A glossary of ingredients for beauty and well-being! To learn more about their properties, references to studies conducted, and much more, read the Blog in the sections: Our selection of ingredients & Research & Scientific studies.
Apricot | Extracted from apricot kernels, apricot oil and wax have emollient, nourishing, and softening properties. The oil is rich in essential fatty acids and vitamins A and E, which gives it anti-aging properties, brightens the complexion, and restores tone to the skin. The wax, meanwhile, has firming, moisturizing, and emollient properties. An illuminating oil, it gives your skin a real boost of radiance. | Eye-catching, Cheek to cheek, Sol Luna, Foundation fluid, HD powder, Cleansing oil, Thank you Wintergreen, Body oil, Neutral serum, After-sun serum, The Draining, Ayurvedic serum, Body oil, Rose Jasmine serum |
Cocoa Chocolate Absolute | The antioxidant properties of cocoa absolute, along with the richness of its ingredients, make this mousse an anti-aging, smoothing, nourishing, and protective treatment. Cocoa contains a significant source of polyphenols (antioxidants). These molecules promote glucose metabolism in the body, specifically, helping the body burn sugar and prevent it from storing it as fat. Cocoa has relaxing properties. | Chocolate Mousse, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate Mask, Spicy Choco & Coffee Fluid, Honey |
Jasmine Absolute | A luxurious tonic, it's ideal for dull skin. Blended with rose and rosemary oil, it promotes cell renewal and increases skin elasticity. | Jasmine Rose Serum, Jasmine-Pepper Fragrance Oil, Precious Fragrance Oil |
Rose Absolute | With regenerating and toning properties for skin tissue, ideal for mature, tired or redness-prone skin. | Rose Floral Wax, Rose Serum, Rose Jasmine Serum, Bulgarian Rose Honey Mask, Body Oil, La Cocotte, Gold Serum |
Absolute Fir | Our Quebec fir tree is extremely anti-aging and firming. It nourishes, protects, and repairs thin skin that becomes dehydrated and sensitive in winter. It has different aspects: indulgent, comfort, cocooning, transparency, purity, and protection. The Quebec fir absolute oil included in the butter provides different aspects: indulgent, comfort, cocooning, transparency, purity, and protection. What does the fir tree do? It nourishes, protects, and repairs thin skin that becomes dehydrated and sensitive in winter. Fir absolute oil is extremely beautiful and pure! This butter is therefore intoxicating and very comforting, connecting us to our roots. | Fir Heart Paraffin, Caramel Fir Butter, Caramel Fir Scented Oil, Basil Fir Scented Oil, Fir Room Fragrance, Winter Phytobaume |
Abyssinia | This rare oil sits like a caress on the skin and provides a light protective veil. This oil also helps regulate skin hydration and helps maintain the integrity of the skin barrier, thus protecting against environmental factors such as pollution and UV rays. It reduces skin dryness and regulates the desquamation of the horny layer. It also promotes cell renewal in the basal layer by stimulating the skin regeneration process. Its main cosmetic properties are to improve color intensity and product dispersion, to give a long-lasting effect and to increase the cohesion and elasticity of the skin, especially on the lips. | Glow illuminating veil |
Hyaluronic acid | Essential for maintaining the structure of the skin's layers, hyaluronic acid nourishes and hydrates collagen. It retains water in the tissues like a sponge. The hyaluronic acid molecule can bind and attract up to 1000 times its weight in water. Thanks to its exceptional hydrating power, the skin becomes soft, smooth, elastic, and toned, and also helps hair prevent split ends and control frizz by smoothing the hair cuticles. Made from bacterial fermentation of plant materials using a fermented culture, non-GMO. | Vetiver on fruits, Sacred lotus, Enhancer, Curls, Enriched complexion water, Phytocomplex, Smoothing |
Benzyl alcohol | A compound used as a preservative and viscosity control agent in cosmetics. It is found naturally in many plants and fruits. | Fluid Foundation, Cheek-to-Cheek, Sol Luna, HD Powder, Glow Illuminating Veil |
Cinnamic alcohol | An organic compound derived from cinnamon. Necessary for its formula, our fluid contains very little of it. In larger quantities, some sensitive skin may be irritated. | Fluid Foundation, Cheek-to-cheek, Sol Luna, HD Powder, Glow illuminating veil, Complexion radiance |
