Glycerine as cosmetic ingredient (Glycerin)

Glycerin (also referred to as glycerol) is a skin-friendly humectant which attracts water to the skin as well as a binding ingredient that occurs naturally in vegetable, as well as animal lipids. We use glycerin from vegetable source.

• Glycerin oil is part of the formula of our pure natural Olinat Cream.

For cosmetic purposes it can either be produced artificially from propylene alcohol or naturally derived from vegetable oils (We obtain it from vegetable source).

It is a sweet, syrupy alcohol that has been used in cosmetics for hundreds of years as a solvent, plasticizer, humectant, emollient, and lubricant. Although still very often used, glycerin is being replaced more and more by its cheaper counterpart, sorbitol.

At one stage it was thought that glycerin could draw water out of the skin, instead of the other way round, but this idea has now been shown as unfounded.

What glycerin does do is help maintain the water balance in the intercellular matrix and in so doing it maintains the skin's homeostasis. It has also been suggested that glycerin found in this level helps other lipids to perform their work more effectively.

Other ingredients used in pure natural moisturizing Olinat base cream

• Olive extract
  • An olive derived emulsifier and olive derived thickener wax
• Purified water
  • Diluent and solvent
• Panthenol (Vitamin B5)
  • Skin conditioner and moisturizing vitamin
• Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
  • Antioxidant and skin conditioning vitamin
• Cocoa butter
  • An emollient fat obtained from the seeds of the cocoa plant with amazing moisturizing properties.
• Shea butter
  • An emollient fat obtained from the fruit of the karite tree
• Almond
  • A light and moisturizing oil pressed from the kernels of sweet almond seeds
• Apricot kernel
  • A nourishing and well absorbed oil pressed from the kernels of apricots
• Grapeseed
  • A light oil pressed from grape seeds, high in antioxidants
• Jojoba
  • A highly nourishing and soothing oil – actually a wax ester – obtained from the seeds of the desert shrub Simmondsia chinensis.
• Sesame
  • A highly emollient oil from Sesamum indicum
• Preservative
  • A natural eco-certified paraben free preservative
• Glycerine
  • Humectant
• Carob
  • Moisturizer and an anti wrinkle gum extracted from the Ceratonia seliqua (carob) tree
• Rosemary / Soya
  • An extract of soya and rosemary to boost the preservative properties and to stabilize the cream
• Citric acid
  • pH regulator and weak organic preservative
• Bentonite
  • Clay thickener
• Xanthan
  • A thickening gum derived through natural process from carbohydrate fermentation
• Chicory
  • A natural emulsifier made from inulin extracted from chicory roots