The Noble Ingredient Glossary

Purposeful skincare, thoughtfully chosen

The Noble Ingredient Glossary

Get to know what goes into your daily care. Discover how each ingredient benefits your skin—and where to find it in Noble skincare.

Activated Charcoal

Activated charcoal powder and a solid charcoal piece
Activated charcoal
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fine, porous powder that helps absorb excess surface oil in rinse-off care. It adds a deep charcoal color and helps leave skin feeling freshly cleansed.

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Aloe Vera

A close-up of aloe vera leaves with serrated edges and white spots, growing in a garden in Uganda
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A water-rich botanical ingredient that brings a light, refreshing feel to skincare. It helps condition the skin without the richness of an oil or butter.

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Apricot Kernel Oil

Apricots with green leaves
Apricot fruit
EMOLLIENTOrganic

An emollient oil that softens skin and gives facial blends an easy, silky glide. It helps smooth the feel of dry areas without the thick texture of a butter.

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Argan Oil

Argan , fruits and seeds
EMOLLIENTOrganic

Argan oil conditions dry-feeling skin with a smooth, supple finish. Its emollient texture helps facial oils spread comfortably and leaves skin feeling softer.

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Arrowroot Powder

Astaxanthin

Microscopic photograph of a red Haematococcus pluvialis cell
Haematococcus pluvialis · microscopic view
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

An algae-derived carotenoid valued for its antioxidant properties. In facial care, it complements nourishing oils that leave skin feeling soft and conditioned.

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Atlas Cedarwood Essential Oil

Blue-green Atlas cedar foliage
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A warm, woody aromatic ingredient that gives body care depth and a grounded scent. Its role is fragrance, adding character to the daily skincare experience.

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Avocado Oil

The Hass avocado – single and halved
EMOLLIENT

A rich emollient that helps soften rough, dry-feeling skin. It adds cushion to balms and body care, leaving skin feeling smooth and comfortably conditioned.

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Baking Soda

Ingredient profileMineral powderDeodorant + powder care
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fine mineral powder used in deodorants to help control odor. In dry shampoo, it also contributes absorbency and a fresh, powdery feel.

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Bakuchiol

Green leaves of a babchi plant
PLANT-DERIVED ACTIVE

A plant-based retinol alternative, bakuchiol helps soften the appearance of fine lines and dark spots, revealing smoother, more even-looking skin.

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Baobab Oil

Opened baobab fruit and seeds
EMOLLIENTOrganic

An emollient seed oil that adds softness and slip to facial blends. It helps dry-feeling skin feel supple while smoothing the application of richer ingredients.

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Beeswax

Bentonite Clay

Ingredient profileMineral clayAbsorbency + texture
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

An absorbent clay that helps lift excess oil in rinse-off care. It adds body to a scrub or mask and leaves a clean, refreshed feel after rinsing.

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Benzoin Resin Oil

Golden brown benzoin resin pieces
Benzoin resin
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

Benzoin gives fragrance blends a soft, vanilla-like warmth. The resin is carried in ethanol to make this naturally thick aromatic material easier to blend.

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Bergamot Essential Oil

Bergamot citrus fruit growing among green leaves
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

Bergamot brings a bright, citrus scent with a softly floral finish. A small amount adds freshness and lifts the warmer aromatic notes in body care.

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Black Cumin Seed Oil

Nigella Sativa seed
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A distinctive seed oil that conditions skin and enriches facial blends. Its emollient role helps soften dry-feeling areas and gives the formula a smooth finish.

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Blood Orange Hydrosol

Blood orange (peeled)
AROMATIC WATEROrganic

An aromatic water that brings a fresh citrus note to a toner. It contributes to the formula’s water phase and offers a lighter sensory experience than an essential oil.

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Blue Tansy Essential Oil

Ingredient profileAromatic oilFragrance + sensory character
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

Blue tansy lends selected facial blends their distinctive, softly herbal aroma. Its rounded scent adds character to a daily skincare ritual.

