actives that work with respect for your skin and the planet
ingredient glossary
ANTI-AGING LINE
In the Anti-Aging Eye Cream: eliminates signs of tiredness, makes expression brighter, more dynamic, more alert and fresher.
In the Anti-Aging Day Cream: offers instant lifting and V-reshape of face contours, provides luminous and firmer skin, recharges skin energy, induces skin protein synthesis improving strength and contraction (active marine biotech ingredient).
In the Anti-Aging Night Cream: acts as building block and booster for collagen synthesis, tightens dermis and epidermis, reduces wrinkles, provides face lift and enhances skin brightness.
Commonly known as the paracress plant. An antioxidant that acts as a calming and soothing agent. Visibly smooths the skin surface and provides an anti-fatigue effect. For less visible fine lines and fewer deep wrinkles with an overall improvement in skin appearance around the eyes. Contributes to the skin antioxidant protection while relaxing, calming and soothing the skin. For less visible expression lines and wrinkles. It prevents the appearance of expression lines and visibly smooths the skin surface. This fast-acting ingredient redefines both the eye and lip contours (barcode wrinkles, bitterness folds, expression lines) in record time.
Commonly known as the Mexican hyssop plant. Reduces stress-induced skin inflammation and redness and has a calming effect on the skin. It improves vascular tonicity and restores the barrier function for better moisturized skin. When used on sensitive skin, it reduces stress-induced skin inflammation and redness.
Commonly known as chicory root. A skin conditioning ingredient with a firming and lifting effect. It also improves the skin barrier function and protects the skin from environmental and oxidative stress. With immediate and long-lasting lifting effect, it visibly reduces wrinkles, providing complementary anti-age activity. After regular application, the skin looks tight, firm, without signs of fatigue. It restores the skin’s natural splendour and enables smoother make-up application. It also supports the skin’s natural barrier function.
Chitosan forms a film, calms and strengthens your skin, reduces the appearance of redness and irritation, and acts as a powerful moisturizer. This marvel of the sea supports the skin's natural repair process and offers essential refreshing properties, resulting in healthier, more youthful-looking skin. With film-forming properties and antioxidant effect. This ingredient powers all ChitoCare products. It helps to lock in moisture, protects from external aggressors and supports the skin's natural healing process.
Commonly known as prickly pear. Ultra-refined elixir extracted from cacti plants. A hydrating ingredient with excellent hydrating properties that calms irritated skin. It blocks the release of stress markers from sensory nerve cells in the skin, calming the skin. It has excellent hydrating properties due to its high content of water-binding compounds.
Skincare: It acts as an exfoliating agent in skincare products like body wash and face wash because of its abrasive properties. Further, the spherical particles of silica help the products to spread out easily and evenly.
Cosmetic products: Silica has absorbent properties that help the products to absorb excess oil and sweat from the skin. Easily spreadable, silica does not make the makeup cakey.
Commonly known as hyaluronic acid. For better skin hydration, elasticity and structure. It helps to improve skin elasticity, providing a lifted effect. It provides intensive moisture and fights against wrinkles. It improves skin texture, reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL), and improves the skin barrier function.
An emollient and skin conditioning ingredient for a pleasant, silky feeling with enhanced moisturization and environmental protection. Its moisturizing activity and protection against external agents (harsh weather, UV rays, environmental pollution) helps to regenerate the skin’s lipid barrier and reduce Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL).
Antioxidant that protects the skin from free radical damage, strengthens the skin barrier, helping to improve the moisture balance (BSI).
In the Anti-Aging Eye Cream: Bioxan E, essential for maintenance of healthy skin, higher biological activity that Vitamin E, absorbed better by human tissue and retained for longer in the body, fights oxidative stress by blocking free radicals, increases skin hydration improving appearance, prevents appearance of wrinkles, acts as natural protection against effect of UV rays, blocks environmental toxins by acting as skin barrier.
