Glossary

Wheat germ oil is composed of lipids (triglycerides, lecithins, sterids) mostly stored in the germ. The lipid content of wheat flour varies between 1.5 and 2.5%, depending on the extraction index of the flour. There is a part of the lipids (25%) that are linked to the starch of wheat flour; this lipid fraction consists

The properties of vitamin C are widely known and used in cosmetics. Vitamin C exerts and antioxidant and anti-aging action. In our formulation we use a glucose-stabilised vitamin C to increase its effectiveness

Widely used in the cosmetics industry as a nutritious oily extract and sensitive skin repairer. Its excellent composition full of essential fatty acids makes it essential for demanding body cream formulations.

Shea butter is a vegetable fat obtained from the seeds of the Shea tree. It is excellent for cosmetic applications; it soothes reddened skins, its high content of vitamin F allows it to improve the elasticity of the skin, as well as its great moisturising capacity. Composed mainly of palmitic acid (2-6%); stearic acid (15-25%);

A fine volcanic lava dust 100% natural and of mineral origin is used as an exfoliating agent. This exfoliant completely eliminates the bio-accumulation problems of the plastic exfoliants being used in the cosmetic industry.

A fine 100% natural bamboo powder is used as an exfoliating agent. This exfoliant completely eliminates the bio-accumulation problems of the plastic exfoliants being used in the cosmetic industry. It is specially designed to be applied on sensitive skin.

 Antioxidant and anti-aging properties. The presence of carotenes derived from vitamin A, give it anti-aging properties and exerting a restructuring action on the skin.

 As exfoliant agent a physical exfoliant of food quality has been selected. The organic sugar comes from canes grown under organic agriculture criteria.

Sesame oil is a vegetable oily extract obtained from sesame seeds. In its profile of fatty acids stand out the oleic and linoleic acids. It confers antioxidant and restorative properties of the skin barrier function.

With purifying and antioxidant properties. These combine with anti-microbial properties derived from its terpene components and its essential oil.

Rosmarinus officinalis L. It is a woody and aromatic shrub belonging to the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae). It has a height close to a meter. The young branches are pubescent and they become woody when mature. The leaves are simple, opposite, sessile, linear, coriaceous, persistent and rolled at the edges. The upper and lower epidermis

Rosehip oil is rich in essential fatty acids (linoleic, oleic and linolenic) together with β-carotenes directly obtained from the cold extraction of the oil. This oil has excellent repairing properties, btaining re-structuring results in the most punished skins.

It is an extract known to be related to well-being. Its application causes the amount of endorphins to increase, relaxing the skin and improving its condition.

Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck (= Citrus aurantium L. var. Sinensis, Citrus sinensis (L.) Pers., Citrus aurantium ssp. Sinensis Engl.). Commonly known as orange tree. It is a tree belonging to the Rutaceae family, of medium size (7-8 m high), perennial, compact and conical top that becomes spherical thanks to pruning. Its trunk is smooth and

Olive oil has a wide composition that includes a large percentage of saturated fatty acids (8-16%), monounsaturated, polyunsaturated (4-25%), other constituents such as vitamins A and E, mineral salts and secondary components which belong to the unsaponifiable fraction. In this unsaponifiable fraction, hydrocarbons, tocopherols and phytosterols are distinguished. Hydrocarbons make up to 32-50% of this

The lemon tree is a small tree (3-6 m high), perennial, of the Rutaceae family, with numerous branches provided with hard and thick thorns. The twigs are angular, rounded and smooth. The leaves are whole, coriaceous and persistent. They are green, although when they are young they can be reddish. The limb is largely elliptical,

Jojoba is one of the finest cosmetic ingredients in the world. Its inherent moisturising, emollients and  xidative stability properties, position it as one of the main cosmetic lipid substances used today. There are many misconceptions regarding jojoba, but none more erroneous than the one published and  pread by its own common name "Jojoba oil". In

Thanks to its phenolic compounds, the organic sempervivum extract has purifying and anti-aging skin properties

The eternal flower is a perennial small shrub, with many branches and stems 1 to 2 feet high, upright or lying, and very narrow whitish leaves as the whole plant. In the stem tips very small heads sprout, born so close that seem to agglomerate; they are tiny, of about 5 or 6 mm. of

Coconut oil is a balanced oily extract with moisturising and emollient properties, widely used for dehydrated skin. In its profile of fatty acids stand out the lauric and miristic acids. It is used in product formulations which are indicated for xerosis (dry and scaly skin) treatment.

Cocoa butter is a fat extracted from the cocoa fruits. Cocoa fruits contain 54% fat, with excellent nutrient and restorative properties. It is widely used in fatty products to give consistency.

Chamomila recutita (L.) Rauschert; Matricaria chamomilla L .; Matricaria recutita L. Herbaceous plant, annual, with an upright and branched stem, with few leaves. The leaves are green in very fine and flat lacinia in the beam. In the upper part of the stem, appear the heads (chapters) isolated with the bulging and hollow receptacle. In

Calendula officinalis L. (= Calendula officinalis L. var. Prolifera hort). It is an annual aromatic plant, belonging to the family Asteráceas (Composed), characterized by its height close to half a meter. Its stems are erect and branched. Its leaves are oblong-lanceolate, hairy on both sides, 5 to 15 cm long and serrated margins. The inflorescences

Argan Oil contains 80% of unsaturated fatty acids; It is rich in essential fatty acids, with the  redominance of omega-6 acid, in addition to containing high concentrations of vitamin E that makes it more resistant than olive oil to oxidation. Neither solvents nor heat are used to extract this oil. A cold pressing is done

The apricot tree is a tree that can grow over 6 m tall. The branches are arranged forming a rounded cup. The trunk bark is brownish-violet and cracked. The branches are reddish and extended when young and the secondary branches are short, divergent and scarce. Latent buds are frequent especially on old branches. Leaves rolled

Aloe vera gel is a mucilaginous liquid obtained exclusively from the pulp of the leaves of A.barbadensis. Its main constituents are polysaccharides and it is used for a great variety of medicinal purposes, mainly in skin alterations. Aloe gel is composed, for the most part, of mucilaginous polysaccharides responsible for the plant’s great capacity to

Antioxidant and anti-aging properties. Their carbohydrates and vitamins are involved in the synthesis of collagen, producing an anti-aging effect in the skin. It also regulates the loss of transepidermal  water.