Aloe | Aloe vera is a wonderful tool for balancing or maintaining the skin's pH. It softens, refines, or firms facial skin, depending on the case, and restores skin tone. The aloe we use is not in processed powder form, but comes solely from the liquid material, which has been obtained cold, preserving all the plant's original benefits. | Aloe Gel, Hydrogel, Summer Phytobaume, Winter Phytobaume, Sebum-Regulating Gel, Sacred Lotus, Soothing Gel, Radiance Boost Gel, Tightening Fluid, Spicy Choco & Coffee Fluid, Oriental Fluid |
Sea buckthorn | Excellent anti-aging potential, due to its exceptional levels of vitamin E and carotenoids, powerful antioxidants that fight against damage linked to free radicals. Calming, it soothes skin prone to discomfort. Its richness in provitamin A gives it a healthy glow and is useful in pre- and post-sun care. Sea buckthorn oil is regenerating, soothing, interesting in pre- and post-sun care, helps fight stretch marks, and revitalizing. | Myrrh Elixir, Cleansing Oil, Solar Shea Butter, Rose Serum, Body Oil, After-Sun Serum, Neutral Serum, Neroli Serum, Ayurvedic Serum, Vanilla Shea Butter, Rose Jasmine Serum |
Lawyer | Obtained from avocado pulp, anti-aging, nourishing, making it more supple and softer but also more radiant. The Oil, rather fluid, is very well provided with various vitamins, including the famous anti-wrinkle and anti-dryness niacinamide (vitamin PP), and vitamin E, an antioxidant. This essential oil nourishes deeply and actively fights against the signs of aging. | Floral waxes, Vegetable paraffin, La Cocotte, Cocoa butter, Cocktail Contour, Glow illuminating veil, Passion Mousseline, Coconut lip exfoliant, Coconut body exfoliant, Fir butter Caramel, Naturépile, Calendula Mousseline, Body oil, Neutral serum, Chocolate mousse, Tamanu Mousseline, L'Hydra Teint, Kukui Mousseline, Jasmine Rose serum |
Borage | Its balanced concentration of omega-6 gives it regenerating and restorative properties ideal for prolonging and maintaining the youthfulness of the skin. Borage oil, due to the presence of gamma-linolenic acid, is very softening: it restores elasticity and tone to the skin. | Contour Cocktail, Rose Serum, Neroli Serum |
Calendula | The sunny color of this beautiful flower reveals the presence of carotenoids and flavonoids: anti-inflammatory, anti-edematous, anti-infectious, and antioxidant. For skin care, an oily macerate is used. Calendula is a plant long known for the care of damaged or irritated skin. This concentrated extract, rich in faradiol esters, is a valuable cosmetic active ingredient for preparing soothing or anti-aging treatments for fragile, sensitive, or mature skin. Its anti-inflammatory action brightens the eyes by decongesting venous stasis. | Calendula Muslin, Baby Oil, La Cocotte, Gentle Baby Shampoo & Conditioner, Contour Cocktail, Scar Balm, Hemp & Vetiver Serum, After-Sun Body Serum, Ayurvedic Serum, Hemp & Chrysanthemum Serum, Paw Balm, Hydra Teint, Bobôme |
Camelina | Thanks to its high Omega-3 content and dry texture, this marvel offers exceptional properties to soothe, illuminate and soften the skin. This oil knows how to take care of fragile, sensitive and redness-prone skin. Its richness in vitamin E will be very appreciated by mature, dull and tired skin and its content of provitamin A (beta-carotene) which gives a healthy glow to the skin, powerful antioxidants, anti-aging and fighting against the action of UV rays. | Hemp & Chrysanthemum Serum, Hemp & Vetiver Serum |
Candellila | The Candelilla plant grows in the desert regions of northern Mexico, and the wax is extracted from the leaves of this shrub. Candelilla wax is hard and brittle, which helps give strength to makeup products such as lipsticks and makes them more heat-resistant. It also protects the skin and replenishes lipids. Candelilla wax has protective and film-forming properties that protect the skin from external aggressions. This protective film is effective at retaining water and therefore preventing dehydration. It is therefore necessary for cosmetics to act as a barrier against external aggressions. | Honey, Paw Balm, Jacynthe Soaps |
