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Acerola Powder
Acerola Powder, also known as Barbados cherry, is particularly suitable for blemish-prone or oily skin, as well as for dull, tired and uneven complexions. Rich in vitamins C and E, it helps slow down skin ageing by protecting cells and stimulating the skin’s natural collagen production.
Renowned for its effectiveness on cellulite, orange-peel appearance and stretch marks, acerola works deeply thanks to its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, energising and antioxidant properties. It thus helps remineralise and detoxify the skin while restoring its radiance and vitality.Incorporated into a skincare routine, acerola powder promotes smoother, more even skin with a youthful glow.
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Almond oil BIO
Organic Virgin Sweet Almond Oil is obtained by cold pressing almonds, preserving all its nutrients, vitamins (A, B, D, E), and essential fatty acids (omega-6 and omega-9). Its composition, rich in minerals, proteins, and phytosterols, makes it a high-quality natural care ingredient, renowned for its softness and purity.
Particularly suited to fragile and delicate skin, including that of children, it provides deep hydration, soothes irritations, and relieves skin discomfort (redness, eczema, mild burns, itching). Nourishing and softening, it prevents dryness, supports skin elasticity, and helps fight against skin aging. -
Arjuna Bark Extract
Arjuna Bark Extract (Terminalia arjuna) comes from a tree native to India, renowned for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine for its protective and regenerative properties. Obtained through an eco-friendly oleo-extraction process, it preserves the full richness of its active molecules.
Rich in antioxidant polyphenols, this active protects the skin from premature aging and helps repair damaged tissue. It stimulates cell regeneration, improves elasticity, and contributes to firmer, smoother skin.Thanks to its content of oleic acid and lecithin, this extract strengthens the skin barrier, maintains hydration, and leaves the skin soft, supple, and soothed. Its anti-inflammatory properties bring comfort and vitality, even to sensitive skin.
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Baking soda
Baking Soda is a versatile ingredient suitable for all skin and hair types. Moisturizing, refreshing, and gently exfoliating, it soothes irritations, sunburns, and minor burns while softening the skin and hands. Used in a bath, it provides relaxation and comfort, and can also be incorporated into facial care as a gentle cleanser.
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Baobab oil
Virgin Baobab Oil is obtained by first cold pressing without solvents or chemicals. Rich in vitamins A, D, E, and F as well as fatty acids (nearly 70% of its composition), it helps strengthen the skin barrier, maintain hydration, fight free radicals and inflammation, and promote healing.
It is particularly suited to dry, dehydrated, rough, or weakened skin (chapping, calluses, redness, irritations) as well as to mature, tired, or stretch mark- and scar-prone skin. Emollient and protective, it prevents skin dryness and, thanks to its fluid, non-greasy texture, penetrates quickly while leaving the skin soft and satiny.Used in creams, oils, lotions, masks, scrubs, serums, or after-sun care, virgin baobab oil actively supports skin regeneration. Its soothing, reparative, and restructuring properties make it an effective anti-aging treatment, while improving skin firmness and elasticity.
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Bee wax
Beeswax is suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin, and is particularly beneficial for dry, dehydrated, rough, or eczema- and psoriasis-prone skin. Nourishing and protective, it helps maintain skin hydration and prevents dryness.
A natural preservative, it extends the stability of formulations while offering a local and responsible alternative to exotic plant waxes, which often have a greater environmental impact.Found in these products:
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Butterfly Lavender Active
Butterfly Lavender Active is a natural anti-wrinkle and lifting ingredient derived from butterfly lavender (Lavandula stoechas) organically grown in Portugal. Thanks to supercritical CO₂ extraction, it retains a pure and concentrated composition, particularly rich in fenchone.
