ETHIENCE® PROTECT
The eco-conscious barrier-function balancer
Responsibly-sourced active ingredient
From Brazil nut co-product
Brazil nuts are known for the quality of their oil. Once the seeds are crushed to extract it, the remaining press-cake still contains high levels of polyphenols with useful properties for the cosmetic industry, now valorized by Ethience Protect.
Origin: Brazilian biome
The Brazil nuts used to produce Ethience Protect are sourced in Northern Brazil. The fruits are collected from the ground by local men on long treks through the forest. This provenance helps conserve one of the world’s richest hotspots of biodiversity.
Zero-waste strategy
The entire fruit is used, which includes reuse of the waste from the process as fertilizer. This is part of a zero-waste strategy applied to some of our production processes.
For triple-level action on skin barrier
Skin barrier is our main protection against external aggressors such as allergens, pathogens, irritants,... But subject to chronical exposure with these aggressors, and/or aggressed by mechanical actions such as mask chafing or shaving, it can be compromised. As a result, irritation reactions and dryness occur.
The skin barrier protection depend on three layers:
- the lipid layer at the surface that creates a protective film which is the first protection against intrusion from external aggressors
- the stratum corneum brick and mortar structure
- the epidermis, where cohesion between cells prevent pathogens from entering deeper into the skin, and differentiation capacity allows to renew the upper stratum corneum layer in order to maintain an optimal level of protection.
Ethience Protect acts on these three layers to ensure an efficient skin barrier protection. To learn more, watch its mechanism of action on the video besides.
Stimulation of lipid metabolism
Ethience Protect upregulates the synthesis and transport of major skin lipids such as cholesterol and ceramides, to maintain surface lipid layer and stratum corneum mortar. This ensures an efficient first level of skin barrier function.
Stimulation of keratinocytes differentiation
Ethience Protect stimulates the production of growth factors and terminal differentiation markers to ensure stratum corneum's brick formation.
Support of cell cohesion and structure
By stimulating the synthesis of microtubules, actin filaments, keratin-10 and tight junction components, Ethience Protect restores epidermis cell adhesion and solidity. This prevents pathogens and allergens from entering deeper into the skin.
And uncompromised skin protection
Men panel
13 men who daily shaved and presented visible signs of skin damage such as redness.
Formula with 1% Ethience Protect.
Results: +28% hydration and -8% redness after 35 days.
Women panel
14 caucasian women with skin damage on the face due to mask wearing.
Formula with 1% Ethience Protect.
Results: +29% skin hydration after 7 days and +52% after 35 days.