Caprylic/ Capric triglyceride | This active ingredient is extracted from coconut oil, also called fractionated coconut oil. It is primarily used as a neutral base in cosmetic products. It is an active ingredient found in foundations, lipsticks, and eyeshadows. It has moisturizing properties, leaving the skin soft and smooth, without leaving a greasy film. | Sol Luna, Bleue de Provence, Ti-Chou Tranquility Solution, After-Sun Mist, Spicy Choco & Coffee Fluid, Tensor Fluid, Tranquility Solution, Napoleon, Balou |
Carnauba | Carnauba wax is obtained from the leaves of a palm tree called Copernica Cerifera, native to northern Brazil. This wax protects the plant from its environment and limits its drying out. This wax is primarily used in cosmetic stick formulations where it provides hardness, consistency, shine, and ease of application. | Lip balms, Lip pencils, Eyebrow pencils, Eye pencils, Lipstick pencils, Vegetable paraffin, Phytobaume |
Cellulose | Pure plant cellulose is the main constituent of wood and plant fibers. It has thickening and volume-building properties for formulas, making it a good active ingredient for mascaras and eyeliners, thus giving volume to eyelashes, hold to eyeliners and a thicker, more resistant finish, while having a natural effect. | Foundation fluid |
Hemp | First domesticated in Asia, hemp oil followed the migration through time and today, it is cultivated here because of its multitude of uses. This dark green oil, thanks to its high content of vitamin E, omega 3 and omega 6, has countless cosmetic qualities, such as: anti-wrinkle, antioxidant, anti-aging, penetrating, nourishing, anti-dryness, regenerating, firming, emollient, softening and soothing. It provides excellent support in maintaining the hydrolipidic film. It protects the skin against dehydration. | Hemp & Vetiver Serum, Hemp & Chrysanthemum Serum, Beard Oil |
Coconut | In the exotic lands where the precious nut grows, coconut oil has been used for centuries as food and as a skincare product to nourish hair and skin. In our country, it's making a remarkable comeback, much to the delight of our skin and hair, thanks to its nourishing and restorative properties. Very rich in essential fatty acids, lauric acid, and myristic acid, it has a lipid-replenishing action and is very easily absorbed by the skin. Coconut oil helps fight dehydration. It's a fairly gentle oil with restorative properties. It soothes, calms redness, and relieves sun-heated skin. The lauric acid contained in coconut oil has a strong affinity with hair proteins. As a result, it deeply nourishes them. It's a real treat for dry and frizzy hair. Blended with calendula extract, its calming and restorative properties make it an excellent choice for summer body care. | La Cocotte, Eyebrow pencils, Lip pencils, Eye pencils, Lipstick pencils, Passion Perfume, Lip balms, Repairing hair balm, Bleue de Provence, Balou, Napoléon, Tranquillity Solution |
Rosemary Extract | Valuable in cosmetics for its richness in powerful antioxidants; soothing properties for anti-aging and purifying care and protecting the skin against daily aggressions. It also works wonders to prevent your oily products from going rancid. | Hemp & Vetiver Serum, Hemp & Chrysanthemum Serum, Bleue de Provence, Balou, Napoléon, Tranquility Solution, Phytobaume |
Eugenol | Derived from cinnamon and cloves. Necessary for its formula, our fluid contains very little of it. In larger quantities, some sensitive skin may be irritated. Related to fragrance and a mandatory mention for all essential oils. | Fluid Foundation, Cheek-to-cheek, Sol Luna, HD Powder, Glow illuminating veil, Complexion radiance |
Prickly pear | Exceptional for combating the signs of skin aging thanks to its extraordinary vitamin E content; ideal for the eye area and wonderful for maintaining the suppleness and tone of the skin. Prickly pear oil is extremely effective on wrinkles: it is firming and smoothing, thanks to its exceptional vitamin E content. In addition, its fine, light and penetrating texture is perfect for the eye area. | Bulgarian Rose Honey Mask, Contour Cocktail, Tensor Fluid, Hemp & Vetiver Serum, Hemp & Chrysanthemum Serum, Rose Jasmine Serum, Oriental Fluid, |
