerals, which enhance skin hydration, it deeply hydrates the skin, while increasing its ability to trap moisture. Within 72 hours, its restructuring action on the stratum corneum leaves skin visibly plumped.
Corn Starch helps to absorb and control sebum, to prevent caking, while its soothing properties make it ideal for sensitive and reactive skin.
Cocoa butter is bursting with benefits! It contains omega-9 (monounsaturated fatty acids) that strengthen the skin’s hydrolipidic film, so it feels supple and hydrated. But that’s not all... It also contains polyphenols and free radical-fighting antioxidants. Then there’s stearic acid and palmitic acid – saturated fatty acids with film-forming and nourishing properties that help to protect skin against environmental aggressors. There’s also theobromine, the "feel-good molecule" found in chocolate that has a psychostimulant and mood-lifting effect (so that’s why we love chocolate so much!), and even caffeine, known for its invigorating properties.
Cornflower Floral Water is used as a tonic or lotion to help soothe irritations, reduce redness, and revive the skin's radiance. Its action extends not only to the delicate skin around the eyes but also to the entire face. Cornflower hydrosol also contains active ingredients capable of neutralizing the effects of eye irritations, styes, or conjunctivitis.
Calcium helps to improve cell renewal and strengthen epidermal cohesion, so that skin regenerates effectively.
The extract taken from this medicinal flower is known for its softening and healing properties.
Cette baie sauvage de Laponie est exceptionnellement riche en polyphénols anti-radicalaires et en flavonoïdes. Connus pour leur effet sur l'élasticité et la densité de la peau, ils sont capables d'inhiber l'enzyme responsable de la dégradation du collagène et du développement du tissu adipeux. Les vertus de la Camarine en font aussi une alliée appréciable pour prévenir les vergetures.
Ideal for skin detox and clearing the complexion. It promotes cell growth, helps to tighten tissues and can soothe irritated skin.
This small lipidic molecule belongs to the cannabinoid family and can help significantly with many ailments. It is able to interact with the endocannabinoid system, which helps to regulate the cells in our immune system and is present in the skin.
This plant has been used in traditional medicine for over 2,000 years, to improve the healing process. This ability is directly linked to its two main constituents: saponosides (madecassoside, asiaticoside) and triterpenes (asiatic acid, madecassic acid). These molecules are involved in the production of collagen and fibroblasts – cells that play an important role in tissue regeneration.
Chaga is the most antioxidant of all natural superfoods known to man! Like all adaptogens, Chaga helps to defend your body – and your skin – against environmental stresses. This mushroom grows on birch trees, and it contains a high percentage of antioxidants, as well as ß-glucans, which have the power to stimulate your immune system and protect cellular DNA while reducing inflammatory responses.
Commonly used in Asian medicine, it contains rare fatty acids that are known to soothe irritated and damaged skin. It also helps to even out skin tone, which makes it very useful when spots have left their mark…
This freshwater microalga works to rebuild collagen and restore density to connective tissues. It also helps to firm the eye area and combat redness and dark circles.
Carnauba wax (Copernica Cerifera) is entirely natural and comes from Brazil.
It has filmogenic properties and is mainly used in makeup products, especially in lipsticks and mascara, because it stiffens the formula without hardening it, and makes it more resistant to heat.
Purifiante et tonifiante, l'huile essentielle de Citron est appréciée pour sa senteur délicate et ses propriétés assainissantes pour la peau.
The oil that keeps on giving! Coconut oil is a marvel of nature that not only delights with its delicious scent, but also works hard to nourish and repair sensitive skin. The texture of coconut oil is easily absorbed, enabling it to deeply moisturize, soothe irritations and soften the skin.
This well-known powerful antioxidant provides energy to the mitochondria of cells, and in doing so helps to optimize cellular functions.
Cucumber is loved by combination and oily skin. It is rich in vitamins (A, B, C, E), oligo-elements and minerals (potassium). It boasts hydrating properties, as well as revitalizing ones for skin that tends to look dull!
Extracted from coriander seeds, it is known to promote a healthy digestion. It is also a toning and purifying active ingredient ideal for blemish-prone skin.
Cotton oil has deeply nourishing, regenerating and healing properties.
Cotton oil is rich in both essential and monounsaturated fatty acids, which give it deeply nourishing, regenerating and healing properties. It helps to re-form the hydrolipidic film, while softening the skin. This oil has a dry and silky feel, and absorbs quite quickly without leaving a greasy residue.
Extracted from castor seeds (Ricinus Communis), it is fortifying and does wonders on the nails, lashes, eyebrows and hair (when applied onto the scalp).
It is also mainly used in makeup products because it gives a natural glossy finish and enables pigments dispersion. Castor seed oil also has nourishing and repairing properties, which makes it a great ingredient for the lipcare products!