A true plant-based alternative to Botox, it does not paralyze muscles but gently relaxes the contractions responsible for expression lines in a reversible way, while preserving the face’s mobility and expressiveness. It also promotes skin regeneration, improves hydration, and restores softness and radiance to the skin.Found in these products:
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Cacao butter BIO
Organic cocoa butter is naturally rich in fatty acids (stearic, oleic, palmitic, linoleic) as well as vitamin E, phytosterols, and squalene. Solid at room temperature and highly resistant to oxidation, it is a valuable base in cosmetics.
Ideal for dry, sensitive, or damaged skin, it deeply hydrates, nourishes, and protects against dryness. Emollient and restorative, it helps regenerate fragile skin, soothe redness and irritation, while restoring suppleness, firmness, and elasticity. Its richness in antioxidants also gives it an anti-aging effect, preventing skin aging and leaving the skin soft and satiny.Utilisé dans les baumes, pommades ou sticks à lèvres, il apporte confort et protection.
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Carrot Oil
Carrot Oil Macerate is suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin. Rich in beta-carotene, phenolic acids, flavonoids, and triglycerides, it gives a healthy glow by brightening dull and tired complexions.
Thanks to its antioxidant content, it promotes cell regeneration, protects the skin from external aggressions, and helps maintain its elasticity. By strengthening the hydrolipidic film, it preserves hydration and leaves the skin supple, soft, and revitalized. -
Citric Acid
Citric acid, naturally present in plants such as lemon and also produced by the human body, is a versatile ingredient widely used in cosmetics. It acts as an effective astringent, helping to tighten pores, reduce blemishes, and refine skin texture.
Particularly suitable for oily, blemish-prone, or acne-prone skin, it helps regulate excess sebum and improve the appearance of blackheads and enlarged pores. In formulations, it lowers the pH of products to respect the skin’s natural balance (pH 5.5) and enhance the effectiveness of preservatives.Beyond its skin benefits, citric acid extends the shelf life of products and is used in effervescent formulations such as bath bombs when combined with baking soda.
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Echinacea Extract
Hydroglycerin Extract of Echinacea is particularly suitable for mature, dry, dull or tired skin as well as for sensitive scalps.
Naturally rich in antioxidant phenols, it helps slow down skin ageing, protects against free radicals and promotes healing. Its hydrating, softening and regenerating properties soothe irritations and restore comfort to fragile skin. Detoxifying and toning, echinacea revives the skin’s radiance and brings it vitality. -
Edelweiss Macerate
Edelweiss Macerate (Leontopodium alpinum), a symbol of the Swiss Alps, is renowned for its ability to withstand extreme conditions such as wind, intense cold and UV radiation. These exceptional survival properties are reflected in its oil macerate, obtained by macerating the flowers in a gentle plant oil, which concentrates its protective and antioxidant actives.
This macerate is particularly rich in flavonoids and phenolic acids, powerful antioxidant molecules that neutralise free radicals responsible for premature skin ageing. Thanks to its soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, it effectively calms redness, irritation and itching, making the skin more comfortable and resilient to external aggressions.Revitalising and healing, it promotes the regeneration of weakened or damaged skin while enhancing its suppleness and elasticity. Its gentleness makes it suitable for all skin types, even the most sensitive. Thanks to its rich sensory profile and Alpine heritage, Edelweiss oil macerate brings a unique dimension to cosmetic care, combining dermatological efficacy with natural heritage.
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Enantia Chlorantha Bark Extract
Enantia Chlorantha Bark Extract is obtained through solvent-based extraction, which isolates active compounds such as protoberberines and oleanolic acid. This plant-derived ingredient is particularly renowned for its sebum-regulating properties.
It reduces sebum production by limiting both the number of sebocytes and the activity of 5-α reductase. This mechanism helps to decrease shine, reduce pore size by an average of one third, and refine skin texture.At the same time, Enantia Chlorantha Bark Extract hydrates and soothes the skin while promoting cell regeneration and providing antioxidant protection. It is therefore an ideal active for achieving a clear, even, and mattified complexion.
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Grape Seed Oil
Organic Grape Seed Oil is rich in vitamin E and polyphenols, powerful antioxidants that help protect the skin from oxidative stress and premature aging. Light and non-greasy, it absorbs easily and leaves a soft, satiny finish.
