NAYA's Ingredients List

Allantoin is a potent plant extract sourced from the comfrey plant that has soothing and healing properties. Allantoin helps to calm and nourish the skin, making it a perfect ingredient to incorporate into your routine if experiencing dryness, sensitivity or irritation.

Found in: Day Cream

Chlorophyll is the magical ingredient. It is such an under-dog and surprising to us that it is not available in more skincare products. It has so many benefits! Chlorophyll promotes your blood cell production, which means it gets oxygen delivered to your cells quickly. That balances your skin.

In addition to being a major anti-inflammatory, studies show the plant pigment can heal wounds (talk about superhero powers). So applied topically, it’ll reduce and prevent blemishes. The deep-green power player also contains magnesium, which helps oxygenate your skin (hello, glow!) and aids in vitamin C metabolisation.

In summary: Anti-inflammatory, promotes cell production and reduce and prevent blemishes.

Found in: Everyday Glow Serum

Research:  Chlorophyll in wound healing and suppurative disease. Author links open overlay panelWarner F.Bowers(Lieut. Col.), Medical Corps, Army of The United States, USA Available online 18 March 2004. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9610(47)90287-0

Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. Research confirms about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturiser and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general.

In Summary: Aloe Vera helps hydrate and moisturise, calms, softens, and protects the skin.

Found in: Everyday Glow Serum, Hydration Mask

Almond Oil helps to treat dry and sun-damaged skin, acts as a gentle cleanser, helps reduce blemishes and overall has the ability to sink deeply into the skin layers to transport all other nutrients where they are needed.

Found in: Everyday Face Oil

Bamboo extract is the richest source of the mineral silica, one of the most important components in making collagen. In one study, patients were given silica both orally and topically for 90 days. At the end of the study, the participants’ skin showed significant improvement in thickness and elasticity. Suggested recommended dosage is taking 50 mg of bamboo extract daily.

Aside from the high concentration of silica, Bamboo contains a number of natural antioxidants which can protect the skin against harmful free radicals and UV-induced damage, which ultimately contributes to a more even and radiant complexion.

It is also an anti-irritant, meaning Bamboo Extract is safe for sensitive skins, providing a much needed soothing and calming benefits that can even help to reduce the symptoms of dry skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis. It can also strengthen the surface area of the skin hence you will not have sensitivity or irritation.

In summary: It improves skin’s elasticity, thickness, hydration and anti-inflammatory while it can act mattifying as well.

Found in: Everyday Glow Serum

So proud to be pioneering this wonderful active from Day 1 in our Everyday Day Cream and now in Aura Hydration Essence: SOLIBERINE®

Selected for its exceptional richness in phenylpropanoids, the purified fraction (caffeic acid free) of flowers from Buddleja officinalis is highly concentrated in verbascoside and in echinacoside, which are responsible for the biological effectiveness. 

360° PHOTO-PROTECTOR, that prevents premature photo-ageing: 

Reduces free radicals & Protects skin barrier integrity.Limits acute and chronic inflammation.Inhibits hyperpigmentation.Prevents extracellular matrix degradation.Maintains the normal skin physiology by protecting it against harmful effects of light radiations.Fights effectively against ROS production, inflammation, irritation and dryness.Prevents occurrence of dark spots and premature wrinkles.Preserves skin youth, quality and radiance.

Found in: Everyday Day Cream and Aura Hydration Essence.

This vibrantly green plant extract is a super-antioxidant rich in vitamins A, C, E and K. Chlorophyll possesses anti-inflammatory properties as well as anti-microbial effects on skin. Its green color provides an instant effect of calming and reducing skin redness and irritation.

Found in: Glow Serum

Hemp is a well-known effective remedy against dehydrated and dry skin as well as being a potent anti-inflammatory and it is becoming one of the must-have ingredients in the cosmetics sector.

Our hemp derived active ingredients produced from seeds treated with an exclusive Bioliquefaction Technology using upcycled seeds in order to release the complete phytocomplex of the plant.

The Hemp Seed Extract is able to positively modulate the microbiota of healthy skin and helps skin ands kin microbiota to recover from irritations and biodiversity depletion.