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Cacao

A bowl of cocoa powder
COSMETIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A botanical powder that adds natural color and body to dark-hair dry shampoo. It helps the powder blend visually with deeper hair shades, reducing the appearance of a pale residue.

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Cacay Oil

Ingredient profileEmollientSoftness + smooth glide
EMOLLIENT

A silky seed oil that helps soften dry-feeling skin. Its emollient texture adds comfortable slip to facial care and leaves skin feeling smooth and supple.

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Calendula Flowers

Calendula officinalis stacking
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Dried calendula flowers bring botanical texture and a naturally colorful touch to a bath soak. This whole-flower form is distinct from an oil infusion or concentrated extract.

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Calendula-Infused Olive Oil

Calendula officinalis stacking
EMOLLIENT

An olive-oil infusion that combines a softening oil base with calendula botanical material. It adds conditioning richness and a smooth glide to balms for dry-feeling skin.

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Cane Sugar

Coarse brown cane sugar crystals
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Sugar crystals provide physical exfoliation in rinse-off care. Gentle massage helps lift loose surface flakes, leaving skin feeling smoother after the scrub is rinsed away.

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Carob

Ceratonia siliqua Pod and Seeds
COSMETIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A botanical powder that adds a warm brown tone to dark-hair dry shampoo. It helps the formula blend with deeper hair colors rather than leaving a conspicuous white cast.

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Carrot Seed Essential Oil

Close-up of carrot seeds against a dark background
Daucus carota seeds
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

An earthy aromatic ingredient that adds depth to facial fragrance blends. Essential oil is a different material from carrot-infused oil, seed carrier oil, or a vitamin concentrate.

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Castor Oil

Ricinus communis, Euphorbiaceae, Castor Oil Plant, seeds
EMOLLIENT

A thick, glossy emollient that gives lip care lasting slip and a smooth finish. In cleansing oils, it helps the blend spread and loosen oil-based residue during massage.

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Cetearyl Olivate

Olive oil, olives and olive branches
Olive source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

An olive-derived emulsifying ingredient used with sorbitan olivate. It helps oily and watery materials work together and gives rinse-off care a smoother, more even texture.

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Chamomile

Ingredient profileCosmetic ingredientFormula support
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Chamomile adds finely milled botanical material to light-hair dry shampoo. It complements the absorbent powder base and blends naturally into lighter hair shades.

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Chamomile Flowers

Ingredient profileCosmetic ingredientFormula support
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Whole dried flowers that add botanical texture to a bath soak. This form contributes to the bathing experience and is distinct from a distilled essential oil.

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Chlorella Powder

Ingredient profileFinely milled materialTexture + formula character
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Finely powdered green algae adds natural color and body to a rinse-off mask. It is a whole algal powder, rather than an isolated or standardized active.

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Coconut Fruit Extract

Open coconut on a dark wooden surface
Coconut source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A coconut-derived component of fermented cosmetic ingredients. It contributes to the conditioning character of selected water-based formulas and is distinct from coconut oil.

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Coconut Lactobacillus

Open coconut on a dark wooden surface
Coconut source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fermented coconut material that brings skin-conditioning benefits to rinse-off care. Fermentation creates a different ingredient from the rich coconut oil used in balms.

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Coconut Oil

Coconut oil in a glass jar with coconut pieces
Coconut oil
EMOLLIENT

A rich emollient that softens skin and gives body care a smooth, cushioned texture. It helps the formula spread and leaves dry-feeling areas comfortably conditioned.

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Colloidal Oatmeal

Close-up of dry oat flakes
Oat source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Finely milled oatmeal helps give rinse-off masks a soft, creamy feel. It conditions dry-feeling skin and leaves a smooth finish without the coarse texture of larger oat particles.

