Ingredients Natural Skin Care
Please select a letter to obtain more information about the ingredients of Dr.Hauschka Skin Care products. In case of conflicting information the formulas stated on the packaging take precedence.
| English name | Contained in | Declaration (INCI) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE Leaves, Extract |
| Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract | The leaves of the vigorous, evergreen sage hold a warming, balancing power. Sage nurtures the skin and helps calm excess sweating, while purifying and fortifying. Dr. Hauschka Skin Care products use sage leaf extracts prepared by our own special rhythmic processes. |
| SAGE Leaves, Dry extract |
| Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Leaf Extract | The leaves of the vigorous, evergreen sage hold a warming, balancing power. Sage nurtures the skin and helps calm excess sweating, is purifying and fortifying. |
| SAGE, GREEK Extract |
| Salvia Triloba Leaf Extract | The vital, evergreen sage harbours a warming, balancing power in its leaves. Sage cares for the skin sith pore cleansing and invigorating effects. The herb is also a free radical scavenger. |
| SAGE OIL Essential Oil |
| Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Oil | Natural sage essential oil has a pungent, camphor-like fragrance and purifying properties. It warms, relaxes and helps purify blemished skin. In aromatherapy it is valued for its clarifying and invigorating powers and for its ability to clear the mind. |
| SANDALWOOD OIL Australian |
| Fusanus Spicatus Wood Oil | The essential oil known as "Spike lavender" has nutty woody smell |
| SANDALWOOD WATER |
| Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Wood Extract | Anyone travelling to Asia will regularly encounter the scent of sandalwood. Sandalwood water is a rarity. It contains the water-loving portion of the distillate and gives the skin tone and vitality. |
| SCARLET PIMPERNEL Extract |
| Lysimachia Arvensis Extract | The scarlet pimpernel belongs to the primrose family, although it differs greatly in appearance from the familiar primroses we find growing in spring. It is a small plant with square, twiggy, usually prostrate stems. With its small, ovate green leaves and small, orange-red, star-shaped flowers it appears very vulnerable. Nevertheless it is able to grow in poor conditions on waste ground. Scarlet pimpernel is exemplary for supporting fluid balance. |
| SEA ALGAE Extract |
| Chondrus Crispus Extract | Chondrus crispus (carrageen) is a natural thickening agent which is obtained from purified red algae. It gives creams their smooth, even consistency. |
| SEA BUCKTHORN BERRIES Extract |
| Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract | An extract of the vitamin-rich, fruity, orange-colored berries of the sea buckthorn bush has nurturing and protecting properties. It restores freshness, particularly to dry skin. |
| SEA BUCKTHORN FRUIT PULP OIL |
| Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil | The oil obtained from the flesh of the sea buckthorn berry is rich in vitamins and unsaturated fatty acids. Its combination of vitamin E and provitamin A is high in antioxidants and helps protects the skin against drying weather conditions. The oil supports the skin helping reduce the appearance of skin aging. |
| SEA SALT |
| Sea Salt (Maris Sal) | Natural, unrefined sea salt contains not only sodium chloride but also many other minerals and trace elements such as magnesium, potassium, calcium and selenium. |
| SESAME OIL |
| Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil | Sesame is an ancient cultivated plant grown particularly in the tropical zones of East Africa and Asia. It is an erect annual that can grow to a height of up to 4 feet and is similar in appearance to our foxglove. It needs a lot of warmth. Sesame oil is the classic oil used in Ayurvedaic skin and body care. The same substances that make it such a stable oil can also protect our skin against the appearance of premature aging. |
| SHEA BUTTER |
| Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter | Shea butter is obtained from the nuts of the karite tree, which is a native of Africa. This soft plant fat has many skin-nurturing properties. It helps the skin to preserve moisture. The shea butter used in Dr.Hauschka Skin Care products is obtained from a special cultivation project in Burkina Faso. |
| SILICA |
| Diatomaceous Earth (Solum Diatomeae) | In the primeval seas lived diatomaceous algae whose silicic acid skeletons sank to the seabed when they died. These skeletons formed the diatomaceous deposits found today. From diatomaceous earth we obtain a powder base which is rich in silicon dioxide and fortifies hair and skin. |
| SILICA ACID |
| Silica, Hydrated Silica | Silicic acid obtained from quartz sand is used in powders or, as a thickening agent in creams due to its viscosity-regulating properties. It can help to firm and fortify the skin. |
| SILICA GEL |
| Hydrated Silica | Water-rich hydrated silica gently cleanses the teeth. As a nutrient in the diet, Silica is involved in many of the strengthening and firming processes in the human body. |
| SILK POWDER |
