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Passiflora

passifloraPassiflora incarnata extract

Passiflora (Passiflora incarnata L.) is a perennial plant with a slim, climbing stem. It originates from the tropical and subtropical areas of central and South America. Better known as the Passion Flower, due to the appearance of the floral corolla the revokes the instruments of Christ’s Passion, it is a plant rich inflavonoids, phytosterols, sugars and pectin. Due to the beneficial action on the microcirculation and the soothing, redness relieving effect of the flavonoids, passiflora flower extract is used to prepare protective, soothing cosmetics for delicate, sensitive, easilyirritated skin or skin that tends to suffer from couperose. It also has a good antioxidant action that helps protect the skin against ultraviolet radiation and other harmful agents. Use of the plant extract is therefore also particularly indicated in the preparation of protective day creams and in after-sun and aftershaving products.

Wheat germ oil

olio-di-germe-di-granoTriticum vulgare germ oil

Wheat (Triticum vulgare), or bran, is a plant belonging to the Graminaceae family. Wheat germ oil, extracted from wheat germ by cold pressure, is a concentrate of wheat lipid fraction. It therefore contains a good quantity of polyunsaturated fatty acids and an unsaponifiablefraction rich in phytosterols and tocopherols. With respect to common seed oils, wheat germ oil has thehighest vitamin E content. This is why it is recommended to offset the dryness of dry and very dry skin, as it strengthens the hydrolipid film that covers the epidermis. It is particularly recommended in protective, restorative creams, where it has a moisturising, nourishing action. It can improve the capillary circulation and tissue oxygenation and has a soothing, antioxidant action. These characteristics mean that wheat germ oil is particularly useful for dry skin and skin that is sensitive and tends to suffer from couperose. It is also particularly recommended for use in cosmetics designed to treat skin ageing and sun products.

 

Channelled wrack

pelvetia-canaliculataPelvetia canaliculata

Channelled wrack is a brown algae (Phaeophyceae) that is very commonly found on the rocky cliffs of the Atlantic ocean. Like all algae, it contains oligo elements, vitamins and amino acids, which mineralise adipose masses. The presence of iodine and oligo elements firms tissues by activating physiological mechanisms on the collagen fibre and elastin in the deepest layers of the skin, improving elasticity and tone. It smoothes the skin, thanks to the action of the sea salt that delicately renews the skin surface.

Sweet almond oil

olio-di-mandorle-dolciPrunus amygdalus dulcis oil

Originally from Western Asia, the Almond (Prunus amygdalus) is extensively grown in the countries of the Mediterranean and in California. The almond fruit is cold pressed to yield a clear, odourless oil used in cosmetics for its eudermic properties and its high affinity with the skin. IT is very rich in essential fatty acids, mainly represented by oleic acid (62-86%) and linoleic acid (20-30%). It also contains vitamins E and B and minerals. Almond oil is very well tolerated by even the most delicate, sensitive skin, due to its great affinity with the components of the skin sebum, meaning that it is extensively used in cosmetics for its nourishing, emollient and elasticising properties for the skin. It is therefore used in oleolytes, moisturising milks and creams and in particular those intended for children, delicate skin and skin that reddens easily, as it favours the formation of the protective film, protecting it from dehydration and leaving skin silky smooth. Thanks to its great affinity with skin, moreover, Almond oil can also be used pure on skin, to leave it soft and elastic.

 

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