Raspberry | Restorative, it participates in the regeneration of the skin's hydrolipidic film. Anti-aging: thanks to the presence of powerful antioxidants such as vitamin E, gallic acid and carotenoids. Raspberry seed oil helps reduce the signs of skin aging. Soothing: the omega-3 it contains is known to act on the inflammatory process and gives this oil the ability to reduce redness and calm irritation. It gently prepares the skin for sun exposure as well as intense cold. Its high antioxidant and carotenoid content also makes it an ideal oil for after-sun repair treatments. | Phytobaume Summer, Tightening Fluid, After-Sun Serum, Oriental Fluid |
Glycerin | Vegetable glycerin comes from the saponification of palm oil. Palm plantations adhere to sustainable development rules to avoid deforestation. To obtain organic glycerin, plants are grown using organic farming methods. They protect the environment by respecting biological cycles and refusing pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. The main characteristics of vegetable glycerin for cosmetic products are its solvent quality, its moisturizing properties, and its ability to improve the preservation of active ingredients. Vegetable glycerin acts like wax. Glycerin retains water. | Glycerin, Curls, Spray Deodorant, Passion Perfume, Aftershave, Smoothing, Complexion Water, Glow Illuminating Veil, Antiseptic, Complexion Fluid, Vanilla Shea, Fruit Vetiver, Lotus, Enhancer, Solar Shea, Radiance Boost Gel, Lip Pencils, After-Sun Body Mist, Tightening Fluid, Spicy Choco & Coffee Fluid, Tranquility Solution, Hydrogel, Aloe Gel, Phytobaume, Napoleon, Balou, Phytocomplex, Soothing Gel, Oriental Fluid, Cardamom Honey Mask |
Jojoba | This oil penetrates easily into the skin, without leaving a greasy film. While protecting the skin, it will calm and soften it to achieve an anti-wrinkle effect. It activates the metabolism of elastin, thus restoring elasticity to the skin and allowing an anti-aging effect. Jojoba oil also has a sebum-regulating and rebalancing action, and is also suitable for sensitive skin. | Foundation Fluid, Cleansing Oil, HD Powder, Perfumed Oils, Sebum-Regulating Gel, Hydra Teint, Tape-à-l'œil, Phytobaume, Cheek to Cheek, Sol Luna, Gold Serum, Lip Balms, Conditioners, Shampoos, Glow Illuminating Veil, Calendula Muslin, Neutral Serum, Dermopur Acne, Ayurvedic Serum, Rose Jasmine Serum, Soothing Gel, Phytobaume |
Shea | Shea butter is known for its moisturizing and soothing properties thanks to its high level of fatty acids and its unsaponifiable fraction which helps to moisturize the epidermis and maintain the elasticity of the skin. Shea olein has the advantage of being more fluid and more easily absorbed by the skin than the shea butter from which it is derived. It soothes skin prone to redness and irritation, helps protect the skin against external aggressions (cold, wind, pollution, etc.), repairs, and calms sensitive and flaky skin. | Vanilla Shea Butter, Solar Shea Butter, Lip Balms, Mimosa & Rose Floral Waxes, Games for Two, Baby Oil, Vegetable Paraffin, Soothing and Protective Balm, Paw Balm, Bobôme, Passion Oil, Scar Balm, Passion Mousseline, Vegetable Paraffin, Tightening Fluid, Caramel Fir Butter, Calendula Mousseline, Body Oil, Chocolate Mousse, Phytobaume, After-Sun Body, Tamanu Mousseline, Hydra Teint, Kukui Mousseline, Hair Repair Balm, Passion Massage Oil |
Kukui | It comes from a tree native to the Pacific whose fruit, "the Bancoul nut" contains 2 acrid and hard seeds with a nutty taste, providing "Kukui" oil, it repairs damaged and dry skin, is calming, soothing, known for its beneficial action on reactive skin. For hair, kukui vegetable oil is a natural conditioner that penetrates to the heart of the hair fiber and makes hair soft and shiny like silk, an excellent detangler for dry and damaged hair. | Kukui Muslin, Neutral Serum, Gold Serum, Hair Repair Balm, Rose Jasmine Serum, Eczema Formula |
Limonene | Derived from lemon, linked to fragrance and a mandatory mention for all essential oils. Used in cosmetics as a masking agent that reduces or masks the base odor and/or aroma of a product. | Fluid Foundation, Cheek-to-cheek, Sol Luna, HD Powder, Glow illuminating veil, Complexion radiance |
Linalool | Found in most essential oils such as lavender, bergamot, and rosewood, for example; these are therefore natural molecules. Related to fragrance and a mandatory mention for all essential oils. Used in cosmetics as a masking agent that reduces or masks the base odor and/or aroma of a product. | Fluid Foundation, Cheek-to-cheek, Sol Luna, HD Powder, Glow illuminating veil, Complexion radiance |
