Ingredients Glossary Tinted BB Cream SPF 30

Natural Ingredients

Ingredient

Use & Benefits

Safety Profile

Source

Shea Oil

Emollient, skin softener

 

Good

Fruit of the shea tree

Kakadu Plum Seed Oil

High source of Vitamin C

Superior anti-oxidant, Skin Brightening

 

Good

Australian Kakadu Plum

Vitamin E

Combats free radicals

Good

Plant Oils

Red Algae Extract

Source of anti-oxidants

 

Good

Red algae/seaweed

Glycerin

Skin humectant

Good

Vegetable                  

Lecithin

Emollient, skin conditioner

 

Good

Soybeans

Saccharide Isomerate

Water-binding agent, emollient

 

Good

100% natural plant carbohydrates

Succinoglycan gum

 

Stabiliser, thickener

 

Good

Plant fermentation

 

Naturally-derived Ingredients

Ingredient

Use & Benefits

Safety Profile

Source

Vitamin B3

Anti-ageing and soothing agent

 

Good

Plants

Soybean sterols

Skin lubricant

 

Good

Soybeans

Hyaluronic acid

 

Restore suppleness and youthfulness

 

Good

Plant based microbial fermentation

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Emollient, replenish skin

Good

Coconut oil & glycerin

Coco Caprylate/Caprate

Emollient, skin softening

Good

Coconut

Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate

Skin softening agent

Good

Olive Oil

Glyceryl stearate

Emulsifier, thickening agent

Good

Vegetable oils

Ceteareth-20

Emulsifier, stabiliser, thickener

Good

Vegetable oils

Sodium PCA

Skin humectant

Good

Plant amino acids       

PEG-100 Stearate

Emulsifier and surfactant

 

Good

Vegetable fatty acids

Cetearyl Alcohol

Stabiliser and emollient

 

Good

Coconut Oil

Hydrogenated Olive Oil Unsaponifiables

Skin nourisher

 

Good

Olive Oil

Polysorbate 80

 

Emulsifier

 

Good

Vegetable oils and sorbitol

Behenyl Alcohol

 

Thickener and stabiliser

 

Good

Plants

Polyhydroxystearic Acid

 

Texturing agent

 

Good

Castor Oil

Stearic Acid

 

Emollient, emulsifier

 

Good

Plants

Citric acid

pH balancer

 

Good

Fruits

Lactic acid

 

Promotes cell renewal

 

Good

Plants

Benzoic acid

 

Preservative

 

Good

Plants

Benzyl alcohol

 

Preservative

 

Low risk skin irritant

Plants

Sorbic acid

 

Preservative

 

Good

Plants

 

Minerals

Ingredient

Use & Benefits

Safety Profile

Source

Titanium Dioxide

Sunscreen agent, resistant to UV Rays

Good

Minerals

Iron Oxide

Colouring agent

Good

Iron

Polymethylsilsesquioxane

Masks and blurs wrinkles, water repellent

Good

Minerals

Phenyl Trimethicone

Texture enhancer, conditioning agent, sunscreen agent

Good

Quartz and opal

 

Boron Nitride

Blur the appearance of wrinkles

Good

Boron

Silica

Blur the appearance of pores

 

Good

Sandstone, clay, granite

Alumina

 

Pigment carrier, mattifying agent

 

Good

Minerals

 

Synthetic agents

Ingredient

Use & Benefits

Safety Profile

Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate

New generation chemical sunscreen

High UVA protection and high photostability

 

Good

No evidence of hormone disruption

Bemotrizinol

Broad spectrum UV filter

Improve water resistance

Good

No evidence of hormone disruption

Octocrylene

Broad spectrum UV filter

Improve water resistance

Very low risk of skin irritation

Very low transdermal absorption

No evidence of hormone disruption (in vitro and animal studies)  

Acetyl Hexapeptide-51 Amide (Peptide)

New technology peptide for anti-wrinkle

Enhance cellular and photoprotection

Good

Disodium EDTA

Stabiliser to prevent randicity

 

Good

Tromethamine

Solubiliser

Good