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This glossary describes the cosmetic function, formulation purpose, sensory characteristics, and appearance or skin-feel attributes of ingredients used in Innova Essential Skin products. Individual experience may vary by product and skin type.

Ingredient Glossary (A–Z)

Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil

What it is: A botanical carrier oil used as an emollient in skincare formulas.

Why we use it: Selected for its conditioning properties, texture, and skin feel.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, supple-feeling finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Boswellia Sacra (Frankincense) Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts in selected formulas.

Why we use it: Selected primarily for its characteristic warm, resinous aroma and contribution to the overall scent profile.

Cosmetic role: Contributes aroma and sensory character to the finished product.

Aroma Sensory Scent profile

Calophyllum Inophyllum (Tamanu) Seed Oil

What it is: A botanical carrier oil used as an emollient and conditioning ingredient.

Why we use it: Selected for its rich skin feel and contribution to oil-based formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps condition and soften dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, comfortable finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Cedrus Atlantica (Cedarwood Atlas) Wood Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its distinctive woody aroma and contribution to fragrance composition.

Cosmetic role: Adds a warm, earthy scent and complements other aromatic ingredients.

Aroma Sensory Scent profile

Cera Alba (Beeswax)

What it is: A natural wax used to provide structure and consistency in balms, creams, and other anhydrous formulas.

Why we use it: Helps control product firmness, application, texture, and staying power.

Cosmetic role: Helps reduce moisture loss from the skin surface through an occlusive-feeling layer while contributing body and structure to the finished formula.

Structuring Occlusive Conditioning

Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in selected formulas.

Why we use it: Selected for its fresh citrus aroma and contribution to the overall scent profile.

Cosmetic role: Adds a bright citrus scent and contributes to the sensory experience of the product.

Aroma Citrus scent Sensory

Coffea Arabica (Green Coffee) Oil

What it is: A botanical oil used as an emollient and conditioning ingredient.

Why we use it: Selected for its skin feel and contribution to oil-based skincare formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition the skin and contributes to a smooth, moisturized-looking finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Copaifera Officinalis (Copaiba Balsam) Resin Oil

What it is: An aromatic resin oil used in small amounts in selected formulas.

Why we use it: Selected for its soft balsamic aroma and contribution to fragrance composition.

Cosmetic role: Adds aromatic depth and contributes to the sensory character of the finished product.

Aroma Sensory Scent profile

Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil

What it is: A lightweight botanical emollient oil.

Why we use it: Selected for its slip, spreadability, and lightweight finish.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften the skin and gives formulas a smooth, silky, less-greasy feel.

Emollient Silky feel Spreadability

Cupressus Sempervirens (Cypress) Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its crisp, fresh, woody aroma.

Cosmetic role: Contributes fragrance and a fresh sensory character to selected formulas.

Aroma Sensory Scent profile

Daucus Carota (Carrot) Seed Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its distinctive earthy, herbaceous aroma.

Cosmetic role: Contributes fragrance complexity and botanical sensory character to selected formulas.

Aroma Sensory Botanical scent

Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Butter

What it is: A firm plant butter used as an emollient and structuring ingredient.

Why we use it: Selected to provide conditioning while contributing firmness and a clean finish to balm formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften dry-feeling skin and lips while contributing structure, glide, and a conditioned feel.

Emollient Structuring Conditioning

Glycerin (Organic Vegetable-Coconut Derived)

What it is: A plant-derived humectant used in water-containing cosmetic formulas.

Why we use it: Selected to help attract and retain moisture at the skin surface.

Cosmetic role: Helps moisturize and soften dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smoother skin feel.

Humectant Moisturizing Skin feel

Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water

What it is: A botanical water used in toner formulations.

Why we use it: Selected as part of the water phase for its lightweight feel and compatibility with toner formulations.

Cosmetic role: Helps leave the skin feeling fresh and clean without a heavy finish.

Toner Refreshing feel Water phase

Helichrysum Italicum (Immortelle) Flower Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its characteristic herbal-floral aroma.

