Details Formula Ingredients

The formula at a glance

Each of our ingredients have been selected for their effectiveness. Find all the ingredients of your product grouped into families according to their role.

Nourishing

  • Cyperus esculentus root oil
  • Limnanthes alba (meadowfoam) seed oil
  • Prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil
  • Squalene

Anti-wrinkle

  • Retinol

Soothing

  • Beta-sitosterol

Texture

  • Caprylic / capric triglyceride
  • Propylheptyl caprylate

Scent & fragrance

  • Eugenol
  • Fragrance (parfum)

Protection of the product

  • Bht
  • Glycine soja (soybean) oil
  • Tocopherol

Ingredients under the magnifying glass

The ingredients of our formulas have been selected according to very strict dermatological criteria and recommended by independent toxicological experts. Classified in three main categories of active ingredients, you will discover the nature, role and origin of each by clicking on their name.

Here are grouped the ingredients that contribute to the expected effectiveness of the product: those that optimize or preserve the biological skin's mechanisms (such as hydration, regeneration, lipid-replenishing action), and those that have a very specific physico-chemical action (exfoliating, matifying, sun filters ...).

The ingredients listed here are those contained in the latest formula for this product. As there may be a time lag between its production and its distribution on the market, we invite you to consult the list of ingredients on the packaging.

Limnanthes alba (meadowfoam) seed oil

What is it?

Meadowfoam oil.

What’s the point?

Nourishing: strengthens the skin’s protective film and the epidermis’s structure by supplying lipids.

How do you get it?

Meadowfoam seed extraction.

Caprylic/capric triglyceride

What is it?

Glycerin and fatty acid derivative (triglycerides).

What’s the point?

Emollient: soothes and softens the skin.

How do you get it?

A combination of glycerine and fatty acids extracted from vegetal oils.

Propylheptyl caprylate

What is it?

Fatty acid derivative.

What’s the point?

Emollient: soothes and softens the skin.

How do you get it?

Obtained by synthesis from fatty acid extracted from vegetable oil.

Glycine soja (soybean) oil

What is it?

Soybean oil.

What’s the point?

Stabilising: contributes to the product’s homogeneity or stability.

How do you get it?

Soybean extraction.

Prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil

What is it?

Apricot oil.

What’s the point?

Nourishing: strengthens the skin’s protective film and the epidermis’s structure by supplying lipids.

How do you get it?

Apricot kernel extraction.

Cyperus esculentus root oil

What is it?

Tigernut oil.

What’s the point?

Nourishing: strengthens the skin’s protective film and the epidermis’s structure by supplying lipids.

How do you get it?

Tigernut root extraction.

Bht

What is it?

Aromatic derivative.

What’s the point?

Antioxidant: prevents the oxidation of the ingredients contained in the product.

How do you get it?

Synthesis

To select an ingredient, NAOS can call on synthesis in order to:
- reconstitute a natural molecule without having to extract it from a plant and thus better respect biodiversity,
- obtain a pure, perfectly defined ingredient.

Retinol

What is it?

Vitamin A or retinol.

What’s the point?

Anti-wrinkle: provides the skin with tone and firmness.

How do you get it?

Component naturally found in the skin, obtained by synthesis.

To select an ingredient, NAOS can call on synthesis in order to:
- reconstitute a natural molecule without having to extract it from a plant and thus better respect biodiversity,
- obtain a pure, perfectly defined ingredient.

Fragrance (parfum)

What is it?

Fragrance composition.

What’s the point?

Scent & Fragrance: provides the product with olfactory sensory appeal.

How do you get it?

Combination of synthesised and plant-based odour molecules.

Tocopherol

What is it?

Vitamin E or tocopherol.

What’s the point?

Antioxidant: prevents the oxidation of the ingredients contained in the product.

How do you get it?

Component naturally found in the skin, extracted from vegetable oil.

Beta-sitosterol

What is it?

Phytosterol.

What’s the point?

Soothing: reduces sensations of skin discomfort.

How do you get it?

Vegetable oil extraction.

Squalene

What is it?

Squalene.

What’s the point?

Nourishing: strengthens the skin’s protective film and the epidermis’s structure by supplying lipids.

How do you get it?

Component naturally found in the skin, extracted from vegetable oil.

Eugenol

What is it?

Fragrance compound.

What’s the point?

Scent & Fragrance: fragrance component.

How do you get it?

Plant origin and synthesised.

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