Our Skin Blog
Ingredients: Bakuchiol
Bakuchiol, how we of sensitive and problem skin provenance love thee! If you’re as nuts about skincare and ingredients as we are, you are bound to have heard about bakuchiol and how it tackles pigmentation, fine linesand congestion and impurities – without irritation. Small wonder we stuck it in our new Brightening Treatment. Read on for more bakuchiol greatness!
Ingredients: Glycine soja seed extract
If you’re a skincare geek, like we are, you’ll know that an emulsion will always require an emulsifier, to enable mixing water and oil into an emulsion. The tricky part, though, when dealing with sensitive and problem skin, is that emulsifiers are surfactants, and surfactants can be hell on finicky faces. So imagine how stoked we were when we found the non-ionic (e.g. gentle) soy-based lysophospholipid emulsifier we use in the Hydrating Face Mask and Brightening Treatment! Read on for more INCI porn.
Ingredients: Giant kelp extract
Giant kelp extract from the Macrystis pyrifera kelp is a legendary skincare ingredient with top notch smoothing and hydrating properties. We tailor make our extract in France, so as to get the ratio between solvent and kelp the way we want. Read on!
Ingredients: Propanediol
It hydrates, dissolves, penetrates (sorry) and boosts preservative effect. Without any further ado, let us present propanediol, the glycol to end them all. And yes, it's plant-based, vegan and non-irritatating. Read on!
Ingredients: Argan oil
Argan oil, or argania spinosa kernel oil, functions as an emollient and skin conditioning ingredient in skincare.
Ingredients: PCA salts in skincare
PCA salts are the salt forms of L-Pyrrolidone Carboxylic acid or L-PCA and are amino acid derivatives.
Ingredients: Rhamnose
What brings that soothing punch to our Calming Treatment? A cocktail of three: madecassoside, ectoin and last, but not least, something called rhamnose. Let’s take a look at what rhamnose is and why it’s wonderful for battling irritated and inflamed skin – while decreasing fine lines.
Ingredients: Thickeners in cosmetics - a short guide
Generally, thickeners can be divided into water-based and oil-based ones.
Ingredients: Algae-derived silica
Silica has been used in cosmetics for a long time, as an absorbing agent and a mattifier. It’s found in in sandstone, clay and granite, plants and animals, but the one we use in our Clarifying Treatment is derived from the silica shells of a Swedish micro-algal group called diatoms and comes with one major additional benefit: cleansing and hydration in one go. Suffice to say it's great for sensitive and problem skin.
Ingredients: Madecassoside
Tigers are said to roll in it to heal their wounds, so what’s not to like? The Centellla asiatica plant, also known as Gotu Kola or Tiger Grass, is a perennial favourite in traditional Eastern medicine. It packs a powerful soothing, healing and hydrating skincare punch, and none so more than one of its main molecules, madecassoside.
Ingredients: Rosehip oil
Rose hip oil is a plant oil which is extracted from the seeds of the fruits of different types of wild rose bushes (Rosa Canina, Rosa moschata or Rosa rubiginosa).
Ingredients: Glycerine - the queen of humectants
Glycerine is one of the most common ingredients in skincare, and is used in pretty much all kinds of products. Here our chemist Jaana breaks down what it is, what it does and why it's such a great and versatile material.
Ingredients: Our top calming skincare ingredients
Ectoin Ectoin is a powerful, small, multi-tasking and natural stress-protection molecule, a so-called extremolyte.
Ingredients: Betaine
Betaine maintains the skin's moisture balance and strengthens the skin barrier even under very dry (environmental) conditions.
Ingredients: Liquorice root
Liquorice root extract improves the appearance of dry or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness, and possesses anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory properties.
Ingredients: What is a humectant?
Hydrating ingredients are used in cosmetic products to keep the product from drying out and to increase moisture content in skin.
Ingredients: Sidestreams
Put shortly, the term sidestream means something that is created as a by-product in the manufacturing process.
Ingredients: Preservatives in skincare
WHY ARE PRESERVATIVES USED IN SKINCARE? Water is the basis of all life and the perfect growth medium for micro-organisms.
Ingredients: Raspberry seed oil
With a high content of linoleic and alpha linolenic acids, raspberry seed oil is thought to have excellent anti-inflammatory properties and may alleviate skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and rosacea.
Ingredient: Xylitol
In skincare, xylitol is used as a humectant, meaning it has the ability to bind moisture in skin.
Ingredients: Oat kernel oil
Oat kernel oil in itself has a slightly thick consistency yet leaves a light and silky.
Ingredients: Bisabolol
It's a colorless viscous oil that is the main constituent of German chamomile essential oil.
Ingredients: Fatty alcohols and their use in skincare
We'll say it again: fatty alcohols are not the be confused with alcohol, e.
Ingredients: Ectoin
With it's soothing and hydrating properties, ectoin is one of our favourite multi-tasking ingredients for sensitive and problem skin. Read on to learn more about it and in which products we use it.
Ingredients: Poppy seed oil
Poppy seed oil is a virgin plant oil containing sterols and Vitamin E, and with a high linoleic acid content.