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Fights dark spots thanks to the active ingredient Helionori®, which offers a new alternative to chemical sunscreens. It prevents the formation of sunburn cells and premature photo-aging.
Neroli hydrosol has a calming, reassuring scent that can help you to fall asleep, so it's perfect before bedtime! Ideal for dry skin, it works to improve suppleness while providing regenerating benefits. With very mild antibacterial properties, it helps to gently restore skin's balance.
Nigella oil is very rich in omega-6 and 9, which nourish, protect and promote skin suppleness. Very aromatic, it is also an excellent soothing and purifying active ingredient.
Its extract helps to soothe the skin and acts at the base of lashes, to strengthen them.
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This natural essence comes from the land of Australia and its benefits are indisputable! Gentle on the skin, Tea Tree oil is known for its antiseptic and antibacterial properties. It helps to keep impurities away and purify the skin without drying it out.
Well known in Polynesia, Tamanu oil is renowned for its regenerating properties and its ability to help balance reactive or blemish-prone skin. It also helps fade dark spots and scars by activating cell repair, and boosts circulation.
Tapioca starch comes from the roots of cassava, a plant native to South America. In cosmetics, it is valued for its absorbent properties, ideal for controlling excess sebum. Its soft texture also makes it a popular ingredient in powders and creams. Additionally, it soothes sensitive skin due to its softening properties.
Used by the Mayans and known as the "skin tree," tepezcohuite is rich in tannins and anti-free radical bioflavonoids. It helps to rebuild the skin.
This bacteria (a healthy one!) lives in the sea, at a depth of over 2 km, and boasts exceptional self-protection abilities, which enable it to survive in a particularly harsh environment. It works to protect the skin against external aggressions.
Thyme flower is known for its purifying, soothing, and antioxidant properties. Rich in flavonoids, it helps protect the skin from external aggressions, balance excess sebum, and calm irritations. Its purifying action makes it an ideal ingredient for blemish-prone skin.
A gemstone from metamorphic rock, full of energy, it fights dark circles by improving microcirculation.
Native to India, Tulsi is known for its purifying, antibacterial and antiseptic properties. Its detoxifying action makes it ideal to deeply purify, diminish redness and control sebum production, to leave skin matte.
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This natural shield works to regulate and stabilize skin microflora and prevent the development of undesirable bacteria. With anti-inflammatory properties, it helps to re-establish the skin's optimal physiological balance.
Mango is best known for its delicious, juicy flesh, but inside this fruit is a flat kernel that contains a valuable seed. When mango seeds are cold pressed, they yield a butter that’s rich in active compounds.
Packed with antioxidants, phytosterols, and polyphenols – which help to slow down skin aging – and rich in Vitamins A, B1, B6, C and E, as well as copper, Mango Butter also contains squalene and fatty acids, both of which are essential for collagen production and skin hydration. Mango Butter is the perfect ingredient for soothing skin damaged by the sun or cold, and restoring the hydrolipidic film.
Rich in mucilage, which traps moisture, this emollient ingredient is incredibly softening and perfect for improving skin hydration.
Maca boasts exceptional nourishing properties and contains vitamins, trace elements, amino acids and flavonoids. It is also known for its invigorating, revitalizing, anti-stress and aphrodisiac properties.
Restructures, nourishes, protects and soothes skin and lips.
Macadamia oil is extracted from cold-pressed macadamia nuts and highly recommended for fragile and dry skin and lips. It's also a great preventive treatment to avoid stretch marks during pregnancy.
A natural anti-stress mineral, it inhibits muscle micro-contractions, which, over time, cause wrinkles and fine lines to form.
Le suc de cette fougère noire de Nouvelle Zélande est utilisé depuis toujours par les Maoris pour ses vertus cicatrisantes. C’est un puissant régénérateur tissulaire, actif à la fois sur les fibroblastes et les kératinocytes. Des études in vitro et in vivo ont montré une augmentation de +48% de la prolifération cellulaire. Il renforce le derme et lifte grâce à sa composition riche en polysaccharides.
Mandarin zestis used in cosmetics for its toning and refreshing properties. It helps stimulate blood circulation while providing antioxidants that protect the skin from external aggressions. It is also valued for its purifying and brightening effects, giving the skin radiance and glow.
Très utilisée au Maroc pour ses propriétés apaisantes, la marguerite bleue, aussi appelée Alypon qui signifie « calme la douleur », contient des agents anti-irritants et anti-radicalaires. En inhibant la synthèse des médiateurs pro-inflammatoires, l’extrait de marguerite bleue diminue les sensations d'inconfort et la réactivité des peaux sensibles tout en freinant le vieillissement cutané.
Marjoram essential oil is extracted from the flowering tops of marjoram. It is known for its soothing, purifying, and toning properties, making it ideal for irritated or blemish-prone skin. It helps calm redness, purify the complexion, and revitalize the skin.