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Colloidal Silver

Ingredient profileParticle dispersionA distinct material form
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A liquid dispersion of fine silver particles listed in Clarify Face Mask. It is a different ingredient from mineral powders, essential oils, and botanical extracts.

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Cranberry Seed Oil

Fresh cranberries on a white background
Cranberry fruit
EMOLLIENTOrganic

An emollient seed oil that adds smoothness to facial oils and balms. It helps soften dry-feeling skin and gives richer formulas comfortable slip.

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Epsom Salt

Ingredient profileMineral crystalsBath + body care
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Magnesium sulfate crystals dissolve into warm bath water, creating the mineral base of a soak. Paired with dried botanicals, they make a simple bath feel like a considered ritual.

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Ethanol (in benzoin resin oil)

Ingredient profileSolventCarries aromatic resin
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A solvent used to carry the aromatic components of thick benzoin resin. It helps this warm, vanilla-like fragrance blend evenly into the formula.

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Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Ingredient profileAromatic oilFragrance + sensory character
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

A crisp, aromatic ingredient that adds a fresh scent to body care. Its role is fragrance, complementing citrus and herbal notes in the blend.

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Evening Primrose Oil

Yellow Oenothera biennis flower and green leaves
SEED OIL · EMOLLIENTOrganic

Pressed from evening primrose seeds, this oil contains linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). Its emollient fatty acids soften dry, rough-feeling skin and help hold moisture at the surface, leaving skin feeling supple and more comfortable.

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Fine Sea Salt

Sea salt in a wooden bowl with a wooden spoon
Sea salt
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Fine salt crystals contribute physical exfoliation to a rinse-off scrub. Gentle massage helps smooth the feel of rough surface skin before the formula is rinsed away.

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Fractionated Coconut Oil

Open coconut on a dark wooden surface
Coconut source
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A light, fluid coconut-derived emollient that helps formulas spread easily. It softens skin with a smooth glide and stays liquid unlike ordinary coconut oil.

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Frankincense

Ingredient profileCosmetic ingredientFormula support
BOTANICAL · DISTINCT FORMSOrganic

Frankincense brings a warm, resinous aromatic note to skincare. The essential oil gives oil-based blends depth, while the hydrosol contributes a lighter aromatic water to Rejuvenate Toner. These are separate ingredients with different formulation roles.

Frankincense Essential Oil

A distilled aromatic material with a warm, resinous scent. It adds depth to oil-based formulas and is distinct from frankincense hydrosol or resin extract.

Frankincense Hydrosol

A distilled aromatic water used in Rejuvenate Toner. It contributes to the water phase and brings a gentle resinous note to the mist; it is not diluted essential oil.

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French Green Clay

Ingredient profileMineral clayAbsorbency + texture
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

An absorbent mineral clay that helps take up excess surface oil. In dry shampoo, it adds body to the powder and helps refresh the feel of hair between washes.

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Geranium Essential Oil

rose geranium - Leaves and flowers
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A floral aromatic with a green, rounded character. It gives fragrance blends softness and depth without adding a heavy perfume-like texture to the formula.

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Goji Berry Seed Oil

Closeup of wolfberries on Rich Nature farm, near Wuzhong, Zhongning County, Ningxia, China
EMOLLIENT

A seed oil that softens dry-feeling skin and gives facial care a smooth glide. Its emollient richness helps leave skin feeling comfortably conditioned after rinsing.

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Gotu Kola Powder

Centella asiatica
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A botanical powder that adds plant solids and texture to a rinse-off mask. It is kept distinct from standardized gotu kola extracts, whose concentrations and properties can differ.

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Green Coffee Oil

Typical Brazilian coffee at 75° F, unroasted coffee
EMOLLIENT

An emollient oil that enriches facial blends and helps skin feel softer. It is a separate ingredient from coffee grounds, brewed coffee, or a standardized caffeine extract.

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Green Tea Extract

"Camellia" means  Tea Bush
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

An extract of green tea leaves that helps condition skin and brings the botanical into facial care without the texture of whole leaves.

