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.

Solar protection

  • Titanium dioxide
  • Zinc oxide

Cellular protector

  • Tocopheryl acetate

Texture

  • Caprylic / capric triglyceride
  • Cocoglycerides
  • Decyl oleate
  • Dicaprylyl carbonate
  • Hydrogenated palm glycerides citrate
  • Silica dimethyl silylate

Protection of the product

  • Alumina
  • Polyhydroxystearic acid
  • Stearic acid
  • 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.

Decyl oleate

What is it?

Fatty acid derivative.

What’s the point?

Emollient: soothes and softens the skin.

How do you get it?

Combination of fatty acid and fatty alcohol of plant origin.

Dicaprylyl carbonate

What is it?

Fatty alcohol derivative.

What’s the point?

Emollient: soothes and softens the skin.

How do you get it?

Combination of fatty alcohol of plant origin, and a synthesised carbonate derivative.

Zinc oxide

What is it?

Zinc oxide.

What’s the point?

Solar protection: mineral screen, reflects UV radiation.

How do you get it?

Mineral origin.

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.

Cocoglycerides

What is it?

Fatty acid derivative.

What’s the point?

Emollient: soothes and softens the skin.

How do you get it?

Combination of fatty acids and glycerins extracted from vegetable oil.

Titanium dioxide

What is it?

Titanium dioxide.

What’s the point?

Solar protection: mineral screen, reflects UV radiation.

How do you get it?

Mineral origin.

Silica dimethyl silylate

What is it?

Silica derivative.

What’s the point?

Thickening: provides the texture with consistency.

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.

Polyhydroxystearic acid

What is it?

Fatty acid derivative.

What’s the point?

Stabilising: stabilises the mineral screen or pigment.

How do you get it?

Obtained by synthesis from fatty acid extracted from vegetable oil.

Tocopheryl acetate

What is it?

Vitamin E derivative.

What’s the point?

Cellular protector: protects cells from external stress.

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.

Hydrogenated palm glycerides citrate

What is it?

Fatty acid derivative.

What’s the point?

Emollient: soothes and softens the skin.

How do you get it?

Obtained from fatty acids and glycerins extracted from vegetable oil, and citric acid (biotechnology).

Stearic acid

What is it?

Fatty acid.

What’s the point?

Stabilising: stabilises the mineral screen or pigment.

How do you get it?

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

Alumina

What is it?

Aluminium derivative.

What’s the point?

Stabilising: stabilises the mineral screen or pigment.

How do you get it?

Mineral origin.

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.

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