The seeds of this tree from South Africa yield an oil that contains eight times more Vitamin C than an orange. A potent antioxidant, it also has excellent protective properties for the skin.
Millet is an ancient cereal originating from Asia and Africa. In cosmetics, millet is valued for its moisturizing, nourishing, and softening properties, attributed to its richness in amino acids, minerals, and vitamins. It is frequently utilized to promote hydration and enhance skin elasticity. Additionally, it contains antioxidants that protect the skin from free radicals.
Myrtle is a Mediterranean plant whose leaves and berries have beneficial properties for the skin. In cosmetics, myrtle is used for its antioxidant, antibacterial and astringent properties, as well as its pleasant scent.
La myrtille est reconnue pour ses propriétés antioxydantes, hydratantes et apaisantes. Riche en vitamines et en polyphénols, elle aide à protéger la peau des agressions extérieures, à raviver l’éclat du teint et à renforcer la barrière cutanée. Son action régénérante en fait un allié idéal pour les peaux fatiguées et ternes.
To detoxify your skin. This elegant perennial can be found in abundance near rivers and springs. It boasts excellent draining properties, which are put to use in infusions, but also in products applied to the skin. Meadowsweet contains flavonoids and Vitamin C – both of which are potent free radical scavengers – as well as iron, sulfur and calcium. It also has astringent properties, to help tighten and tone, for firmer-looking skin.
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Absorbs impurities and tightens pores, without drying the skin.
Astringent and refreshing, it tones the skin, boosts microcirculation and helps to firm tissues.
Loved by reactive skin, wild pansy helps to improve the skin's repair process. An excellent detox ingredient, it contains tannins that gently regulate sebum production and mucilage that soothes the skin.
This elegant plant has the power to strengthen the epidermal junction. It contains components that support the activity of elements playing a key role in keeping skin toned, while also invigorating cell renewal in the upper layers of the skin to improve its surface texture and radiance.
White willow bark contains salicylic acid, which is known to stimulate skin cell renewal, smooth the skin and help control blemishes thanks to its exfoliating and antibacterial properties. The tannins in willow have an astringent effect, making it excellent for firming skin tissues and tightening pores.
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The orange color of this oil is due to its high carotenoid content – and carotenoids give skin a natural glow! Sea-buckthorn oil is the ultimate repairing oil. Rich in omega 3 and 6, as well as sterols, it soothes and repairs irritated skin, helps to maintain elasticity, and regenerates the hydrolipidic film.
Sandalwood oil is extracted from the heartwood of the sandalwood tree. It is valued for its moisturizing, soothing, and regenerating properties, making it perfect for dry or mature skin. It helps reduce redness, soften the skin, and promote a radiant, even complexion.
Sugarcane is known for its exfoliating, hydrating, and brightening properties. Naturally rich in glycolic acid, it helps remove dead skin cells, promote cell renewal, and enhance skin radiance. Its smoothing action makes it an ideal ingredient for a fresh and glowing complexion.
Loved by sensitive and reactive skin, Safflower oil is rich in vitamin K. This vitamin intervenes in the process of blood coagulation and is therefore very interesting for skin suffering from rosacea.
Safflower oil also contains elements derived from serotonin (the happiness hormone) and vitamin E, which both have restructuring and reparative properties, and promote skin elasticity.
The Samphire we’ve used comes from the coasts of Brittany, where it grows on the rocks. Rich in vitamins (A, B2, B15, C), beta-carotene, minerals and trace elements, it’s an excellent ingredient for the skin, but the high phenolic acid content is what gives it its «retinol-like» activity. Unlike retinol, however, it does not irritate the skin. Samphire improves skin thickness, boosts collagen production, and stimulates fibroblasts.
Sugar maple is known for its hydrating, exfoliating, and anti-aging properties. Naturally rich in organic acids and polyphenols, it promotes cell renewal, enhances skin elasticity, and provides a natural glow. Its softening action makes it an ideal ingredient for smooth, radiant skin.
Soybean oil, extracted from soybean seeds native to Asia, is rich in essential fatty acids, vitamin E, and antioxidants. In cosmetics, it nourishes and protects the skin, strengthens the skin barrier, and helps retain hydration. Its lightweight texture makes it ideal for dry and mature skin.
With moisturizing and repairing properties, shea butter helps to combat skin aging, prevent stretch marks and protect the skin. It softens all skin types, even the most sensitive, relieves itching and irritation, helps to diminish stretch marks and promotes healing. It even protects against sun damage!
Spearmint is known for its refreshing, purifying, and soothing properties. Rich in antioxidants, it helps balance the skin, reduce imperfections, and provide an instant toning effect. Its purifying action makes it an ideal ingredient for combination to oily skin.
St John's Wort extract is traditionally used for its anti-inflammatory and healing properties. This skin softener helps to strengthen the skin and soothe irritations.