It is is a fast acting soothing agent able to help the skin to recover from erythema and to reduce the trans epidermal water loss. It is a hydrating agent able to increase skin moisturisation and to reduce skin scanlines. The product can also remarkably increase skin elasticity and reduce skin roughness.

Found in: Aura Essence

Hemp Seed Oil helps to moisturize, helps treat blemishes, brightens, offsets skin deterioration and discoloration, balances oil production, promotes cell regeneration, firms, smooths, and helps treat inflammatory skin diseases.

Found in: Everyday Cleansing Oil

Gotu Kola stimulates the synthesis of collagen and microcirculation and prevents scar formation. Its active constituents fight oxidation and improve skin firmness and elasticity, slowing collagen break down.

Found in: Everyday Day Cream

Clinical Studies:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116297/pdf/IJPhS-72-

546.pdfciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/centella-asiatica

A lightweight, non-comedogenic oil that readily absorbs, leaving skin soft, supple, and moisturised. It has anti-inflammatory properties and contains high amounts of omega fatty acids and vitamin E. Polyphenol compounds, proanthocyanidins, are 20 times greater than that of vitamin E and 50 times greater than that of vitamin C. The strong antioxidant capacities can help reduce the signs of aging, such as sunspots, fine lines, and wrinkles.

Found in:Everyday Face Oil

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Lactobionic acid is a polyhydroxy acid (PHA) that offers gentle exfoliation to the skin while also acting as a powerful humectant, increasing hydration and moisture, plumping fine lines and increasing bounce in the skin.

Found in: Hydration Mask

Jojoba is an oil that is similar in composition to the sebum of the skin, rich in vitamin E, it contains, proteins, minerals and myristic acid. It has excellent moisturising and protective properties that impart softness and suppleness to the skin.

Found in: Everyday Face Oil , Hydration Mask

Magnesium is a calming agent that helps soothe and repair skin as well as provide moisture.

Found in: Aura Essence

Organic Mango Seed butter is Rich in Antioxidant Properties. It helps moisturise, soothes, and softens, treats inflammatory skin diseases, protects the skin, and offsets skin deterioration. It is naturally very rich in Vitamin C. It is also a lighter butters from all butters and thus also suitable for oilier and blemish-prone skin.

Found in: Everyday Glow Serum , Everyday Day Cream and Hydration Mask

Our patented Meadowfoam Seed Oil helps to clear pores, and moisturize. It treats blemishes, firms, softens, protects, and balances oil production. As it has similar properties to our natural sebum, it is very good for oilier, combination skin to support the re-balancing of the sebum production.

Found in: Everyday Face Oil, Everyday Day Cream

Vitamin B5 possesses intensive moisturising properties and soothes irritated and sensitive skin.

Found in: Hydration Mask

Protects skin against UVB damage and assists with repairing sun damaged and ageing skin by extending the life of the fibroblasts that are responsible for the production of collagen and elastin. This assists with plumping the skin, maintaining elasticity and minimising wrinkles. It has excellent moisturising, protective and nourishing properties and it is wonderful for mature and ageing skin as it soothes dry and irritated conditions.

It has a high amount of conjugated fatty acids that have anti-inflammatory properties. The specific acid found in pomegranate seed oil is Punicic Acid. It is renowned to assist with collagen production as it acts as a free radical scavenger and boosts restoration and repair of the skin.

Found in: Everyday Cleansing Oil

Rapeseed Oil is rich in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory Properties. This skin-brightening botanical extract is from the oil-rich seeds of rapeseed, a plant in the cabbage family. It assists the in moisturising, and offsets skin deterioration. Rapeseed Oil has also natural sun-protective properties and thus can help to regenerate the skin from any sun damage. In clinical tests, it has been shown to increase skin luminosity, brighten skin tone, and fade age spots.

