Solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.

An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin.

A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice hair and skin protection and moisturization properties.

is an emollient that is often used in tandem with another emollient known as tridecane. This pairing forms a lightweight, smooth glide formula base for skin or haircare and makeup products.

Glycerin is a humectant, a type of moisturizing agent that pulls water into the outer layer of your skin from deeper levels of your skin. Glycerin is totally natural ingredient that is also in the outermost layer of our skin (called stratum corneum - SC) and helps to maintain the healthy state of our skin.

antistatic, hair conditioning

Preservative. It is very important and without it you are risking cosmetic product safety, they are used in tiny amounts where they are totally safe.

Tridecane is an emollient that belongs to the class of chemical compounds known as alkanes. It is typically used in tandem with other alkane emollients (such as undecane, pentadecane, or dodecane) to form a lightweight, smooth glide base for skin or haircare formulations.

cleansing, emulsifying, surfactant

Biotinoyl Tripeptide-1 stimulates the growth of hair follicle cells to produce the important building blocks of hair - laminin 5 and collagen IV. Laminin and collagen help hair grow stronger, thicker and longer.

Coffea arabica seed extract is an extract of the beans of the coffee plant, coffea arabica l., rubiaceae. It has skin conditioning properties.

Also called vitamin H, biotin is the main component of many enzymes in our body, helps smooth the skin and strengthen the hair.

viscosity controlling, a cationic polymer molecule (a big molecule with repeated subunits and a positive charge) that acts both as a film-former and conditioning ingredient as well as a thickening agent.

A vegetable origin (coconut/palm kernel oil, glucose) cleansing agent that gives moderate to high stable foam. It's also biodegradable and mild to the skin.

A clear, colorless, almost odorless oil that spreads nicely and easily and gives a velvet dry skin feel. It is good friends with sunscreen agents and helps to solubilize them. Also, it makes sunscreens feel lighter and spread easier.

Emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling ingredient

Exactly as it sounds: a scented component in a cosmetic product, so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and perfume in the European Union is a generic name in the ingredients list, consisting of an average of 30-50 chemicals (but can have up to 200 components). Natural perfume is as allergenic as synthetic, if not worse. Therefore, if your skin is very sensitive, it is worth paying attention, because perfume is one of the causes of contact allergy to cosmetic products.

ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It works mainly against fungi.

antimicrobial/antibacterial, emulsifying, preservative, surfactant/cleansing

It's one of those things that help cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It works against mold and yeast.

Antistatic, film forming, hair fixing ingredient

UV-filter. Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate is a sunscreen agent used to protect skin and hair primarily from the sun’s UVB rays.

Citric acid is used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product or as an exfoliant, which, like other AHA acids, helps to gently remove dead skin cells from the skin and make the skin smoother and fresher. According to a comparative study, citric acid has less magical skin-healing properties than glycolic or lactic acid. Citric acid is therefore used in small amounts as an excipient to adjust the pH of the product.

A 100% vegetable origin, biodegradable, mild cleansing agent that gives moderate to high amount of foam. It's happy to work together with other surfactants (in general, that helps to create milder formulas).

UV-filter. Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate is a chemical sunscreen agent that's designed for high UVA protection. It gives sun protection in the whole UVA range.

emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling

A mainly oil-loving, vegetable raw material based ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. Chemically speaking, it comes from the attachment of sorbitan (a dehydrated sorbitol (sugar) molecule) with the unsaturated fatty acid Oleic Acid, that creates a partly water (the sorbitan part) and partly oil soluble (oleic part) molecule.

Vanillin in hair care acts primarily as a fragrant masking agent, providing a sweet scent, while acting as a fragrance fixative to keep scents long-lasting. It offers mild antioxidant protection against environmental stress, helps maintain a healthy scalp, and can add a subtle shine to hair.