INTENSIVE RETINOL CREME
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Each of our ingredients have been selected for their effectiveness. Find all the ingredients of your product grouped into families according to their role.
Moisturising
Nourishing
Anti-wrinkle
Texture
Scent & fragrance
Protection of the product
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 optimise 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, mattifying, sun filters ...).
L’Eau Cellulaire contient / Cellular Water contains: AQUA/WATER/EAU, DISODIUM ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE, CARNOSINE, MINERAL SALTS/SELS MINÉRAUX
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?
Water contained in Cellular Water.
What’s the point?
Contributes to the Cellular Water patent.
NAOS has designed a perfectly defined water, meeting the three fundamental criteria for physiological fluids: pH, oxidation resistance, and concentration of mineral salts.
It optimises cellular functioning and preserves the balance of healthy skin.
Components contributing to this patent: aqua/water/eau, disodium adenosine triphosphate, carnosine, laminaria digitata extract, aminoethanesulfinic acid, citric acid, as well as mineral salts.
How do you get it?
Mineral origin.
Cetearyl isononanoate
What is it?
Fatty acid derivative.
What’s the point?
Emollient: soothes and softens the skin.
How do you get it?
Combination of fatty alcohol of plant origin, and synthesised fatty acid.
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.
Propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate
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 extracted from vegetable oil, and a synthesised glycol.
Cetearyl alcohol
What is it?
Fatty alcohol.
What’s the point?
Thickening: provides the texture with consistency.
How do you get it?
Obtained from fatty acid extracted from vegetable oil.
Hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer
What is it?
Acrylic polymer.
What’s the point?
Gelling: 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.
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.
Cetearyl glucoside
What is it?
Fatty alcohol and sugar derivative.
What’s the point?
Emulsifying: enables the formation and stabilisation of an emulsion.
How do you get it?
Obtained by synthesis from fatty alcohol and glucose of plant origin.
Sodium stearoyl glutamate
What is it?
Fatty acid and amino acid derivative.
What’s the point?
Emulsifying: enables the formation and stabilisation of an emulsion.
How do you get it?
Combination of fatty acid extracted from vegetable oil, and glutamic acid (biotechnology).
Sodium polyacrylate
What is it?
Acrylic polymer.
What’s the point?
Gelling: 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.
1,2-hexanediol
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.
Fragrance (parfum)
What is it?
Fragrance composition.
What’s the point?
Scent & Fragrance: provides the product with olfactory sensory appeal.
How do you get it?
Combination of synthesised and plant-based odour molecules.
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 citrate
What is it?
Citric acid derivative.
What’s the point?
Stabilising: contributes to the product’s homogeneity or stability.
How do you get it?
Component naturally found in the skin, obtained by biotechnology.
Biotechnology uses biological processes, including natural fermentation, to obtain ingredients.
Retinyl palmitate
What is it?
Vitamin A derivative.
What’s the point?
Anti-wrinkle: provides the skin with tone and firmness.
How do you get it?
Combination of fatty acid extracted from vegetable oil, and synthesised retinol.
Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate
What is it?
Aromatic derivative.
What’s the point?
Antioxidant: prevents the oxidation of the ingredients contained in the product.
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.
Polysorbate 60
What is it?
Fatty acid and sorbitan derivative.
What’s the point?
Emulsifying: enables the formation and stabilisation of an emulsion.
How do you get it?
Obtained by synthesis from fatty acid and sugar of plant origin.
Sorbitan isostearate
What is it?
Sorbitan and fatty acid ester.
What’s the point?
Emulsifying: enables the formation and stabilisation of an emulsion.
How do you get it?
Combination of sugar and fatty acid of plant origin.
Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil
What is it?
Sunflower oil.
What’s the point?
Nourishing: strengthens the skin’s protective film and the epidermis’s structure by supplying lipids.
How do you get it?
Sunflower seed extraction.
Propylene glycol
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.
Carnosine
What is it?
Peptide.
What’s the point?
Contributes to the Cellular Water patent.
NAOS has designed a perfectly defined water, meeting the three fundamental criteria for physiological fluids: pH, oxidation resistance, and concentration of mineral salts.
It optimises cellular functioning and preserves the balance of healthy skin.
Components contributing to this patent: aqua/water/eau, disodium adenosine triphosphate, carnosine, laminaria digitata extract, aminoethanesulfinic acid, citric acid, as well as mineral salts.
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.
Disodium adenosine triphosphate
What is it?
Nucleotide (ATP).
What’s the point?
Contributes to the Cellular Water patent.
NAOS has designed a perfectly defined water, meeting the three fundamental criteria for physiological fluids: pH, oxidation resistance, and concentration of mineral salts.
It optimises cellular functioning and preserves the balance of healthy skin.
Components contributing to this patent: aqua/water/eau, disodium adenosine triphosphate, carnosine, laminaria digitata extract, aminoethanesulfinic acid, citric acid, as well as mineral salts.
How do you get it?
Component naturally found in the skin, obtained by 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, 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.
Laminaria digitata extract
What is it?
Brown algae extract.
What’s the point?
Contributes to the Cellular Water patent.
NAOS has designed a perfectly defined water, meeting the three fundamental criteria for physiological fluids: pH, oxidation resistance, and concentration of mineral salts.
It optimises cellular functioning and preserves the balance of healthy skin.
Components contributing to this patent: aqua/water/eau, disodium adenosine triphosphate, carnosine, laminaria digitata extract, aminoethanesulfinic acid, citric acid, as well as mineral salts.
How do you get it?
Laminaria algae extraction.
Eugenol
What is it?
Fragrance compound.
What’s the point?
Scent & Fragrance: fragrance component.
How do you get it?
Plant origin and synthesised.
