Symrise has established a new branch within its Botanicals range –Actipone Woods. It comprises extracts from ash wood, honey locust wood, sweet cherry tree wood and walnut tree wood.
Cosmetic products such as face creams, after-shave balms and shampoos benefit from their anti-ageing and smoothing properties. Many people treasure wood for its aesthetic qualities. Beyond this, it also provides an amazing source of healthy constituents for beauty. Some woods contain anti-oxidant ingredients, such as tannins, flavonoids and phenolic acids. These can help to bind free radicals in our cells and thus show smoothing and anti-ageing properties. That makes them very beneficial for cosmetic products, since among other things they counteract the premature ageing of the skin. Symrise now uses these properties for a new branch of its botanical extracts – Actipone Woods. The series offers ingredients from ash, honey locust, sweet cherry and walnut. The latter also helps protect hair colorations. To prove their activity, all these ingredients have been in vitro-tested. Beyond this, they are easy to use in cosmetic formulations, soluble in water and compatible with usual cosmetic raw materials. This makes them interesting for cosmetic products such as creams, after-shave balms and shampoos. To discover the power of woods the new collection presents various concepts matching each type of wood. Candy Wood uses the nourishing, rich, caring and luscious characteristics from honey locust. Holy Wood, alias ash, highlights skin force, tonic and strong bark. Fairy Wood conveys radiant beauty based on the attributes of sweet cherry. And Caring Wood is supposed to restore, protect, care and regenerate the skin with walnut.
