Acetylated lanolin alcohol is an ester of acetic acid and lanolin alcohol, an almost odorless, yellowish oil. It is used in skincare preparations and makeup as an emollient with a velvety feel.
Animal & insect derived
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.
Cera Alba is a beeswax obtained from the product excreted by certain glands of the honeybee from which the honeycomb is made. It is freed of solid impurities by melting and centrifugation (cera flava).
Crustaceans protect themselves from predators and pathogens by building a chitin-based cellular exoskeleton of calcite crystals and a microfibrillar organic structure.
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.
Hydroxylated Milk Glycerides is a derivative of the milk lipid fraction, a multifunctional ingredient derived from natural raw materials for personal care applications. It acts as an emollient, moisturizer, and pigment dispersant.
HydroxypropylTrimonium Honey is a low molecular weight quaternary derivative of honey to keep its natural charm and make it practically non-sticky.
Lactomide is a milky, opalescent, beige dispersion. It is a nanoparticle lipid dispersion that improves the constitution and structure of the ceramide-containing lipid lamellae.
Laneth-15 is ethoxylated lanolin alcohol with 15 moles of ethylene oxide, a nonionic surface active agent with a remarkable blend of branched-chain alcohols and sterols.
Laneth-5 is a lanolin alcohol ethoxylate with five moles of ethylene oxide. It is a nonionic surface active agent containing a unique combination of branched-chain alcohols and mixed sterols, the most important of which is cholesterol.
Rich in cholesterol, lanolin is well suited for the treatment of brittle hair and fingernails and dry and raw elbows, knees, and feet.
Lanolin Alcohol is an amber solid with a waxy consistency and faint odor. It is used as an emulsifier, stabilizer, thickener, moisturizer, and conditioning agent in personal care applications.
Lanolin oil is the lower melting point esters (liquid fraction) of lanolin, derived from the wool of sheep. It has a very characteristic odor.
Lanolin Wax is a lanolin derivative (a more dense and solid fraction of lanolin). It is a yellow-to-tan waxy solid with a mild, pleasant odor.
Milk Lipids is a waxy-sold, refined natural milk lipid fraction that provides conditioning, emolliency, and moisturization to both skin and hair. It is a natural ingredient that gives the skin a soft, smooth, and pliable appearance.
Pollen is as per scientific diction the male principle of the plant which is transported by the wind or the bees to the female flower to pollinate it. Pollen is the product, collected and formed into grain by the bees.
Bee pollen is a natural source of most known nutritional elements. It has been used as a healer of wounds and as a complete food with many essential vitamins, minerals, and fats.
Royal Jelly Extract is a light-to-medium amber liquid with a characteristic odor that contains essential nutrients and biologically active substances like 10-hydroxydecanoic acid, royalisin, and apisin.
Snail Secretion Filtrate is obtained from the secretion of the garden snail Helix aspersa (Müller). This snail species has existed for 600 million years and has adapted to extreme climatic conditions.
Sodium Lauroyl Hydrolyzed Silk is a silk-based anionic surfactant and is designed for higher-end brands, products, and customers enjoying silk as part of the cleansing process and label content.
Soap making is an ancient art that is made by combining a fatty acid base (sodium hydroxide or Lye - a naturally occurring mineral) with oils or fats in a process known as saponification.