Pink Lotus | Lotus is rich in polyphenols and is suitable for all skin types: regenerating, purifying, softening, protective, restructuring, and decongestant. It gives radiance to the skin. Its fragrance is a soothing, sweet floral. | Sacred Lotus, Phytocomplex |
Lupine | Lupeol (rich in protein) from lupin seed husks helps fight skin aging and firm skin by stimulating the production of high-quality collagen, providing elasticity, regenerating irritated skin, so that the skin appears more radiant. | Phytocomplex |
Macadamia | This oil is very well absorbed by the skin and offers a dry feel. It is nourishing and soothing thanks to its role as a cell protector. The skin is softened. | Macadam & Chamomile Oil, Myrrh Elixir, Body Oil |
Mango | Mango is a fruit extremely rich in polyphenols, natural antioxidants such as norathyriol, mangiferin and resveratrol. These molecules protect the skin from free radicals, leading to premature aging. Mango is also a fruit rich in various vitamins with soothing, anti-aging and regenerative properties for the skin: A, B6, E, B1, K. Its components also promote better sebum control. An excellent source of carotenoids, the main ones with antioxidant properties are beta-carotene and violaxanthin. | Summer Phytobaume, Winter Phytobaume, Mimosa Floral Wax, Rose Floral Wax, Scar Balm, Tightening Fluid, Hair Repair Balm, Oriental Fluid, |
Mimosa | Mimosa flowers have calming, softening, and protective properties. Ideal for the care of sensitive, dry, and very dry skin. | Mimosa vegetable paraffin, Mimosa floral wax, Scar balm |
Moringa | In Ayurveda, moringa is renowned as a miracle plant that is said to cure more than 300 diseases. The early Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians already prized this "tree of life" for its protective, therapeutic, and nutritional properties; the oil is appreciated for its silky, soft, and protective feel, nourishing and softening dry and damaged skin, and soothing sensitive skin. | Conditioners, Tightening Fluid, Beard Oil, Neutral Serum, Rose Jasmine Serum, Oriental Fluid |
Evening Primrose | Rich in antioxidants and softening, evening primrose oil fights the signs of aging and helps maintain skin elasticity. Gamma-linolenic acid plays an important role in skin hydration and suppleness. Soothing, it calms skin prone to irritation and protects against external aggressions (sun, wind, cold, pollution) by restoring the skin's hydrolipidic film. Softening and moisturizing, it normalizes the skin's water loss. Revitalizing and restructuring, it promotes skin regeneration while maintaining its tone. | Firming Fluid, Rose Serum, Neroli Serum, Caramel Fir Butter, Oriental Fluid, Radiance Boost Gel |
Panthenol | Derived from vitamin B5, it is effective in hair care, for its strengthening, beautifying and moisturizing action. On the skin, it is highly valued for its restorative and soothing properties. | Loops, Exfopur |
Fishing | Nourishing, softening, emollient, firming, antioxidant. It is a very light oil that instantly penetrates the skin without leaving a greasy film. A very pleasant oil to use, especially since it is very rich in vitamin E, a natural antioxidant. rich in vitamins A & E, polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants. This oil is very light yet moisturizing and nourishing; a "dry" oil that does not leave a greasy feeling! | After-sun serum, Passion Mousseline, The Silky One |
Grape seeds | Excellent oil for fighting free radicals and the signs of skin aging, known for its cleansing properties and ideal for oily skin. These powerful antioxidants (concealers) make this oil an excellent product for fighting free radicals and the signs of skin aging. | Guggul, Vegetable Paraffin, Contour Cocktail, Passion Mousseline, Spicy Choco & Coffee Fluid, Beard Oil, Neutral Serum, Hemp & Vetiver Serum, Hemp & Chrysanthemum Serum, Ayurvedic Serum, Rose Jasmine Serum |
Pigments | The pigments are primarily mineral-based and derived from iron oxides. For the red pigments, we preferred synthetic pigments to natural pigments derived from animals. This is a choice we made in order to offer a vegan range. | Makeup |
Castor oil plant |
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