Sweet orange essential oil is extracted from the fresh zest of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) using a steam distillation process. It is known for its fresh and fruity scent, as well as its calming and relaxing properties. In addition, sweet orange essential oil can be used as an antiseptic to help eliminate bacteria and germs in the air or on surfaces. It can also help stimulate digestion and relieve symptoms of constipation.
This antiseptic herb promotes healing and has regenerating properties: it helps to prevent premature skin aging, tightens, purifies, cleanses and refreshes without damaging the skin. It also tightens dilated pores and helps to balance the skin by controlling sebum secretions.
Rich in fatty acids, this oil helps to regenerate skin and soothe irritations. It contains many natural antioxidants (vitamin E, lecithin and sesamolin), which help to protect cells from oxydation, therefore preventing the early signs of skin aging. It's also an excellent oil for sensitive and reactive skin that seek comfort.
Silica is a very fine and gentle powder that, in addition to absorbing excess sebum, provides a silky finish on the skin. With its round, porous microspheres, it reduces the oily finish moisturizers can have, giving a fresh, velvety, and powdered effect.
The round shape of the microspheres diffuses light, helping to blur wrinkles and imperfections and smooth the appearance of the skin's micro-relief.
Sodium hyaluronate is a salt derived from hyaluronic acid, a molecule naturally present in the body, particularly in the skin, joints, and eyes. It is primarily obtained through bacterial fermentation.
In cosmetics, it is valued for its powerful hydrating properties, as it can retain up to 1000 times its weight in water. This helps to plump the skin and reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. It is also used to soothe and protect the skin barrier, promoting smoother and more hydrated skin.
This humectant occurs naturally in the skin and increases epidermal hydration by trapping moisture in cells.
Both purifying and detoxifying, Spirulina absorbs impurities, tightens open pores, and significantly reduces the appearance of blemishes.
Basically, Spirulina contains everything your skin needs to be firm, smooth and plump! Packed with proteins, essential fatty acids, minerals and vitamins, it feeds your skin with a diet of high-performance nutrients! Spirulina owes its beautiful bluegreen color to an amazing substance called phycocyanin – a pigment that is also one of the most powerful antioxidants ever identified.
Even more effective than Vitamins A, C, D and E, it reduces free radical activity and helps to protect cells. Both purifying and detoxifying, Spirulina absorbs impurities, tightens open pores, and significantly reduces the appearance of blemishes.
Rich in omega-6, Sunflower oil is perfect to fight dryness and skin dehydration. It slows down water loss, plumps the skin and helps to maintain its elasticity and suppleness.
According to legend, the concubine Yang Guifei owed her beauty to this Chinese mushroom. Boasting exceptional hydrating properties, it replenishes moisture and helps to restore the skin's barrier function. It significantly reduces cellular oxidation, thus fighting the skin-aging process. Snow Mushroom is said to be 10 times more powerful than hyaluronic acid.
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Rich in nourishing and hydrating proteins, oat is the perfect ingredient for sensitive and reactive skin. Avenanthramides – a type of antioxidants only found in oat – help to relieve irritation, redness and itching. This grain also contains phosphorus, manganese, magnesium and iron, among others.
Olive tree leaf extract contains a powerful molecule called oleuropein. It boasts incredible antioxidant and purifying properties, making it a great tool for blemish-prone skin and to help delay the first signs of skin aging.
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass (like rhyolite) composed of silicon dioxide. Its natural color goes from gray to deep black, and it has a density of 2.4.
Obsidian Roll-On has been used in China for thousands of years as a massage tool, for its anti-aging properties. It appeared a lot more recently in Occident, where it is used in holistic treatments and skincare routines as a lymphatic drainage tool.
Obsidian properties: boost blood circulation, promote healing and reduce muscular tensions. It is also said to repel bad energies and help find balance.
Squalane is naturally present in our skin, but it can also be obtained from olive oil and sugarcane. It is an exceptional emollient that provides deep hydration without clogging pores. Squalane helps maintain the skin barrier by limiting moisture loss, making it ideal for dry and sensitive skin. It is non-comedogenic, lightweight, and quickly absorbed, leaving the skin soft and smooth. It has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, helping to soothe and protect the skin against environmental aggressors.
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Native to the tropical forests of South America, babassu comes from the nuts of the babassu palm. Its oil is valued in cosmetics for its moisturizing, softening, and protective properties, making it ideal for dry and sensitive skin.
Bai Zhu, also known as Atractylodes macrocephala, is a medicinal plant native to China. In cosmetics, Bai Zhu is valued for its anti-inflammatory and soothing properties, helping to calm irritated skin. Thanks to its active compounds such as polysaccharides, it promotes skin hydration and help to maintain your natural skin’s balance. When used in skincare products, it provides a soothing and revitalizing effect on the skin, while offering nourishing benefits.
