A synthetic emollient that is similar to skin-identical ceramides. It helps to replenish the building blocks of the skin’s lipid barrier and helps with the formation and stability of emulsions.
Functions
Barrier Repair,
Barrier Repair
Barrier repair ingredients help to restore the healthy function of the skin’s lipid barrier.
Barrier Repair,
Barrier Repair
Barrier repair ingredients help to restore the healthy function of the skin’s lipid barrier.
Emollient
Emollient
Emollients fill the micro-cracks in the skin and leave it feeling soft and pleasant to the touch. Emollients are often mistakenly perceived as moisturizing ingredients.
Emollient
Emollient
Emollients fill the micro-cracks in the skin and leave it feeling soft and pleasant to the touch. Emollients are often mistakenly perceived as moisturizing ingredients.
Origin
Botanical,
Botanical
Ingredients derived from plants, mosses, and lichens: extracts, oils, powders, juices and other types of processed plant materials.
Botanical,
Botanical
Ingredients derived from plants, mosses, and lichens: extracts, oils, powders, juices and other types of processed plant materials.
Synthetic,
Synthetic
All kinds of ingredients formulated or produced by a chemical process, or those that have a chemical modification in their structure.
Synthetic,
Synthetic
All kinds of ingredients formulated or produced by a chemical process, or those that have a chemical modification in their structure.
Animal
Animal
Ingredients derived from animals (including birds, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and insects) or produced by animals (e.g. dairy- and egg-derived ingredients, bee products, silk, pearls, etc.)
Animal
Animal
Ingredients derived from animals (including birds, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and insects) or produced by animals (e.g. dairy- and egg-derived ingredients, bee products, silk, pearls, etc.)
Caprooyl phytosphingosine is a molecule consisting of two parts: caproic acid (a very short fatty acid) and phytosphingosine (an amino alcohol that is the base of skin-natural ceramides).
It serves as an emollient ingredient and helps to replenish the building blocks of ceramides in the skin’s lipid barrier.
It is also used as a technical ingredient for the formation and stabilization of nanoemulsions or liposomes. This helps the other beneficial ingredients in the skincare product better absorb into the skin.
Science
1
Sonneville-Aubrun, O., Yukuyama, M. N., & Pizzino, A. (2018). Application of Nanoemulsions in Cosmetics. Nanoemulsions, 435–475.
2
Školová B, Kováčik A, Tesař O, Opálka L, Vávrová K. (2017) Phytosphingosine, sphingosine and dihydrosphingosine ceramides in model skin lipid membranes: permeability and biophysics. Biochimica et Biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 1859(5), 824-834.