Cosmetic role: Adds botanical fragrance and contributes to the sensory experience of selected formulas.

Aroma Sensory Botanical scent

Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Oil

What it is: A deeply colored botanical emollient oil.

Why we use it: Selected for its conditioning properties, distinctive color, and contribution to oil-based formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, moisturized-looking finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its familiar floral-herbal aroma.

Cosmetic role: Adds fragrance and contributes to the sensory experience of selected formulas.

Aroma Sensory Floral scent

Lavender Honey Mel (Lavandula angustifolia)

What it is: A honey ingredient used in a rinse-off exfoliating formula.

Why we use it: Selected for texture, consistency, and its contribution to the sensory character of the formula.

Cosmetic role: Helps condition the skin during use and contributes to a soft, smooth after-feel following rinse-off.

Conditioning Texture Rinse-off

Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot) Root Powder

What it is: A botanical powder used to modify texture and finish.

Why we use it: Selected to help reduce an overly oily or greasy feel in anhydrous products.

Cosmetic role: Improves application, slip, and finish in balms, creams, and body butters.

Texture Finish Skin feel

Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter

What it is: A plant-derived butter used as an emollient and conditioning ingredient.

Why we use it: Selected for its rich texture and ability to provide softness and body to cosmetic formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps moisturize, soften, and condition dry-feeling skin while contributing a smooth, velvety feel.

Emollient Conditioning Moisturizing

Manuka Essential Oil (Leptospermum scoparium)

What it is: A concentrated aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its distinctive herbal aroma and contribution to fragrance composition.

Cosmetic role: Adds a fresh herbal scent and contributes to the sensory profile of selected formulas.

Aroma Sensory Herbal scent

Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil

What it is: A botanical emollient oil.

Why we use it: Selected for conditioning, slip, and contribution to the appearance and feel of oil-based formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, supple-looking finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Opuntia Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear) Seed Oil

What it is: A lightweight botanical emollient oil.

Why we use it: Selected for its conditioning properties and lightweight skin feel.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, moisturized appearance.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil

What it is: A botanical emollient that softens readily on contact with the skin.

Why we use it: Selected for its lightweight glide and smooth application.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition skin while contributing a silky, lightweight finish.

Emollient Silky feel Conditioning

Pelargonium Graveolens (Rose Geranium) Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its floral, green aroma.

Cosmetic role: Contributes fragrance and botanical sensory character to selected formulas.

Aroma Sensory Floral scent

Pumice

What it is: A mineral exfoliant used for physical surface exfoliation.

Why we use it: Selected to provide controlled mechanical exfoliation in a rinse-off formula.

Cosmetic role: Helps remove loose surface buildup and leaves the skin feeling smoother and softer after rinsing.

Exfoliant Smoothing Rinse-off

Radish Root Ferment Filtrate

What it is: A ferment-derived cosmetic ingredient used as part of the preservation system in applicable water-containing formulas.

Why we use it: Selected for its functional role within the formula's preservation system.

Cosmetic role: This ingredient primarily serves a formula-function purpose rather than being included for a specific skin appearance benefit.

Formula function Preservation system Water-based formula

Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil

What it is: A rich botanical oil used as an emollient and cleansing oil.

Why we use it: Selected for its viscosity, glide, and usefulness in oil-cleansing formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps loosen and lift surface oils, makeup, and everyday buildup during cleansing while leaving the skin conditioned.

Cleansing Emollient Conditioning

Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Seed Oil

What it is: A botanical emollient oil.

Why we use it: Selected for its lightweight conditioning properties and skin feel.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, supple-looking finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Rosa Damascena (Rose) Distillate Water

What it is: A rose-derived botanical water used in water-based skincare formulas.

Why we use it: Selected for its light feel, characteristic rose aroma, and role within the water phase.

Cosmetic role: Contributes a fresh skin feel and delicate botanical aroma to toner formulations.