| Silk (Serica) Powder | Silk powder consists of the finely ground silk threads of the silkworm caterpillar. The silkworm larva spins its cocoon with a very long protein thread. This thread is reeled from the cocoon and cleaned. The result is a silk thread which, once ground to the finest powder, readily takes up moisture. It nurtures and smoothes the skin. |
| SILVER |
| Silver | Silver is one of the few metals which occurs in the ground in solid form. It was realized early on that silver can reflect light on Earth in the same way as the moon reflects sunlight in the sky. It is believed to have an inner connection with all processes of renewal. |
| SILVER GLANCE Argentite |
| Argentite | The name argentite comes from the Latin word for silver, argentum. Argentite is also known as silver glance or acanthite. It is a lead-grey to black silver sulphide with a metallic sheen. The crystals are usually small. Like metallic silver, it is believed to support the process of renewal. |
| SODIUM CHLORIDE |
| Sodium Chloride | Rock salt obtained from mines can be used to prepare a saline solution with a salt content corresponding to that of the body's own cells. In saline solution, plant substances are readily taken up by the skin. |
| SODIUM CITRATE |
| Sodium Citrate | The sodium salt of citric acid is used to regulate the pH value of products. |
| SODIUM POTASSIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE |
| Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate | Nepheline is a natural deposit of Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate. It serves as a carrier for the mineral pigment colorants. |
| SODIUM SILICATE |
| Sodium Silicate | Hydrated Silicates provide moisture and stabilize emulsions. |
| SORBITOL |
| Sorbitol | Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in fruit. In the food industry sorbitol is used as sweetener that does not contribute to tooth decay. In cosmetics sorbitol is valued for its nurturing action and its characteristics as a hydrating substance. |
| SPRING FLOWER HONEY |
| Honey (Mel) | Honey produced by bees in spring is rich in minerals and enzymes. It transmits the vitalizing power of spring plants. Organic beekeeping contributes to the protection and survival of honeybees, which are essential for the ecosystem and biodiversity on earth. For that reason we support regional and national projects like HOBOSPhere, Mellifera and Deutschland summt. |
| SPRUCE OIL Essential Oil |
| Picea Abies Leaf Oil | The natural essential oil from spruce needles has a woody-fresh fragrance redolent of pine forests. It has warming and invigorating properties and helps calm stress. It encourages deep breathing and helps one to unwind. |
| STEARIC ACID |
| Stearic Acid | Stearic acid is a plant fatty acid and is used as natural texturizer and emulsifier. |
| STINGING NETTLE Leaves, Extract |
| Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Urtica Urens Leaf Extract | The intensly green, silica-rich nettle hellps fortify the skin and scalp and softens and conditions the hair. It is known as a nutritive plant. The nettle extracts in Dr. Hauschka Skin Care products are prepared using our own special processes. |
| ST.JOHN'S WORT Extract |
| Hypericum Perforatum Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract | St. John's wort flowers during the longest days of the year, when it absorbs the sunlight intensively. It produces deep red dyes and essential oil. The red oily extract obtained from St. John's wort has a soothing, renewing and fortifying action on the skin. In concentrations used in skin care products, St. John's wort oil does not make the skin more sensitive to sunlight. |
| SUGAR EMULSIFIER |
| Coco-Glucoside, Cetearyl Glucoside | This is a skin-friendly emulsifying compound based on plant oils and sugar. |
| SUGAR FATTY ACID ESTERS |
| Sucrose Stearate, Sucrose Distearate, Sucrose Polystearate, Sucrose Laurate, Sorbitan Olivate | Sugars and fatty acids of coconut oil are joined to create skin-compatiblec gentle emulsifying compounds. |
| SUGAR TENSIDES Sugar Tensides |
| Coco-Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside | Sugar tensides are mild surfactant substances made of sugars and plant oils which make it possible to create biodegradable, certified natural cleansers without the use of petroleum-derived synthetic tensides such as sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate. |
| SUNFLOWER Extract |
| Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Extract | An extract of the erect, radiant sunflower enhances the skin’s lipid/moisture balance. We manufacture this extract ourselves, using a special rhythmic process. |
| SUNFLOWER OIL |
| Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil | Sunflowers always turn their heads towards the sun. They produce a light oil containing many essential fatty acids. It makes the skin supple and keeps it smooth and soft. |
| SURFACTANT MIXTURE plant based |
| Sodium Cocoyl/Olivoyl | A mild surfactant. It stabilizes the foam of cleansing products. |
| SWISS STONE PINE OIL essential oil |
| Pinus Cembra Leaf/Twig Oil | Swiss stone pine essential oil has a resinous and green scent. |
