Ingredients Glossary
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, regulating power. Sage nurtures the skin and regulates sweating, is antimicrobial 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, regulating power. Sage nurtures the skin and regulates sweating, is antimicrobial and fortifying. |
| SAGE OIL Essential Oil |
| Salvia Officinalis (Sage) Oil | Natural sage essential oil has a pungent, camphor-like fragrance and antibacterial properties. It regulates blood flow, relaxes the muscles and helps improve blemished skin. In aromatherapy it is valued for its clarifying and cell-renewing powers and for its ability to improve concentration. |
| SANDALWOOD OIL Australian |
| Fusanus Spicatus Wood Oil | The essential oil 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. Anagallis is exemplary for fluid circulation. |
| 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-coloured 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 greasy 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 binds free radicals and protects the skin against the influences of sun, dry air and wind. The oil aids regeneration of the skin – a property that combats the process of skin ageing. |
| 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. In combination with Bad Dürrenberg brine it stimulates salivation and remineralisation. |
| SESAME OIL |
| Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil | Sesame is an old cultivated plant which is 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 1.20 metres and is similar in appearance to our foxglove. It needs a lot of warmth. Sesame oil is the classic oil used for Ayurveda treatments. The same substances which make it such a stable oil can also protect our skin against premature ageing. |
| 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.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 strengthens hair and skin. Diatomaceous earth is also used as a cleansing agent in toothpastes. |
| SILICA ACID |
| Silica, Hydrated Silica | Silicic acid obtained from quartz sand is used in powders or, on account of its viscosity regulating properties, as a thickening agent in cosmetics. As a natural component of connective tissue it can firm and strengthen the skin. Water-rich hydrated silica gently cleanses the teeth. |
| SILICA GEL |
| Hydrated Silica | Water-rich hydrated silica gently cleanses the teeth. 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 realised early on that silver can reflect light on Earth in the same way as the moon reflects sunlight in the sky. It has an inner connection with all regenerative processes. |
| 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. It stimulates regenerative powers. |
| SODIUM CARBONATE |
| Sodium Carbonate | As part of a color pigment sodium carbonate is used for the stabilization of the pH value and light fastness of the pigment. |
| 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. |
| SODIUM POTASSIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE |
| Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate | Nepheline is a natural deposit of Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate. |
| SODIUM SILICATE |
| Sodium Silicate | Silicates enhance the firmness of the connective tissue and gums. They also provide moisture and stabilise emulsions. |
| SORBITOL |
| Sorbitol | Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol that occurs naturally in fruit. In the food industry sorbitol is used as sweetener which does not cause 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 vitalising power of spring plants. Organic beekeeping is essential to contribute 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 strengthens the nerves. It clears the airways and helps unwind. |
| STEARIC ACID |
| Stearic Acid | Stearic acid is a plant fatty acid and is used as natural texturiser and emulsifier. |
| STINING NETTLE Extract |
| Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Leaf Extract, Urtica Urens Leaf Extract | The intensively green, silica-rich nettle strengthens the skin and scalp and conditions the hair. It is known as a detoxifying 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, regenerating and strengthening action on the skin. It soothes skin reddened by the sun. In cosmetic concentrations St. John's wort oil does not make the skin more sensitive to sunlight. |
| STONESEED Extract |
| Lithospermum Officinale Root Extract | Common gromwell, or European stoneseed, is a member of the borage family (Boraginaceae). An extract from its roots has been used in Asia for centuries for its soothing and skin-nurturing properties. It protects the skin and has anti-inflammatory action. |
| 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 connected to skin-friendly emulsifying compounds. |
| SUGAR TENSIDES |
| Coco-Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside | Sugar tensides are mild surfactant substances made of sugars and plant fats which make it possible for natural cosmetics to do without conventional tensides such as sodium lauryl sulfate. They are biodegradable. |
| 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 MIXTRUE plant based |
| Sodium Cocoyl/Olivoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Fructosyl Cocoate/Olivate | A mild surfactant. It stabilizes the foam of cleaning products. |
| SWISS STONE PINE OIL essential oil |
| Pinus Cembra Leaf/Twig Oil | Swiss stone pine essential oil has a resinous and green scent. |