Water phase Refreshing feel Botanical aroma

Rosa Damascena (Rose) Flower Oil

What it is: An aromatic essential oil used in small amounts.

Why we use it: Selected for its characteristic floral aroma.

Cosmetic role: Adds fragrance and contributes a floral sensory character to selected formulas.

Aroma Sensory Floral scent

Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil

What it is: A liquid wax ester commonly used as a cosmetic emollient.

Why we use it: Selected for its lightweight conditioning properties and smooth application.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition the skin without an overly heavy feel and contributes to smooth spreadability.

Emollient Conditioning Lightweight feel

Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Seed Oil

What it is: A botanical oil used as an emollient and conditioning ingredient.

Why we use it: Selected for its skin feel and contribution to oil-based formulas.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, moisturized-looking finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Tocopherol (Vitamin E)

What it is: A vitamin-based antioxidant used in cosmetic formulations.

Why we use it: Used primarily to help protect susceptible oils in the formula from oxidation and to contribute conditioning properties.

Cosmetic role: Supports formula quality by helping slow oxidation of oils and also contributes to a conditioned skin feel.

Antioxidant Formula stability Conditioning

Trigonella Foenum-Graecum (Fenugreek) Seed Oil

What it is: A botanical oil used as an emollient and conditioning ingredient.

Why we use it: Selected for its skin feel and contribution to botanical oil blends.

Cosmetic role: Helps soften and condition dry-feeling skin and contributes to a smooth, comfortable finish.

Emollient Conditioning Softening

Ingredients by Product

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Clean Facial Cleanser

Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil, Coffea Arabica Seed Oil, Solanum Lycopersicum Seed Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Essential Oils ( Boswellia Sacra (Frankincense) Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia, Pelargonium Graveolens, Leptospermum Scoparium, Cedrus Atlantica, Copaifera Officinalis).

Exfoliant

Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Seed Oil, Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Trigonella Foenum-Graecum (Fenugreek) Seed Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Lavender Honey Mel (Lavandula angustifolia), Pumice, Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot) Root Powder, Tocopherol, Essential Oils ( Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Boswellia Sacra (Frankincense) Oil, Cedrus Atlantica (Cedarwood Atlas) Oil, Copaifera Officinalis (Copaiba Balsam) Resin Oil, Leptospermum Scoparium (Manuka) Oil).

Rose & Frankincense Toner

Rosa Centifolia Flower Water (Rose de Mai Hydrosol), Hamamelis Virginiana Water (Witch Hazel), Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seed Oil (Fenugreek Oil), Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil (Rose Geranium Essential Oil), Lavandula Angustifolia Oil (Lavender Essential Oil), Boswellia Sacra (Frankincense) Oil, Leptospermum Scoparium Leaf Oil (Manuka Essential Oil).

Facial Therapy

Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil, Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Seed Oil, Calophyllum Inophyllum (Tamanu) Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Oil, Tocopherol, Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot) Root Powder, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens (Rose Geranium) Oil, Boswellia Sacra (Frankincense) Oil, Cupressus Sempervirens (Cypress) Oil, Daucus Carota (Carrot) Seed Oil.

Restorative Lip Balm

Cera Alba (Beeswax), Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil, Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Seed Oil, Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Butter, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Essential Oils: Helichrysum Italicum, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender), Pelargonium Graveolens (Rose Geranium), Leptospermum Scoparium (Manuka).

Hand & Foot Cream

Orbignya Speciosa (Babassu) Seed Oil, Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Seed Oil, Calophyllum Inophyllum (Tamanu) Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Oil, Tocopherol, Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot) Root Powder, Essential Oils: Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens (Rose Geranium) Oil, Boswellia Sacra (Frankincense) Oil, Cupressus Sempervirens (Cypress) Oil, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot Seed) Oil.

Clean & Fresh Body Butter

Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil, Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Seed Oil, Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil, Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot) Root Powder, Tocopherol, Essential Oils: Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Cedrus Atlantica (Cedarwood Atlas) Wood Oil.

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