Also known as "love in a puff", the balloon vine is an annual plant rich in alkaloids, essential fatty acids, saponins and phytosterols. It helps to calm irritations and redness.
This extract contains silica, which works by mimicking the cellular cement, promotes calcium binding and stimulates the synthesis of support molecules, such as collagen. Ideal for an instant firming effect.
On extrait de ses graines une huile riche en acides gras essentiels et en vitamine E qui aide la peau à lutter contre les radicaux libres.
Burdock is a plant that has been used for centuries in traditional medicine for its beneficial properties for the skin. In cosmetics, burdock is used for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant properties, as well as its potential to regulate sebum production.
Basil essential oil is extracted from the leaves of Ocimum basilicum, a plant native to India. It is known for its purifying, soothing, and toning properties. It helps balance oily skin, calm irritations, and revitalize the complexion.
Cet actif provient du zeste du fruit du bergamotier, cultivé principalement en Italie. Elle est appréciée pour ses vertus purifiantes, apaisantes et tonifiantes, idéale pour les peaux grasses ou sujettes aux imperfections.
This prebiotic helps to rebalance, maintain and stimulate the skin's ecoflora – the body's first line of defense against environmental aggressions. By helping good bacteria to grow, to the detriment of "bad" bacteria, it helps keep skin healthy while regulating its pH balance.
Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a natural polysaccharide derived from the fermentation of sorbitol, a sugar alcohol extracted from corn. This ingredient is appreciated for its exceptional moisturizing properties for the skin. Thanks to its unique molecular structure, it forms a protective film on the skin's surface, preventing water loss while offering long-lasting hydration. It soothes and calms sensitive skin while reducing irritations.
Bisabolol is a natural soothing active derived mainly from chamomile. In cosmetics, it is used to calm irritation, reduce redness, and support skin healing, even for sensitive or reactive skin.
Particularly rich in tannins, Birch Sap makes a superb detox ingredient. It purifies the skin and helps to soothe irritations.
It increases cellular oxygen consumption, improving protein synthesis. Cellular cohesion is strengthened; the skin's microrelief is smoothed.
Borage oil is great for maintaining hydration and suppleness to the skin. Its richness in omega-6 (linoleic and gamma-linolenic acids) gives it regenerating and restorative properties. It calms and soothes sensitive and irritated skin and maintains the balance of the hydrolipidic film.
Beeswax contains Vitamin A, which gives it natural moisturizing, soothing and nourishing properties. It envelops the skin in softness and protection and is particularly effective in protecting against environmental damage.
Barley sprout extract is rich in polyphenols and protects cells against external aggressions thanks to its excellent antioxidant properties.
Bay laurel essential oil is extracted from the leaves of the bay laurel, a shrub native to the Mediterranean region. It is valued for its purifying, toning, and soothing properties. It helps balance oily skin, reduce blemishes, and revitalize tired skin.
The stem cells of this plant fight glycation (a phenomenon that prevents the renewal of collagen fibers), thus promoting cellular balance while helping to tighten tissues.
Bitter orange essential oil, also known as bigarade, is derived from the leaves, twigs, or flowers of the bitter orange tree. This actif is valued for its soothing, regenerating, and balancing properties, ideal for stressed or dull skin. It helps calm irritations, tone the skin, and restore a radiant complexion.
Black pepper is valued for its stimulating, toning, and detoxifying properties. Rich in antioxidants and warming compounds, it boosts microcirculation, helps decongest the skin, and provides a revitalizing effect. Its energizing action makes it a great ally for glowing, toned skin.
Blue Tansy, also known as Blue Chamomile, grows throughout Europe, and particularly in Mediterranean regions. It was revered by the Egyptians and has appeared in botanical pharmacopoeias for centuries, where it is recommended for alleviating allergic reactions. When its leaves are distilled, they yield a blue-colored essential oil that's rich in chamazulene – a compound known for its calming and soothing properties, which immediately relieves reactive skin, or skin damaged by the cold or UV rays.
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Caffeine is an excellent vascular toner that helps to drain the eye contour area by stimulating microcirculation. By narrowing the diameter of small blood vessels, the purplish pigmentation of dark circles, caused by the color of the blood capillaries, is durably reduced. Additionally, caffeine has antioxidant properties. It helps protect cells against free radicals generated by UV radiation and slows down the process of photoaging of the skin.
Galactoarabinan is a natural polysaccharide primarily extracted from the larch tree, native to cold regions of North America. It is used in cosmetics for its hydrating and protective properties. By strengthening the skin's barrier, it helps reduce transepidermal water loss, keeping the skin moisturized. It also promotes gentle exfoliation by stimulating cell renewal and improves skin texture, making it smoother and more radiant.
Résine extraite d’une plante de Perse, le Galbanum est utilisé en cosmétique pour ses propriétés purifiantes et régénérantes. Il contribue à tonifier et à revitaliser la peau.