Emollient and softening, it enhances skin elasticity, nourishes, and actively supports epidermal regeneration. It also stimulates microcirculation and promotes normal collagen and elastin production, helping to maintain firmness and tone.Thanks to its high antioxidant content, grape seed oil helps combat visible signs of aging, protects the skin from external aggressions, and restores comfort and vitality.
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Green Tea Macerate
Green Tea Oil Macerate is suitable for all skin types, even the most sensitive, as well as for all hair and scalp types.
Renowned for its soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, it provides real comfort to delicate skin by reducing redness and calming irritation. It also acts as an effective regenerating and repairing agent, helping restore weakened or damaged skin.
Rich in antioxidants, it helps prevent skin ageing by neutralising free radicals responsible for the signs of ageing. Used regularly, it helps maintain healthy, luminous and balanced skin while supporting the vitality and strength of the hair.Found in these products:
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Jasmine Macerate
Jasmine Oil Macerate is suitable for all skin types, including the most sensitive.
Rich and delicate, it primarily delivers a soothing action: calming irritation, reducing redness and restoring comfort to fragile skin. Its moisturising and softening power helps the skin regenerate and strengthen its protective barrier.Thanks to its regenerating and unifying properties, it brightens the complexion, revives dull and tired skin, and restores radiance and vitality on a daily basis.
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Laurel Berry Oil
Laurel Berry Oil is suitable for oily and acne-prone skin as well as for dry, dehydrated, sensitive, or irritated skin. It helps soothe redness, relieve tightness, and protect weakened skin, especially after sun exposure or shaving.
Astringent and purifying, it cleanses the skin and helps limit blemishes. Its reparative, softening, and soothing properties strengthen skin elasticity, preserve suppleness, and protect the skin from dryness.Found in these products:
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Lemon Verbena Hydrosol
Verbena Hydrosol is obtained from the distillation of verbena leaves and is renowned for its soothing, astringent and rebalancing properties. Rich in natural aromatic compounds, it helps calm fragile, delicate or irritation-prone skin.
Its softening virtues are particularly beneficial for sensitive skin or skin experiencing discomfort such as redness, chapping, eczema or sunburn. Its purifying and toning action also helps rebalance acne-prone or tired skin, restoring freshness and radiance.Its delicate, lemony and slightly floral scent gives verbena hydrosol a soothing sensory dimension, evoking softness and well-being.
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Lotus Macerate
Lotus Oil Macerate is a precious extract obtained by macerating lotus flowers in a gentle vegetable oil. A symbol of purity and harmony, it is valued in cosmetics for its multiple benefits, suitable for all skin types, even the most sensitive.
Softening and soothing, it calms feelings of discomfort and makes the skin more supple and comfortable. Thanks to its regenerating action, it helps repair weakened or damaged skin while strengthening its resistance to external aggressions.Naturally rich in antioxidants, this macerate helps combat oxidative stress and prevent the signs of skin ageing. It thus helps preserve the skin’s radiance, youthfulness and vitality, leaving it soft, luminous and balanced.
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Monoi Oil
Monoï Oil, originally from Tahiti, is obtained by macerating tiare flowers. Used for centuries in Polynesian tradition, it is renowned for its moisturizing, soothing, and restorative properties.
Suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin, it deeply nourishes, restores natural hydration, and helps calm redness or irritation. Softening and restructuring, it brings back elasticity, softness, and radiance to the skin.
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Organic Coconut Oil
Rich in nourishing fatty acids, Organic Coconut Oil protects and helps restore the skin’s natural hydration. Soothing and reparative, it calms redness and irritation while bringing suppleness and comfort. Its emollient and restructuring properties make it an ideal care ingredient for keeping the skin soft, smooth, and balanced.