Found in: Everyday Cleansing Oil

Clinical Studies:

https://koreascience.kr/article/JAKO201322658549905.page

ashland.com/industries/personal-and-home-care/skin-and-sun-care/achromaxyl-isr-biofunctional

Chondrus crispus, also known as red algae, is a rich source of many nutrients for skin, including the pigment beta-carotene and potent antioxidants zeaxanthin, lutein, which help protect skin from environmental stressors. Of course, the antioxidants in red algae have wider-reaching benefits, too; such as nice film-forming to protect the skin from aggressors, skin smoothing and moisturising properties.​ It is the natural polysaccharides, peptides, and amino acids in this red algae that support the skin and shield the skin from damaging airborne pollutants.

Chondrus crispus has biomimetic properties between skin proteins and carrageenans. It has a very long-lasting action and can form a “second skin” like a veil over your skin to defence it against environmental stressors. Finally, it also gives a “slow-release” effect to oil-loving active ingredients and measurably reduces trans-epidermal water loss (basically it moisturises the skin).

Found in:  Everyday Day Cream 

Research:

Cosmetics, October 2018, ePublication; and February 2018, ePublication
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, December 2015, pages 52-58
Scientific Reports, July 2015, ePublication
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2013, pages 7,343–7,350

This rich, nourishing and softening plant butter contains high levels of vitamins and fatty acids that provide deep nourishment and moisture to the skin.

Found in: Noni Botanical Deodorant

Sunflower Oil helps the skin to clear pores and treat blemishes, helps to firm, balances oil production, and helps moisturise. It is non-comedogenic and also suitable for oilier skin.

Found in: Everyday Face Oil, Everyday Glow Serum, Everyday Cleansing Oil and Everyday Day Cream

To address a deteriorating skin structure, there is PASSIOLINE®, an active clinically proven to support elastin and collagen synthesis for a firmer texture.

Patented, eco-designed active ingredient obtained by molecular distillation process.Concentrate of precious molecules from Virgin Maracuja oil.Responsible sourcing from Peru.Repairs skin tissue at three levels.Regenerates, restructures and remodels the skin.Stimulates the synthesis of elastin and collagen.

Found in: Everyday Day Cream

Bakuchiol is a natural alternative to retinol and potent antioxidant that stimulates collagen production and visibly reduces skin discolouration from environmental exposure. It has a soothing effect on skin and protects the extra cellular matrix controlling inflammation. NAYA's bakuchiol has >99% purity which guarantees efficacy.

Found in: Cacay Oil + A

Betaine, a sugar beet derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturisation properties. Betain’s is an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance.  It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. Ultimately, working to balance skin’s hydration.

It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula.

In summary: Control cell-water balance to protect moisture properties in the skin.

Found in: Everyday Day Cream

Derived from the chamomile flower, bisabolol has ultra-calming and soothing properties that help combat irritation in the skin.

Found in: Everyday Face Oil

Bio-Butylene glycol is a multi-tasking colourless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. Used to be produced synthetically but now also plant-derived. We, of course, have the plant-derived version of this in our Everyday Day Cream and Everyday Glow Serum.

Butylene glycol main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin.

In summary: The Butylene glycol  you find in our product is Cosmos and Ecocert certified. And learn more about it on our journal here. 

Found in: Everyday Day Cream, Everyday Glow Serum. 

This plant extract reduces skin redness, combats sensitivity and reinforces the skin barrier.

Found in: Coming Soon

Innovative chemical filters that protect skin from harmful UVA & UVB rays while being gentle to sensitive skin and kind to nature (reef safe).

Found in: Shield Me | Skin Barrier Sunfluid SPF 50

Caffeine possesses strong antioxidative properties and can increase blood flow, decreasing puffiness and energising tired skin to create a more awake and vibrant complexion.

Found in: Coming Soon

Ceramide complex is a type of lipid that naturally occurs in skin cells and makes up 50% of the skin’s barrier. It helps protect the skin from dehydration, irritants, UV rays, and other potential stressors. Ceramides replenish the skin's intercellular matrix, maintaining the skin's pH and moisture balance and promotes cellular renewal and collagen production.