Principe actif de l’huile de Son de Riz, le Gamma Oryzanol est doté de fortes propriétés antioxydantes (dix fois plus que la vitamine E...).
Certaines de ses propriétés s’apparentent à celles d’un filtre solaire naturel, mais attention, il n'est pas reconnu comme un facteur de protection. Le Gamma Oryzanol est utilisé quotidiennement en médecine orientale comme tonique.
Wheat germ oil is rich in vitamins A, D, and E, providing nourishing and reparative properties for the skin. It helps improve skin elasticity, fight signs of aging, and soothe dry or irritated skin. Its antioxidants also help protect the skin from external aggressions.
Ginger is a medicinal plant that has been used for thousands of years. One of its main benefits in cosmetics is its anti-inflammatory effect, which helps to reduce the appearance of acne, eczema, and other inflammatory skin conditions.
Ginger can also help soothe irritated skin and reduce redness. Its powerful antioxidant properties help prevent damage caused by free radicals, which damage skin cells and accelerate the appearance of premature aging signs such as wrinkles and age spots. Ginger is also an excellent natural exfoliant. Regular use of skincare products containing ginger can help remove dead skin cells, improve skin texture, and reduce the appearance of enlarged pores.
Called a "living fossil," the Ginkgo Biloba tree is incredibly tough and resilient, and has lived on Earth for over 250 million years. For centuries, it’s been used in Asia for its therapeutic, circulation-boosting and oxygenating properties. In cosmetics, it’s mostly used for its high concentration of flavonoids, and because it tones and promotes drainage, thus helping to firm tissues. It contains sesquiterpenes, with soothing benefits, making it ideal for sensitive and irritated skin, while its ability to improve microcirculation helps to relieve redness, for a more even, radiant complexion.
Its invigorating properties are dramatically enhanced when it's combined with remineralizing and firming Bamboo.
A powerful antioxidant, it protects skin against free radicals, which destroy collagen and elastin.
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The flower heads help to combat stress, including skin stress, by calming irritations and reactions. Chamomile is also a mild astringent, which makes it an excellent toner for all skin types.
Rosehip, derived from the fruit of the wild rose, is rich in vitamins and antioxidants, offering regenerating benefits for the skin. It helps hydrate, soothe, and repair the skin while reducing signs of aging. Its anti-inflammatory properties also make it an excellent ally against skin irritations.
The rose geranium, originating from South Africa, yields an essential oil extracted from its leaves and stems. This oil is valued for its antibacterial, healing, and anti-inflammatory properties, promoting skin health. It balances sebum production, tones the skin, and is used in aromatherapy for its relaxing effects.
Rich in omega 3, omega 6 and Vitamin E, it helps to fight the effects of aging and keep skin supple and radiant.
Rice powder is known for its mattifying properties, helping to control excess oil and reduce shine. It provides a smooth, soft finish, making it ideal for setting makeup and prolonging its wear.
Rich in antioxidants, rice powder also helps protect the skin from environmental damage. Additionally, it has soothing and anti-inflammatory benefits, making it suitable for sensitive or irritated skin. Its fine texture allows for easy blending and a natural look.
The natural pigment from red radish, rich in anthocyanins, is used in lip care for its antioxidant and coloring properties. It provides a natural pink-red tint while protecting the lips from environmental stress and premature aging. Perfect for combining color and care in a lip balm.
Rhodiola, also known as "golden root", is an adaptogenic plant that has been used for centuries in traditional medicine for its beneficial properties for health. In cosmetics, Rhodiola is used for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as its potential to stimulate collagen production.
Rosemary is a powerful antioxidant plant, and it also has soothing and purifying properties. It is therefore an exceptional active ingredient for sensitive skin and those prone to imperfections.
L’huile de rose musquée contient de la vitamine C, un puissant antioxydant, et de la vitamine A, un rétinoïde dont on extrait notamment le rétinol. Elle est également riche en acides gras essentiels, en particulier en acide oléique, en acide palmitique, en acide linoléique et en acide gamma linolénique. Les antioxydants contribuent à lutter contre les effets des radicaux libres, des molécules qui endommagent l’ADN et accélèrent le vieillissement cutané.
Rich in polyunsaturated essential fatty acids, it has a regenerating and antioxidant action.
Rice bran oil is ideal for reducing signs of aging and soothing irritations. It helps restore skin elasticity while protecting it from external aggressions, such as sun damage, thanks to its high content of vitamin E and antioxidants that neutralize free radicals. Rice bran oil provides lipids that strengthen the skin's protective barrier and the structure of the epidermis.
Named for its ability to come back to life with the first drop of rain. Rich in polyphenols, it helps to protect against skin dryness while stabilizing moisture levels and the epidermal lipid barrier. It also helps to increase skin's resistance to irritation and improve its repair process. Its revitalizing action can still be felt 48 hours after application.