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Organic Geranium Bourbon Hydrosol
Organic Geranium Bourbon Hydrosol is obtained from the distillation of the leaves and flowers of Pelargonium graveolens and is known for its natural balance between gentleness and efficacy. It contains aromatic compounds such as geraniol and citronellol, renowned for their purifying, soothing and toning properties.
Antioxidant, it helps protect the skin from oxidative stress and preserve its natural radiance. Its harmonising action makes it a particularly valued ingredient in treatments designed to restore vitality and comfort to skin prone to imbalance.Its soft, floral and slightly rosy scent adds an elegant yet refreshing touch, enhancing the sensory experience of this exceptional hydrosol.
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Organic Hazelnut Oil
Organic Hazelnut Oil is suitable for all skin types, including dry, dehydrated, sensitive, combination to oily, and mature skin. Nourishing and hydrating, it helps restore and maintain the skin’s natural moisture balance.
Its softening and smoothing properties enhance skin elasticity, leaving it softer and more supple. Protective and reparative, it supports the regeneration of weakened tissue and helps the skin better resist external aggressions.Non-comedogenic, it regulates sebum production, making it an especially good choice for combination to oily skin.
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Organic Jojoba Oil
Organic Jojoba Oil is a versatile care oil suitable for many skin types: oily and acne-prone, mature and tired, as well as dry, dehydrated, or sensitive skin. It is also beneficial for skin marked by stretch marks, scars, or cellulite, as well as for the eye contour area.
On the skin, it is restructuring and firming, restoring firmness and tone. Protective and softening, it improves hydration and elasticity while regulating sebum production to rebalance oily skin. Its regenerating and anti-aging properties help prevent skin aging and preserve the skin’s radiance. -
Organic Macadamia Oil
Organic Macadamia Oil is suitable for dry, dehydrated, fragile, or sensitive skin, as well as for oily or combination skin. Rich in essential fatty acids, it nourishes, protects, and helps preserve skin hydration.
Protective and restorative, it soothes weakened skin, stimulates blood circulation, and supports cell regeneration. Softening and smoothing, it enhances elasticity and leaves the skin silky, soft, and smooth. It can also be used after hair removal to provide comfort and protection. -
Organic Safflower Oil
Organic Safflower Oil is rich in vitamins K and E as well as omega-6, making it a complete care ingredient for dry, sensitive, mature, or devitalized skin. It soothes redness and irritation, protects against dryness, and revitalizes dull, tired skin.
Nourishing and replenishing, it supports skin regeneration, improves elasticity, and helps prevent the appearance of stretch marks. Its restructuring and firming action restores firmness and tone to the skin.Thanks to its dry texture, it absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy film, providing comfort and suppleness even to reactive or weakened skin.
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Organic Soybean Oil
Organic Virgin Soybean Oil is obtained by first cold pressing soybean seeds. Rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin E, it combines softening, emollient and nourishing properties that enhance skin elasticity and protect it from dryness.
It is particularly suitable for mature, dry, dehydrated or irritated skin, helping to regenerate and firm it. Soothing and reparative, it helps reduce redness, irritation and chapping while supporting the comfort of weakened skin.Thanks to its antioxidant and regenerating actives, soybean oil helps prevent wrinkles and dark spots, leaving the skin revitalised, soft and radiant.
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Organic Sunflower Oil
Organic Sunflower Oil is obtained by cold pressing sunflower seeds and is suitable for all skin types, even the most sensitive. Rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin E, it has anti-aging, emollient and softening properties that help maintain the skin’s hydration and suppleness.
Regenerating and reparative, it promotes skin renewal, enhances elasticity and density, and helps preserve firmness. It is therefore a natural care ingredient well suited to fragile, dry or early-ageing skin.Found in these products:
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Peppermint Hydrosol
Organic Peppermint Hydrosol is distilled from the leaves of Mentha piperita and is renowned for its high menthol content and active aromatic compounds. It stands out for its purifying, toning and refreshing properties, which bring comfort and vitality to the skin.
