Looking for inspiring ingredients which you can source right back to their roots?
Read on to discover the stories behind just some of our natural and fully traceable ingredients or download our brochures 'Circular Economy and Traceable' or 'Certified Natural Ingredients'.
Supporting Brazilian Biodiversity
The CitroForest line from Citróleo is composed of 100% pure and natural products, obtained from sustainable sources of Brazilian Biodiversity.
Manufactured from start to finish within a sustainable production cycle - from the choice of fruits and seeds to storage. No ingredients go through a refining process, allowing them to maintain their natural characteristics and benefits for the final product.
Check out some of our favourites from the CitroForest Range...
The range features a host of vegetable oils and butters, but we particularly love the Babuçu Oil.
Breu Branco Oil offers healing, stimulating and antiseptic properties. Even protecting against the effects of solar radiation.
It has to be their Copaiba Balm, which offers offers emollient, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties.
Let's talk upcycling ... with Laboratoires Expanscience
In our latest video in the Infinity Question Time series Claire Warnes talks upcycling with Golzar Salmani Toussi, from new partner Laboratoires Expanscience.
With 43% of their cosmetic ingredients being upcycled, they definitely live the 'waste not, want not' philosophy.
Download their brochure to find out more about their upcycling initiatives and products...
Sweet Scent of Upcycled
Using fragrance industry by-products, WASTAR™ is the new upcycled collection from IFF | Lucas Meyer Cosmetics.
Try out:
An upcycled lavender to protect skin against indoor pollution for a healthy glow.
An upcycled pink berry to soothe irritation for scalp relief.
Water Replacements for Formulations
Our Organic Algae Waters are harvested by hand on Brittany’s shores, a by-product obtained by a gentle evaporation and condensation process of fresh algae.
Contrary to hydrolats, this range are 100% derived from algae composition, so could be used to replace water in formulations as well as increasing their organic content.
- Organic Undaria Water – perfect for anti-ageing products
- Organic Palmaria Water – ideal for slimming products
- Organic Ascophyllum Water – use for firming and anti-ageing products
- Organic Saccharina Water – protects skin from external aggressions
Formulation Inspiration
Maintains the elasticity and firmness of the skin whilst providing tone and flexibility, thanks to the use of upcycled ingredient Collageneer®.
This 'Oils Re-Pair' serum is a perfect solution for dry and damaged skin, using upcycled ingredient Passioline® to give its soothing and nourishing properties.
A hair & scalp cream with a silky pomade texture containing upcycled WASTAR™ Pink Berry. Add different amounts of water to create different viscosities from thick cream to spray - all with a nourishing skin feel.