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Lemongrass essential oil, extracted from the leaves of tropical lemongrass, originates from Southeast Asia. In cosmetics, it is valued for its purifying, toning, and antibacterial properties. It helps balance oily skin and restores radiance and freshness to the complexion.
Lavender essential oil is extracted from the flowers of true lavender, cultivated since ancient times, mainly in France and Italy. This actif is renowned for its soothing, regenerating, and purifying properties, making it perfect for sensitive or blemish-prone skin. It helps calm irritations, reduce redness, and promote soft, balanced skin.
Lemon balm essential oil both purifies and regulates, thanks to its anti-inflammatory and purifying properties.
This soothing ingredient helps to reduce redness. It also inhibits tyrosinase, responsible for dark spots. It is rich in glycyrrhizic acid and flavonoids, making it a wonderful ingredient to soothe sensitive or irritated skin, and to brighten the complexion.
Both softening and soothing, it restores suppleness to very dry and sensitive skin.
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A unique, incredibly light feel, and a naturally high essential fatty acid content. Fatty acids help to rebuild the skin’s lipid barrier, and promote good intercellular cohesion in skin cells.
Desert Date oil also helps to prevent moisture loss in the skin, while offering nourishing and softening benefits. It contains minerals (Potassium, Calcium, Copper, Zinc, Iron, Sodium) and Vitamins A, C and E, which give it antioxidant properties.
This microorganism found in the oceans provides mechanical exfoliation. The fine granules, with their rounded form, lift away dead cells without damaging the skin.
Damask rose hydrosol is obtained from the distillation of the petals of the Damask rose, a flower primarily grown in Bulgaria, Morocco, and Turkey. It is valued for its soothing, anti-inflammatory, and hydrating properties, suitable for all skin types, especially sensitive skin. This hydrosol helps calm irritations, balance the skin's pH, and refresh the complexion. It is also rich in antioxidants, making it a great ally against skin aging.
Originating from Damascus, this precious oil is known for its moisturizing, anti-aging, and soothing properties. It’s perfect for mature or sensitive skin.
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This magnificent flower helps to strengthen the skin's defense system. Rich in polysaccharides and historically used by the Sioux Indians, its skin-healing benefits are the result of its anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and anti-bruising properties.
Ses tannins sont utilisés pour leurs vertus astringentes qui resserrent les tissus de la peau. Ils vont tonifier efficacement les zones sensibles de la peau.
Rich in antioxidants and chlorogenic acid, Edelweiss is a plant from cold regions that boasts many skincare benefits.
This calming and softening ingredient protects against skin stress. It has emollient properties and contains flavonoids, to stimulate microcirculation in the upper layers of the skin and even out the complexion.
Rich in linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid, this oil helps to rebuild the skin barrier, support skin cell regeneration and slow down the effects of aging.
Extracted from the leaves of exotic verbena, this actif is known for its relaxing and soothing properties. It helps calm irritations and revitalize the skin.
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Frankincense essential oil, also known as olibanum oil, is extracted from the resin of the Boswellia tree. Primarily originating from Africa and Asia, this precious oil is rich in beneficial compounds for the skin, including monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. It is known for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and healing properties. It can help soothe skin irritations, reduce redness, and promote cell regeneration, making it a valuable ingredient for addressing signs of skin aging. It is also used for its soothing fragrance in skincare and wellness products.
L'huile extraite de sa fleur, rare et précieuse, est très riche en vitamines, minéraux et acides gras essentiels, elle régénère et restructure l'épiderme. La peau est revitalisée et les traits lissés.
Flax seeds are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants. They are used for their nourishing, moisturizing, and soothing properties, helping to improve skin texture and strengthen hair. They are also beneficial for fighting inflammation and maintaining supple skin.
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Smoothes out wrinkles and fine lines, with Pomegranate seed oil. Rich in antioxidants, Vitamins B and C, polyphenols and fatty acids (punicic, oleic and linoleic), this oil promotes skin regeneration and helps skin to effectively fight free radicals. It also improves hydration and strengthens the skin’s protective barrier function.
Evens out skin tone, with Poet’s Narcissus. Known for its medicinal properties since ancient times, Poet’s Narcissus helps to prevent and reduce the appearance of dark spots by working to reduce melanin production, for a more even complexion.
L’huile essentielle de pamplemousse est extraite du zeste du fruit du pamplemoussier, originaire des Caraïbes. Elle est reconnue pour ses propriétés tonifiantes, purifiantes et astringentes. Elle aide à resserrer les pores, équilibrer l’excès de sébum et raviver l’éclat du teint.
The extract we chose is quite unique and was selected for its CBD-like properties. This means that it interacts with the cannabinoid receptors in the skin in the same way as CBD, while offering the same properties: improving skin comfort, reducing irritation and blemishes, regulating sebum production, and stimulating endorphins in the skin.