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Helichrysum Essential Oil

Curry Plant; Flowers
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

Helichrysum adds a warm, herbal scent with a gently rounded finish. It gives facial fragrance blends depth while complementing floral and resinous notes.

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Hemp Seed Oil

Shelled hemp seeds (source of hemp protein)
EMOLLIENTOrganic

An emollient seed oil that softens dry-feeling skin and gives facial blends smooth slip. Hemp seed oil is distinct from CBD or other cannabinoid extracts.

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Hibiscus Oil

Yellow Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
EMOLLIENT

An oil-based hibiscus ingredient that helps soften skin and adds a smooth glide to facial balm. It is distinct from the dried hibiscus powder used in rinse-off masks.

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Hibiscus Powder

Ingredient profileFinely milled materialTexture + formula character
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A powdered botanical ingredient that adds color and plant solids to a rinse-off mask. It is distinct from hibiscus oil and from a standardized acid or active extract.

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High-Linoleic Safflower Oil

Yellow safflower flower
Carthamus tinctorius
EMOLLIENT

A safflower oil grade selected for its linoleic-acid profile. As an emollient, it softens dry-feeling skin and gives facial oil blends a smooth, fluid finish.

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Iron Oxides

Ingredient profileMineral colorantsWearable color
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Mineral colorants that create warm, wearable tones in tinted lip and cheek care. Carefully blended shades add natural-looking color with a soft, even finish.

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Jojoba Oil

Kakadu Plum Fruit Extract

Ingredient profilePrepared extractSkin conditioning
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A prepared extract of Kakadu plum fruit that helps condition skin in facial care. Its liquid form blends into the formula for a smooth, comfortable feel.

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Kaolin Clay

Ingredient profileMineral clayAbsorbency + texture
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fine mineral clay that gives rinse-off masks body and a smooth application. It helps absorb surface oil and rinses away with the rest of the formula.

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Lactobacillus Ferment

Ingredient profileFermented ingredientSkin conditioning
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fermentation-derived ingredient that helps condition skin in selected water-based formulas. Its prepared liquid form blends smoothly into toners and rinse-off care.

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Lavender

Растение в Седово
BOTANICAL · DISTINCT FORMS

Lavender and lavandin bring a familiar floral-herbal character to skincare. Essential oil adds aroma, hydrosol offers a light aromatic water, and dried flowers or powder add botanical texture. Each form has its own purpose.

Lavender Essential Oil Organic

Lavandula angustifolia essential oil gives selected oil blends their floral-herbal scent.

Lavandin Flower Powder

Finely milled Lavandula × intermedia flowers add botanical body to the light-hair dry shampoo. This lavandin powder is distinct from lavender essential oil and hydrosol.

Lavender Flowers

Dried flowers add botanical texture and a floral-herbal note to the bath soak. They are kept separate from the powdered and distilled forms.

Lavender Hydrosol Organic

A light, aromatic distilled water used in selected toners and masks. The supplier’s current listing identifies Lavandula angustifolia; it is separate from concentrated essential oil.

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Lemon Essential Oil

This image shows a whole and a cut lemon
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A bright citrus aromatic that gives a fragrance blend a fresh, clear top note. It contributes scent rather than the exfoliating effect of lemon juice or a purified acid.

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Lemongrass Essential Oil

Cymbopogon citratus from the Philippines
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

An aromatic ingredient with a fresh, lemony-herbal character. It gives body-care fragrance blends a clear citrus note without being the same material as lemon essential oil.

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Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment

Fresh red radishes
Radish source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fermentation-derived cosmetic ingredient used in selected water-based skincare. It is part of the prepared formula system and is distinct from raw radish juice or a botanical oil.

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Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate

Fresh red radishes
Radish source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fermentation-derived cosmetic ingredient used in selected water-based skincare. It is part of the prepared formula system and is distinct from raw radish juice or a botanical oil.