Found in: Coming Soon

Scenedesmus Deserticola Ferment Extract is green micro algae found in the desert. It offers excellent moisturizing and UV protection benefits. This product is recommended for anti-UV, anti-heat, and anti-dryness applications.

Found in: Antioxidant Defence Booster

Ectoin natural, a biocompatible active ingredient derived from nature, exhibits remarkable stress-protection properties. This multifunctional marvel effectively counteracts cell damage and inflammation caused by various environmental stressors, safeguarding the skin's youthful appearance and overall health. Ectoin natural employs a scientific and comprehensive approach to deliver effective anti-aging and skin protection by repairing and enhancing damaged, aged, stressed, and irritated skin.

Hyaluronic acid can hold up to 1000x its weight in water, making it excellent for hydration keeping the skin plump and supple by improving the skin elasticity and moisture content. Improves skin texture by promoting cell renewal and increasing collagen production as well as soothing and calming anti-inflammatory properties.

Found in: Aura Essence, Hydration Mask, Everyday Day Cream,

Niacinamide increases skin elasticity, reduces pigmentation, minimises the appearance of pores and helps to maintain a smooth and clear complexion.

Found in: Antioxidant Defence Booster

The active Morinda Citrifolia Callus Culture Lysate is an innovative prebiotic deodorant treatment, a cosmetic ingredient that reduces the generation of body odour while allowing the skin breathe and respecting the skin microbiota.

Found in: Botanical Deo Cream

Schisandra chinensis fruit extract, and bioactive compounds are used in alternative medicine as adaptogens and ergogens protecting against numerous neurological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, liver, and skin disorders. The extract is a potent antioxidants and mitoprotectors exerting anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer, and anti-aging effects. S. chinensis polyphenolic compounds—flavonoids, phenolic acids and the major constituents dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans are responsible for theS. chinensis antioxidant activities.

Found in: Antioxidant Defence Booster

Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) provides anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects while offering environmental protection to you skin. Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) is an enzymatic antioxidant well known for its role in neutralising the superoxide free radical. It has widely been proven that SOD has the ability to protect against the damaging effects of the environment to strengthen the skin’s immunity. SOD, a free radical scavenger, balances out the number of excess radicals, ultimately protecting the skin from unnecessary damage. It soothes the skin and helps combat against photo-ageing, evening out the skin complexion, leaving the skin looking healthy, radiant and translucent.

Found in: Aura Essence

Extracted from the ayurvedic herb Swertia Chirata, these botanical stem cells boost skin regeneration and kick start collagen production, improving elasticity, smoothing out fine lines and making skin appear bouncier and more vibrant.

Found in: Coming Soon.

Due to hyaluronic acid's ability to bind water molecules in our skin, tremella mushrooms can retain water and maintain your skin's moisture levels. Tremella mushrooms are shown to store up to 500 times their weight in water, making them a go-to skincare ingredient if you experience dry skin.

Found in: Hydration Mask, Everyday Glow Serum, Aura Essence

Plant-Epidermal Growth Factor (plant-EGF), is a protein able to activate pathways that are involved in protein synthesis and cellular regeneration to provide mature skin with the right extracellular matrix content and regenerative capacity lost with age.

Found in: Coming Soon

Chemically Glycerin is classified as an alcohol, but this humectant behaves very differently. Not only does it draw in water from the air, but it can also draw water up from the deeper layers of your skin to the surface, giving it incredible moisturising properties.

Found in: Aura Essence, Everyday Day Cream

Clinical Studies:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC165880/

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC556056/

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608132/

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396453/

Retinol is a natural compound found in the skin which is made up of retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A, and is known for its ability to improve skin texture and tone, reduce signs of ageing, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and promote collagen production. In addition, it has been found to be beneficial in treating a variety of skin conditions, including acne, psoriasis, and sun damage.

Found in: Renew Cacay Oil+A

The queen of the Vitamin C family. The most potent active.

Found in: Antioxidant Defence Booster

Niacinamide, also known as vitamin B3, is one of the key components of the skin's natural barrier function. It has been shown to improve skin hydration, reduce inflammation, and minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Additionally, niacinamide can help regulate oil production in the skin and reduce the appearance of pores, making it a beneficial ingredient for people with oily or acne-prone skin.