By acting on skin microcirculation, it helps tone blood vessels and reduce sensations of heat, contributing to a more even and radiant complexion. Its purifying effect helps rebalance skin prone to shine and irregularities, while its soothing properties bring relief to weakened skin.Its fresh, crisp and mentholated scent delivers an immediate pleasant feeling of coolness, characteristic of peppermint, enhancing both its functional and sensory appeal.
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Plant-Based Butylene Glycol
Plant-Based Butylene Glycol is a bio-sourced alternative to conventional butylene glycol, which is typically derived from petrochemicals. More environmentally friendly, it provides the same functional properties while offering a sustainable option for natural cosmetic formulations.
Versatile in use, it acts as a humectant by retaining water in the skin, an emollient by softening it, and a solvent by improving the solubility of other ingredients. It also enhances the penetration of active ingredients, stabilizes formulations, and improves product texture and application. -
Plant-Based Emollient
Our emollient is an innovative, bio-based ingredient that offers an excellent alternative to silicones and mineral oils in cosmetics. Produced through a fractional distillation process, it delivers high purity and meets the most stringent ecological standards, such as the Nordic Swan label.
Valued for its silky feel comparable to silicone, it softens and smooths the skin without a greasy effect, while making textures more pleasant to apply. Beyond enhancing sensory comfort, it also improves the delivery of active ingredients within formulas for optimal efficacy.
Suitable for facial care, body care, hair care, makeup and even fragrances, it combines performance, softness and environmental responsibility.Found in these products:
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Plant-based Glycerin
Plant-based glycerin is obtained from coconut oil through a saponification or hydrolysis process that isolates this naturally hydrating ingredient.
It acts as a powerful humectant, drawing water into the skin and preventing dehydration. Emollient and protective, it softens the skin, improves its elasticity, and provides comfort—even for sensitive skin.
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Red Vine Macerate
Red Vine Oil Macerate is suitable for all skin types, including the most sensitive, as well as for all hair and scalp types.
Valued for its circulatory and toning properties, it stimulates microcirculation, restores vitality to the skin and revives its radiance. Purifying and astringent, it helps regulate skin prone to imperfections and acne.
Its richness in antioxidants promotes cell regeneration, contributing to smoother, firmer and visibly younger-looking skin. Thanks to its anti-aging properties, it effectively fights free radicals responsible for skin ageing.Found in these products:
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Rose Hydrosol
Damask Rose Hydrosol (Rosa damascena) is obtained by distilling rose petals. This gentle process concentrates part of the aromatic molecules of the essential oil while preserving the water-soluble compounds responsible for its skin benefits. It contains active elements with anti-inflammatory, astringent and healing properties, as well as antioxidants that help protect cells.
Soothing and purifying, it calms redness, irritation, eczema, chapping or discomfort linked to sun exposure. Its astringent properties help tighten pores, tone the skin and support its natural balance.Toning and regenerating, the hydrosol restores radiance and vitality to dull complexions while promoting skin elasticity and firmness. Its delicate, refined floral scent, rich in aromatic nuances, offers a unique sensory dimension and creates an immediate feeling of well-being.
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Rosehip Oil
Organic Rosehip Oil is obtained from the seeds of the plant and stands out for its richness in essential fatty acids and vitamins A and C. It promotes cell regeneration, improves skin elasticity, and supports its natural vitality.
Nourishing and reparative, it deeply hydrates, helps reduce scars, stretch marks and wrinkles, and restores firmness and tone to the skin. Its emollient and soothing properties enhance the comfort of sensitive skin and help reduce redness and irritation.Thanks to its antioxidant content, it has an anti-aging action and helps prevent premature skin ageing. Revitalising, it brightens the complexion and leaves the skin soft, supple and regenerated.
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Sea Fennel Extract
Sea Fennel Extract (also called rock samphire) is a halophyte plant that naturally grows on rocky coasts exposed to wind, salt and sea spray. Thanks to these extreme conditions, it has developed an exceptional richness in minerals, iodine, vitamins and trace elements. Traditionally recognised for its medicinal virtues, sea fennel is now highly valued in cosmetics. Its extract, rich in essential fatty acids, phytosterols and active molecules, provides anti-pollution, anti-ageing and balancing benefits.