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Magnesium Hydroxide

Ingredient profileMineral powderDeodorant care
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A mineral ingredient used in deodorants to help control odor. It contributes to the formula’s performance without making an antiperspirant or sweat-blocking claim.

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Mango Butter

Ripe mango fruit on a white background
Mango fruit
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A soft plant butter that gives body care cushion and structure. It smooths rough-feeling skin and adds a comfortable, protective-feeling finish to rich blends.

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Manuka Essential Oil

Manuka flowers on a single twig
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

A distilled aromatic ingredient with an herbal, resinous character. It brings warmth and depth to the scent of selected skincare blends.

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Marshmallow Root Powder

Althaea officinalis, Malvaceae, Common Marshmallow, flower
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A finely milled root that adds botanical body to rinse-off masks. Its natural plant material complements the soft, cushiony texture of the honey-and-clay base.

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MCT Oil

Open coconut on a dark wooden surface
Coconut source
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A light triglyceride emollient that gives balms an easy, fluid spread. It softens skin and helps richer waxes and fats glide comfortably during application.

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Mica

Ingredient profileMineral pigmentColor + soft sheen
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A mineral pigment that brings a soft sheen to tinted lip and cheek care. It helps create a luminous finish; the effect depends on the selected shade.

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Neroli Flower Hydrosol

Flowers of bitter orange (Citrus aurantium)
AROMATIC WATER

An aromatic flower water that gives a rinse-off mask a delicate citrus-floral note. It contributes to the water phase and is distinct from concentrated neroli essential oil.

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Oatstraw

Green oat stems in a sunlit field
Avena sativa · botanical source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Dried oatstraw adds botanical texture to the bath soak. It comes from the oat plant’s aerial parts and is distinct from the finely milled oat grain used in colloidal oatmeal.

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Oatstraw Powder

Green oat stems in a sunlit field
Avena sativa · botanical source
COSMETIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A powdered botanical component used in dry shampoo. Its plant part and milling grade are tracked separately from whole oatstraw and from colloidal oatmeal.

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Olive Oil

Olive tree (Olea europaea) branch with immature olives, Praça João do Rio, Lisbon, Portugal
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A rich emollient that softens dry-feeling skin and gives body care smooth slip. It adds a comfortable, conditioned finish and is distinct from olive-derived squalane or emulsifiers.

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Olive Squalane

Olive oil, olives and olive branches
Olive source
EMOLLIENT

A silky emollient that softens skin and helps oil blends spread evenly. Its fluid texture leaves skin feeling smooth and supple without the heavier structure of a wax or butter.

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Passionflower

This is a Passiflora incarnata flower from Gainesville, FL, USA, taken in Fall 2011
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Dried passionflower brings whole-herb texture to a bath soak, mingling with aromatic flowers and mineral salts for a botanical bathing ritual.

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Peppermint Essential Oil

Ingredient profileAromatic oilFragrance + sensory character
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A crisp mint aromatic that adds freshness to selected body-care blends. It contributes scent and a distinctive sensory character; it is kept separate from spearmint oil.

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Pink Kaolin Clay

Ingredient profileMineral clayAbsorbency + texture
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A pink-toned mineral clay that adds color and body to a rinse-off mask. It helps absorb surface oil while contributing to a smooth, creamy application.

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Plum Kernel Oil

Fresh plums with a cut fruit and stone
Plum fruit and stone
EMOLLIENT

Pressed from plum kernels, this silky oil softens dry-feeling skin and gives facial blends a smooth finish. It adds conditioning richness without the heavy structure of a butter.

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Pomegranate Seed Oil

A pomegranate opened on the tree (Punica granatum), showing the arils
EMOLLIENTOrganic

An emollient seed oil that adds conditioning richness to facial blends. It helps skin feel supple and gives a small amount of oil a smooth, easy spread.