Native to the Middle East, this medicinal plant yields an oil with incredible nourishing properties, rich in omega 3 and 6. It moisturizes, repairs, and rapidly soothes irritated skin and lips.
The essential oil of Petit Grain Bigarade is obtained from the leaves and branches of Citrus aurantium, also known as bitter orange. This essential oil is used in aromatherapy for its calming and relaxing properties on the nervous system, as well as its regulating properties on the skin, making it useful for oily and acne-prone skin. It can also help reduce the appearance of scars and stretch marks.
Ce champignon très puissant est largement utilisé dans les médecines d’Extrême-Orient. On estime qu’il est présent dans 10% des préparations médicales chinoises traditionnelles ! On lui attribue de nombreuses propriétés immunologiques, anti-tumorales et anti-inflammatoires. En apaisant le système nerveux central, il calme les angoisses et diminue les tensions. En application cutanée il va contrôler l’inflammation, aider la peau à rétablir sa fonction barrière face aux agressions extérieures et ainsi diminuer la réactivité de la peau.
A regulator of cellular exchanges, it helps to prevent puffy eyes in the morning.
Purslane is rich in beta- carotene, macroelements (Mg, K, Ca, Na, P) and trace elements (Fe, Cu, Se), which give it the ability to help heal lesions caused by skin conditions and acne.
Pracaxi oil is simply bursting with benefits! It nourishes without leaving an oily film on the face, helps to improve the condition of the skin and stimulates cell renewal. It contains behenic acid – a saturated fatty acid that helps to protect skin against environmental aggressions.
This plant resin, collected by bees, is known to be a potent purifying ingredient. It also stimulates skin regeneration.
Hautement apaisante et adoucissante, cette plante, très riche en mucilages, est dotée de nombreuses vertus. Ingérée, elle permet de régulariser les fonctions digestives et de modérer l’appétit. En application cutanée, ses téguments en se gonflant d’eau vont créer un film émollient et libérer une action analgésique et anti-inflammatoire due à la présence d’aucubine. Le Psyllium contient également de l'acétonide et du plantamajoside réputés pour réduire les oedèmes… autant dire une promesse d’apaisement immédiat.
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Both calming and softening, this easily absorbed oil sinks into the skin without leaving a greasy feel. It protects against dryness and wrinkles by slowing water loss from skin cells. It helps to rebalance the skin and control sebum production, protects and softens, and is suitable for sensitive skin. With regenerating and anti-aging benefits, it works to maintain skin elasticity and suppleness (activates elastin metabolism) and smooth and firm the skin.
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This repairing ingredient is rich in essential fatty acids (omega 3 and 6), which contribute to the formation of the hydrolipidic film and help maintain the skin's structure. It plumps skin damaged by the cold, as well as mature and tired skin.
Also known as "long-life mushroom," this age-old remedy – which has been used for thousands of years in China and Mongolia – is now well known in the western world. Kombucha is rich in amino acids, vitamins and nutrients, which are more easily absorbed due to the fermentation process used to make it. Fermentation also has the advantage of increasing the concentration of active ingredients, through the phenomenon of biosynthesis.
Considered an adaptogen, this ingredient has antioxidant and hydrating benefits, promotes cell renewal, and is excellent for skin that lacks energy. It helps to improve radiance by preventing and slowing down glycation, which can play a major role in skin aging. It also stimulates the synthesis of lipids by adipocytes, thus helping to restore volume to hollow areas. Basically, it provides a sort of natural, self-generated, lipofilling effect!
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This revitalizing ingredient contains numerous minerals and vitamins (A, C, B1, B2, K) that help to revive the skin.
Ylang-Ylang essential oil is known in aromatherapy for its amazing soothing properties.
It contains monoterpene esters, which help to reduce pain from stress and agitation, such as stomach aches, on a physical level. When applied to the skin, it helps reduce inflammation, soothe irritations and tone the skin. Blemish-prone or easily irritated skin will love it!
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This ingredient both remineralizes and detoxifies. The exfoliating action of this scrub is provided by the fine particles of this lava powder. Its rounded granules lift away dead cells without damaging the skin – which can happen with more abrasive salt or sugar scrubs. In lithotherapy, which harnesses the healing power of stones, Rhyolite is even attributed with the ability to deepen our resolve to look resolutely to the future… So what could be better for an energizing morning, to really give you some get-up-and-go?
Vitamin E (or tocopherol) is a powerful natural antioxidant. In cosmetics, it protects the skin from oxidative stress caused by free radicals, helps prevent premature aging, and strengthens the skin barrier. It also stabilizes cosmetic formulas.
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This purifying trace element helps to prevent the growth of bacteria on the skin and neutralize free radicals. It also helps to strengthen keratin (nails, hair).