Key benefits
– Regulates sebum and mattifies the complexion
– Reduces wrinkles and fine lines
– Helps prevent the appearance of dark spots
– Stimulates the skin’s natural exfoliation
– Strengthens the skin barrier and hydration
For all skin types: versatile and gentle, sea fennel extract is suitable for dry, oily, sensitive or mature skin alike. A true daily protector, it supports the skin against external aggressions (cold, wind, pollution, heat) and restores radiance and vitality. -
Sea Fennel Macerate
Sea Fennel Macerate (Crithmum maritimum) is a coastal plant growing on cliffs and rocky areas by the sea that has developed strong resistance to extreme conditions such as salt, wind and sun. These protective and revitalising properties are found in its oil macerate, obtained by macerating the aerial parts of the plant in a gentle vegetable oil.
Rich in flavonoids, natural iodine and antioxidant compounds, this macerate helps stimulate skin microcirculation, promoting the elimination of toxins and skin regeneration. Its draining and firming properties make it a key ingredient in anti-cellulite care, helping to restore skin firmness and tone.Astringent and purifying, it balances skin prone to imperfections while restoring radiance and vitality. Thanks to its anti-aging benefits, it protects against the effects of skin ageing and helps maintain a youthful, smooth and luminous complexion. Suitable for all skin types, even the most sensitive, Sea Fennel oil macerate combines marine efficacy with botanical gentleness.
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Shea butter BIO
Organic Shea Butter is an essential ingredient, rich in essential fatty acids (stearic, oleic, linoleic, palmitic), vitamins A, D and E, phytosterols and terpenic alcohols. A true multi-purpose care product, it deeply hydrates, nourishes and protects both skin and hair.
It is particularly recommended for dry, mature, sensitive or atopic skin, helping to soothe, heal and regenerate. Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, it reduces redness, relieves irritation and combats visible signs of skin ageing by preserving elasticity. Protective, it forms a barrier against external aggressions and provides a light natural defence against UV rays.Thanks to its antifungal and antimicrobial properties, it also protects the skin against bacteria and fungi while bringing comfort to skin prone to eczema or psoriasis.
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Violette Extract
Hydroglycerin Extract of Violet soothes fragile, dry, or irritated skin, including that of children. Its emollient and softening properties relieve tightness, calm irritations, and protect delicate skin, particularly in cases of eczema or chapping.
Native to Europe and Asia, violet is a small herbaceous plant known since Antiquity for its medicinal and soothing virtues. Used in cosmetics, its extract helps nourish, protect, and revitalize the skin, bringing comfort and softness to daily care. -
Vitamine E Beta
Beta Vitamin E, extracted from sunflower seeds, is a powerful natural antioxidant that protects skin cells from free radicals responsible for premature ageing. It thus helps preserve skin elasticity, lessen the effects of UV exposure and maintain optimal hydration for softer, more supple skin.
Versatile, it is suitable for all skin types, even sensitive skin, as well as for hair and scalp. In addition to its anti-ageing and reparative benefits, it improves the stability of cosmetic products by preventing the oxidation of active ingredients, extending their shelf life and effectiveness.
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Wheat Germ Oil
Organic Wheat Germ Oil is a precious oil, rich in beta-carotene, omega-6, and vitamins A, C, and E. Highly nourishing and emollient, it is particularly suitable for dry, sensitive, mature, or weakened skin, helping to hydrate, regenerate, and protect it. Its soothing properties calm irritations and redness, while its antioxidant action combats skin aging and helps prevent the appearance of wrinkles.
It is ideal for the eye contour, face, chapped lips, and décolleté, where it helps maintain firmness and elasticity. In winter, it effectively relieves sensations of tightness and dryness.This oil is also beneficial for fragile nails, helping to strengthen and protect them.