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Pumpkin Seed Oil

Pumpkin seed
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A nourishing seed oil that softens dry-feeling skin and gives facial blends a smooth, supple finish.

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Radish Root Ferment

Fresh red radishes
Radish source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fermentation-derived cosmetic ingredient used in selected facial formulas. It is part of the prepared formula system, rather than raw radish or an aromatic essential oil.

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Raw Honey

Honey spoon being used in a glass jar of Greek honey
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Honey’s natural sugars attract moisture and give rinse-off masks a rich, cushiony texture. Skin feels soft and conditioned after rinsing.

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Resveratrol

Ingredient profileCosmetic activeAntioxidant interest
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Resveratrol is studied for its antioxidant activity in skincare. It is used in selected facial formulas to complement conditioning ingredients; its cosmetic performance depends on the supplied form and formulation.

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Roman Chamomile Essential Oil

Flores de manzanilla (Chamaemelum nobile)
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A distilled aromatic ingredient with a soft, rounded floral character. It adds scent to selected balms and is tracked separately from dried chamomile flowers or powders.

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Rose Petals

Dried rose petals
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Dried rose petals bring natural color and botanical texture to a bath soak. They are distinct from rose hydrosol, rosehip seed oil, and rose aromatic extracts.

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Rosehip Seed Oil

Red Rosa canina rosehips among green leaves
Rosa canina · botanical source
EMOLLIENTOrganic

An emollient seed oil that softens dry-feeling skin and gives facial blends a smooth finish. It is a separate botanical material from rose petals or distilled rose water.

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Rosemary Antioxidant

Rosmarinus officinalis, found on the Sabotino mountain in the North-East "corner" of Italy, a few kilometres North of Gorizia at the border to Slovenia
COSMETIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A rosemary-derived antioxidant material used to help slow oxidation of oils in a formula. Protecting an oil blend from oxidation is different from preserving a water-based product against microbial growth.

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Rosemary Essential Oil

Rosemary leaves and purple flowers
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

A fresh, herbal aromatic that gives selected body-care blends their characteristic scent. It is distinct from rosemary antioxidant extracts and powdered rosemary leaves.

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Rosemary Extract

Rosemary leaves and purple flowers
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A rosemary-derived cosmetic extract used in facial care. It is a prepared botanical material with a different role and composition from the aromatic essential oil.

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Rosemary Leaf Extract

Rosemary leaves and purple flowers
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

An extract of rosemary leaves used in facial care. This prepared botanical material is distinct from whole powdered leaves and from the distilled aromatic oil.

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Rosemary Powder

Rosemary leaves and purple flowers
COSMETIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A powdered botanical component in dark-hair dry shampoo. It adds plant solids to the powder blend and is distinct from distilled rosemary essential oil.

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Sacha Inchi Oil

Sacha Inchi is an indigenous species from the Amazon that produces edible seeds with a high content of Omega fatty acids
EMOLLIENT

An emollient seed oil that enriches facial balms and helps soften dry-feeling skin. It adds conditioning richness and a smooth, supple finish.

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Safflower Oil

Yellow safflower flower
Carthamus tinctorius
EMOLLIENT

A fluid emollient that helps body-care blends spread smoothly. It softens dry-feeling skin and gives richer creams a light, comfortable glide.

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Sea Buckthorn Oil

Common Sea-buckthorn berries at Vosseslag, De Haan, Belgium
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A richly colored botanical oil that adds conditioning richness to facial care. Its emollient fatty acids soften dry-feeling skin and leave a smooth, supple finish.

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Shea Butter

Close-up of raw shea butter
Unrefined shea · source material
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A rich plant butter that softens rough, dry-feeling areas and adds cushion to balms. It helps hold moisture at the surface and leaves skin feeling comfortably protected.

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Sorbitan Olivate

Olive oil, olives and olive branches
Olive source
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

An olive-derived emulsifying ingredient used alongside cetearyl olivate. It helps the components of a rinse-off formula work together and contributes to a smoother texture.

