Scent: you will smell the warm tonka bean, which will probably remind you of chocolate.
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Texture: Quite light and creamy, penetrating quickly in the skin thanks to its emulsion nature (similar to the skin's surface).
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• Sesamum indicum seed oil (sesame seed oil)

  Sesame seed oil is rich in essential fatty acids. Known for its softening and skin-rejuvenating properties, it penetrates quickly without being greasy.

• Butyrospermum parkii butter (shea butter)

  Shea butter is a natural fat derived from the nuts of the shea tree that has been used for centuries in West African cultures for its medicinal and cosmetic benefits. Shea butter contains a high concentration of vitamins A, E, and F, which work together to nourish and moisturize the skin. Its fatty acids also help to protect the skin's natural oils and improve its elasticity. Shea butter is particularly beneficial for dry, sensitive, or ageing skin as it can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It is also a great ingredient for those with eczema, psoriasis, or other skin conditions, as it can soothe and heal irritated skin. Overall, shea butter is a fantastic natural option for a healthy, hydrated, and glowing skin.

• c14-22 alcohols

  c14-22 alcohols are fatty alcohols derived from vegetables and look completely different to “bad” alcohols. They’re not drying or irritating to your skin at all, they just help as emulsifiers in the formula.

• Dipteryx odorata bean extract (tonka bean extract)

Tonka bean acts as an optical brightener reducing the appearance of uneven skin tone and age spots. It absorbs UV light and leaves the skin looking healthier and more radiant. Finally, it is known for its anti-ageing properties thanks to the antioxidant protection it provides against extrinsic damage.

• Cetyl palmitate

  This thickener and emollient helps smooth and condition dry skin. The ingredients that comprise cetyl palmitate are naturally occurring fatty acids. The one we use is derived from plants.

• Glycerin

  It is a natural moistening additive, which maintains the moisture content of the skin or formula itself. Its moisturizing and softening effects one from its ability to capture water molecules and lock them in the cells of the epidermis. It is found in its natural state in cherries, but also in all-natural fats like those of the skin.

• c12-20 alkyl glucoside

  Of natural origins and approved by all organic certifications, it helps to stabilise emulsions and provides a restructuring effect and a moisturising effect.

• Sodium benzoate

  A salt of benzoic acid, found naturally in cranberries, prunes, plums, cinnamon, ripe cloves, and apples and used as a preservative in cosmetics and personal care product formulas as a fragrance ingredient, masking ingredient, anti-corrosive agent, and most frequently, as a preservative.

• Potassium sorbate

  A mild preservative being used in cosmetic and skin care formulas as a paraben alternative to prevent or retard the growth of microorganisms and protect products from spoiling, it is developed from sorbic acid, which is naturally found in the berries of the mountain ash tree.

• Xanthan gum

An excellent, sugar-based, natural thickener for emulsions and cleansing systems. It is a polysaccharide produced through a bio-fermentation process of the Xanthamonas campestris bacteria and sucrose or glucose.

• Alcohol

  We do not use alcohol as an ingredient as it dries the skin, however, there is a small quantity in this formula, coming from the hydroalcoholic preparation of rayolys (a mix of peach/apple/raspberry extracts, see below).

• Citric acid

  Existing in a variety of fruits and vegetables like lemons, limes, oranges, tangerines and blackberries, it is used in cosmetics and personal care products to adjust their ph balance, inhibit tyrosinase to even out the skin tone and sometimes to impart a lemon-like fragrance to a product.

• Prunus persica leaf extract (peach leaf extract), pyrus malus fruit extract (apple extract) and Rubus idaeus fruit extract (raspberry extract)

  They make up Phytobioactive Rayolys, a hydroglycolic blend of peach leaves, apples, and raspberries used in formulations that fight against the ageing process and brighten the skin. Rayolys reduces pigmentation and lightens the complexion, it traps free radicals, and restructures the epidermis.

• Coumarin

  Not an ingredient in the formula, but a naturally occurring allergen mostly from essential oils which have to be indicated on packaging over a certain threshold as per European regulations. According to the European Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS), 1% to 3% of the European population may be allergic to such natural substances.