It is a fundamental moisturising agent in cosmetics. Remember that the skin contains hyaluronic acid, present in the natural hydration factor of the skin. Hyaluronic acid is a collector of water molecules; once applied on the skin water molecules melt in the stratum corneum and significantly increase hydration. When hydrating the skin it obviously decreases

The most effective stable form of vitamin C has been used. Its properties are antioxidant (neutralizes free radicals) and improves luminosity. This form of vitamin C is also used to treat blemishes (melasmas, chloasmas) since it unifies the tone of the skin.

It is a dioecious tree, belonging to the Ginkgoaceae family. Commonly it is known by the name of ginkgo or tree of 40 shields. It is characterized by a slow growth, 15 cm the first year, 30 cm the second, reaching its normal height (13-17 m) at 30-40 years. The leaves are bilobed and greenish

Gatuline® In-Tense is a natural active ingredient that acts on the skin’s natural lifting properties, for a firmer skin with significantly  reduced wrinkles. Gatuline® In-Tense stimulates fibroblast activity, boosts cellular dynamism and thus reorganizes and tightens the collagen fiber network. Visibly active, the effects of Gatuline® In-Tense are measurable from the first application. Maintaining a

It is an ingredient widely used in cosmeticsdue to its purifying properties and its high capacity to normalise the secretion of sebum in oily skins.

The white truffle (Tuber Magnatum), a hypogeous fungus known since antiquity and much appreciated for its culinary uses, is the rarest variety of truffles as it grows in some extremely limited areas of Italy. In the wild, truffles attract animals using volatile compounds. To date, more than 200 different molecules of truffle species have been

The action of the triterpenes of ecological origin of centella Asiatica extract has epithelial and refirming properties, generating an anti-aging and global reparative action.

Aloe vera gel is a mucilaginous liquid obtained exclusively from the pulp of the leaves of A.barbadensis. Its main constituents are polysaccharides and it is used for a great variety of medicinal purposes, mainly in skin alterations. Aloe gel is composed, for the most part, of mucilaginous polysaccharides responsible for the plant’s great capacity to

Cucumis sativus L. is an annual herbaceous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. This plant has large green leaves forming a canopy over the fruits, which are born from lateral buds in the leaves axils. The plant develops tendrils, so it can be guided by a trellis or it can be left to grow on the

A natural cocoa extract is used that simultaneously acts as a flavouring agent. It is used as an inducer of well-being.

Fucus vesiculosus L. Commonly known as fucus. It is a seaweed belonging to the Fucaceae family. This seaweed is characterized by a leathery, thin and branched, brownish-green thallus; the fucus belongs to the group of brown algae or Phaeophyceae, since the green colour of chlorophyll is masked by other  rown-coloured pigments. The thallus is 1-

Commonly known as Brusco or Rusco in Spanish and Butcher’s broom in Englsih among other names. It is a perennial shrub of the Liliceae family about 25-100cm tall. The butcher’s broom has separate male  nd female plants. Both have smooth, round, dark-green stems. Leaves are almost invisible, and what  eems leaves are in reality cladodes,

Birch is a tree up to 20m height, with dun colour hanging branches and white bark when it is young, and grayish or brownish, with cracks at the base of the trunk, when it ages. Its leaves appear in the branches in alternating arrangement. Flowers gather in inflorescences; they are yellowish brown if they are

Centella Asiatica is an umbelliferous tender plant with numerous creeping stems which are glabrous and have roots at the nodes. Leaves have a circular-reniform shape and are2 to 6cm. long and 1.5 to 5cm. wide, with cremate margins and 5 to 9 ribs. 3 to 10cm. Long petioles, and pedicles 1.2 to 4cm. Long. The

It is an extract widely known to be a source of biological vitamin C. Improves the tone of the skin, improving sunspots. It stimulates the synthesis of collagen.

It is a tree that belongs to the Hippocastaneae family. It may grow up to 20-30m. tall. It shows a soft bark when it is young, and scaly- ike bark as the tree ages. Leaves are deciduous, divided into 5-7 irregularly toothed leaflets from 8 to 20cm. long. At the beginning of summer it produces

Daucus Carota L. Belongs to the Apiaceae family (Umbelliferae) and both the plant and its edible part are referred to as carrot. It is a biennial plant characterised by presenting a deep ramified root; solid, grooved, hairy and floriferous stem 30-100 cm. tall. Compound leaves, pinnate, and white umbelliform inflorescences with a dark maroon central

Avocado oil is an extremely nutrient oily extract that is used when there is a need for enhancing the antioxidant and restoring properties of the barrier functions of a product. It also contains bio-available A, E, D and K vitamins. Compuesto principalmente de ácido palmítico (2-6%); ácido esteárico (15-25%); ácido oleico (60-70%); ácido linolénico (5-15%);

Plant acids that come from fruits, widely known for its seboregulatory activity. Citrus acid and lactic acid combined with salicylic acid have been used. The result is a perfectly unified skin, controlling the amount of sebum. They are able to improve the appearance of pores.