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Spearmint Essential Oil

Mint leaves (Mentha spicata)
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

A sweet mint aromatic that adds a fresh note to a rinse-off mask. Its scent is distinct from peppermint, and the two oils retain separate ingredient records.

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Spirulina Powder

Powdered Spirulina powder
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A finely powdered algal ingredient that brings a deep green color and botanical body to a rinse-off mask. It blends into the base without the coarse texture of larger plant pieces.

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Sweet Almond Oil

Almond (Prunus dulcis) fruit with seeds – in shell, shell cracked open, shelled and blanched seed
EMOLLIENTOrganic

A smooth emollient that softens skin and gives facial blends gentle slip. It helps richer oils spread evenly and leaves dry-feeling skin comfortably conditioned.

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Sweet Orange Essential Oil

Citrus sinensis: Fruits and foliage
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A bright, sweet citrus aromatic that adds freshness to body-care fragrance blends. It is a different ingredient from orange hydrosol or orange-derived carrier materials.

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Tallow

Tapioca Powder

Ingredient profileFinely milled materialTexture + formula character
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fine starch that absorbs excess oil in dry shampoo. It helps refresh the feel of hair between washes and gives the powder blend a soft, light texture.

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Tea Tree Essential Oil

White tea tree flowers and fine green leaves
Melaleuca alternifolia
AROMATIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A fresh, distinctive herbal aromatic that gives selected facial and deodorant blends their characteristic scent. It complements the softer floral and resinous notes of other essential oils.

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Vanilla Bean Infusion

Vanilla: 6 beans
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Vanilla beans contribute a soft, warm aromatic note through an infusion. The infused base remains part of the formula, making this a different material from vanilla essential oil or a standardized extract.

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Vegetable Glycerin

Ingredient profileHumectantWater-binding hydration
COSMETIC INGREDIENTOrganic

A humectant that attracts and holds water, helping skin feel hydrated and soft. Its water-binding role complements oils and waxes, which work differently by softening skin and reducing moisture loss.

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Vitamin E

Ingredient profileAntioxidant ingredientOil stability + conditioning
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

Vitamin E helps protect oils in a formula from oxidation and also conditions skin. It complements the richer oils and butters that leave skin feeling soft and smooth.

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White Kaolin Clay

Ingredient profileMineral clayAbsorbency + texture
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fine white mineral clay that gives rinse-off masks body and a smooth application. It helps absorb excess surface oil and rinses away with the rest of the formula.

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White Rose Hydrosol

White Rosa × alba flower among green leaves
Rosa × alba
AROMATIC WATEROrganic

An aromatic flower water that gives toners and masks a soft floral note. It contributes to the water phase and is distinct from rosehip seed oil, rose petals, or concentrated rose aromatics.

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White Willow Bark Powder

Bark of the White Willow (Salix alba) Germany, Thuringia, Bad Salzungen
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A powdered botanical ingredient that adds plant solids to a rinse-off mask. It is not interchangeable with purified salicylic acid or a standardized exfoliating extract.

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Witch Hazel

Close-up of a green witch hazel leaf
Hamamelis virginiana
COSMETIC INGREDIENTOrganic

Witch hazel is a distilled botanical ingredient used in toners and masks. It brings a light, refreshing feel to the water phase and complements moisturizing ingredients such as glycerin.

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Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Yellow ylang ylang flowers among green leaves
Cananga odorata
AROMATIC INGREDIENT

A rich floral aromatic that gives deodorant fragrance blends a soft, rounded character. Its role is scent, complementing the herbal and citrus notes of other essential oils.

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Zinc Oxide

Fine zinc oxide powder
Zinc oxide powder
COSMETIC INGREDIENT

A fine mineral powder that adds body and opacity to selected balms and deodorants. It helps shape their smooth, protective-feeling texture.

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