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.

Sun Active Defense Patent

Moisturising

  • Glycerin
  • Xylitol

Soothing

  • Fructooligosaccharides
  • Laminaria ochroleuca extract
  • Rhamnose

Antioxidant

  • Mannitol

Formulation water

  • Aqua / water / eau

Texture

  • C20-22 alkyl phosphate
  • Cellulose gum
  • Dicaprylyl carbonate
  • Diisopropyl sebacate
  • Methylpropanediol
  • Microcrystalline cellulose

Protection of the product

  • 1,2-hexanediol1
  • C20-22 alcohols
  • Caprylic / capric triglyceride
  • Caprylyl glycol
  • Citric acid
  • Decyl glucoside
  • Disodium edta
  • Pentylene glycol
  • Propylene glycol
  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Tocopherol
  • Xanthan gum

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.

Aqua/water/eau

What is it?

Purified water.

What’s the point?

Formulation water.

How do you get it?

Mineral 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.

Methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol [nano]

What is it?

Bisoctrizol: aromatic derivative.

What’s the point?

Patented high-technology sun protection, reinforced against UVA rays. An association of UV filters and a biological protection that improves the self defense capacity of the skin to help maintain long-lasting care of its health in the sun.

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.

Diisopropyl sebacate

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 extracted from vegetable oil, and synthesised propanol.

Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane

What is it?

Avobenzone (or BMDBM): aromatic derivative.

What’s the point?

Patented high-technology sun protection, reinforced against UVA rays. An association of UV filters and a biological protection that improves the self defense capacity of the skin to help maintain long-lasting care of its health in the sun.

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.

Ethylhexyl triazone

What is it?

Aromatic derivative.

What’s the point?

Patented high-technology sun protection, reinforced against UVA rays. An association of UV filters and a biological protection that improves the self defense capacity of the skin to help maintain long-lasting care of its health in the sun.

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.

Glycerin

What is it?

Glycerin.

What’s the point?

Moisturising: increases the water content of the skin’s outermost layers.

How do you get it?

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

Decyl glucoside

What is it?

Sugar and fatty alcohol derivative.

What’s the point?

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

How do you get it?

Obtained by synthesis from fatty alcohol of plant origin, and glucose (biotechnology).

Methylpropanediol

What is it?

Polyol.

What’s the point?

Humectant: maintains the skin’s moisture level.

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.

C20-22 alkyl phosphate

What is it?

Fatty alcohol derivative.

What’s the point?

Emulsifying: enables the formation and stabilisation of an emulsion.

How do you get it?

Obtained by synthesis from fatty alcohols of plant origin.

Ethylhexyl methoxycrylene

What is it?

Aromatic derivative.

What’s the point?

Patented high-technology sun protection, reinforced against UVA rays. An association of UV filters and a biological protection that improves the self defense capacity of the skin to help maintain long-lasting care of its health in the sun.

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.

C20-22 alcohols

What is it?

Fatty alcohol.

What’s the point?

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

How do you get it?

Obtained from fatty acids extracted from vegetable oil.

Pentylene glycol

What is it?

Polyol.

What’s the point?

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

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.

Microcrystalline cellulose

What is it?

Microcrystalline cellulose.

What’s the point?

Gelling: provides the texture with consistency.

How do you get it?

Wood extraction.

Disodium edta

What is it?

Edetic acid derivative.

What’s the point?

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

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.

1,2-hexanediol1

What is it?

Polyol.

What’s the point?

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

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.

Caprylyl glycol

What is it?

Polyol.

What’s the point?

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

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.

Mannitol

What is it?

Sugar derivative.

What’s the point?

Antioxidant: neutralises free radicals and their harmful effects on the skin.

How do you get it?

Obtained from sugar of plant origin.

Xylitol

What is it?

Sugar derivative.

What’s the point?

Moisturising: increases the water content of the skin’s outermost layers.

How do you get it?

Obtained from plant sugar.

Propylene glycol

What is it?

Polyol.

What’s the point?

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

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.

Cellulose gum

What is it?

Cellulose gum.

What’s the point?

Gelling: provides the texture with consistency.

How do you get it?

Wood extraction.

Citric acid

What is it?

Citric acid.

What’s the point?

Stabilising: helps adjust the product’s pH.

How do you get it?

Component naturally found in the skin, obtained by biotechnology.
Biotechnology uses biological processes, including natural fermentation, to obtain ingredients.

Sodium hydroxide

What is it?

Sodium derivative.

What’s the point?

Stabilising: helps adjust the product’s pH.

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.

Rhamnose

What is it?

Sugar.

What’s the point?

Soothing: reduces sensations of skin discomfort.

How do you get it?

Wood extraction or synthesis.

Xanthan gum

What is it?

Xanthan gum.

What’s the point?

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

How do you get it?

Biotechnology.
Biotechnology uses biological processes, including natural fermentation, to obtain ingredients.

Ectoin

What is it?

Amino acid.

What’s the point?

Patented high-technology sun protection, reinforced against UVA rays. An association of UV filters and a biological protection that improves the self defense capacity of the skin to help maintain long-lasting care of its health in the sun.

How do you get it?

Biotechnology.
Biotechnology uses biological processes, including natural fermentation, to obtain ingredients.

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.

Fructooligosaccharides

What is it?

Sugar macromolecule.

What’s the point?

Soothing: reduces sensations of skin discomfort.

How do you get it?

Biotechnology.
Biotechnology uses biological processes, including natural fermentation, to obtain ingredients.

Caprylic/capric triglyceride

What is it?

Glycerin and fatty acid derivative (triglycerides).

What’s the point?

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

How do you get it?

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

Laminaria ochroleuca extract

What is it?

Golden algae extract.

What’s the point?

Soothing: reduces sensations of skin discomfort.

How do you get it?

Laminaria algae extraction.

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