Found in: Antioxidant Defence Booster

Clinical Studies:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16029679/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12100180/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15946237/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18492135/

Panthenol, also known as provitamin B5, is a water-soluble vitamin. In the skin, panthenol is converted to pantothenic acid, which is an important component of coenzyme A. Coenzyme A is involved in many cellular processes in the body, including the production of energy and the synthesis of fatty acids. Panthenol is beneficial for the skin in several ways. It helps to improve skin hydration, reduce inflammation, and promote wound healing. Additionally, panthenol can help to soothe and protect the skin, making it a beneficial ingredient for people with sensitive or irritated skin.

Found in: Hydration Mask

This vitamin is an antioxidant that helps protect skin from damage caused by free radicals. Vitamin E plays an important role in maintaining healthy skin by helping to protect it from damage caused by UV radiation and other environmental stressors. It also helps to reduce inflammation and promote wound healing, making it beneficial for people with acne-prone or sensitive skin. Topical vitamin E can help to improve skin hydration, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and protect the skin from environmental stressors.

Found in: All products

Sodium ascorbyl phosphate (SAP) is the most stable and preferred ascorbyl ester. This lipophilic molecule is easily absorbed into the skin, and the rate-limiting step for absorption is its release from the vehicle, and not the rate of diffusion across the stratum corneum as one might suppose.

SAP has a hydrating effect on the skin and decreases transepidermal water loss. It is also a free radical scavenger that is photoprotective and increases collagen production under laboratory test conditions. And it is proven to reduce blemishes. 

One of the most powerful and effective antioxidants that plays a vital role in the formation of collagen that assists with keeping the elasticity of the skin intact.

• High efficiency to repair the skin by improvement of collagen synthesis
• High efficiency as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory complex
• Microencapsulated form with high affinity and skin compatibility
• Film forming properties - prevention of skin dehydration, slow and prolonged release of ingredients
• Assists with lightening and brightening the skin tone
• Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
• Sun damage repair and protection

Found in: Everyday Day Cream, Everyday Glow Serum

A new generation of retinol with improved delivery into the skin that firms, minimises fine lines, boosts collagen production and combats breakouts. 100% natural sourced and processed Retinol.

Found in: Cacay Oil + A

For the first time in cosmetics, NAYA provides the skin with oil extracted from the Stem Cells of The Acebuche, the Millennium Wild Olive tree. Using patented technology, micro-lipids are obtained from the cell membrane providing extraordinary benefits vital in reviving the skin’s appearance and triggering its energy rejuvenation cycles. This exquisite oil nourishes and rejuvenates the skin by stimulating the energy generation of its own cells.

High in concentration of antioxidants, natural beta-carotene (vitamin A), it protects the skin against photo-damage and maintains healthy skin cells by protecting the cell membrane. It is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and contains vitamins E, C and A promoting excellent emollient properties, that work to rebuild, moisturise and rehydrate skin cells.

Found in:

Cacay is a wonderful oil as it is high in Linoleic Acid (Omega 6). Cacay Oil can contain more than 70% of Linoleic acid. You can review the results of our Oil on our Science page.Due to its high level of Linoleic Acid, it makes it a very good oil for all types of skin including blemish prone skin or people that suffer from acne. Due to recent studies, it has been identified the reason why some suffer from blemish or acne is due to their deficiency in linoleic acid which helps to reduce inflammation and decongest pores.  Thus, Cacay Oil being extremely high in Linoleic Acid is suitable for all skin types. Each of our batches gets tested so that we can ensure that Linoleic acid remains high.

Linoleic Acid, or Vitamin F, provides moisture and “plumpness” without weighing down the skin; it fortifies and protects the skin’s barrier.

Found in: All our products

A luscious plant butter rich in fatty acids, vitamin E and lipids such as phytosterols as well as cinnamic acid, a substance that helps protect the skin from harmful UV rays. It improves the elasticity of the skin and has great moisturising, regenerating and softening properties.

Found in: Botanical Deo Cream