Rejuvenating Night Cream

Shea Butter has smoothing properties and preserves the innate moisture the skin. The skin-friendly Shea Butter is mainly used to improve consistency. It is a semi-solid, butter-like vegetable fat.

The extract of blue gentian is especially characterized by its flavonoids and its bitter substances. The extract contributes to the firmness of the skin, protects the skin from premature ageing and has skin soothing properties.

The extract of the blooming aerial parts of the Edelweiss plant contains Edelweiss acid and flavonoids. These help the Edelweiss extract bind to free radicals and thus have an anti-oxidant effect. The skin is thereby protected from changes caused by sunlight.

Weleda uses distilled and deionized water. Distilled water has been boiled and the steam has condensed, yielding pure, uncontaminated water.

In cosmetic products glycerin is used as a moisturizing agent due to its water-attracting properties and it makes skin feel smooth. Weleda uses glycerin derived from the coconut or palm kernel oil.

Olive Oil has outstanding skin care benefits; it is very kind to the skin; therefore, it is highly suitable for normal to dry skin and it leaves the skin feeling soft and silky. Olive oil works as a perfect massage oil, as well as for the attention of normal to combination skin.

Shea Butter has smoothing properties and preserves the innate moisture the skin. The skin-friendly Shea Butter is mainly used to improve consistency. It is a semi-solid, butter-like vegetable fat.

As an ingredient in emulsions, pentylene glycol moisturises the skin and helps improve the product’s stability. It is made from plant raw materials.

Sucrose Polystearate is a plant-based sugar ester. It is used as a skin-friendly emulsifier and contributes to a pleasant feeling on the skin.

Cocoa Seed Butter is a relative firm and brittle butter-like vegetable fat. It improves the consistency of emulsions and acts as a soothing barrier to the skin, which helps to preserve its moisture balance. It is therefore especially suited for dry and sensitive skin.

The colourless to slightly yellow castor oil is especially good at seeping into the spaces between skin cells thereby protecting the skin from drying out. In formulations which use colour pigments, it helps the pigment adhere to the skin.

Sunflower oil is a light vegetable oil that works as a perfect massage oil and it is ideal for the attention of normal and combination skin. Due to its high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic and oleic acid, it is full of skin caring properties.

Candelilla Wax has a smoothing effect and is particularly suitable for lip care products. The wax is a brown-yellow, brittle, vegetable hard wax. It mostly contains saturated hydrocarbons and wax esters.

Especially suitable for dry and mature skin, Wheat Germ Oil is a light-yellow vegetable oil that is rich in Vitamin E. It comprises of a high content of linoleic and alpha linolenic acid.

Cetearyl Alcohol has a moisturizing effect. It is gained from plant oils and supports the formation of a stable emulsion.

Hectorite is a dermatological compatible mineral bulking agent and stabilizer for emulsions, creams, toothpastes, gels or powder. It is a weathering product of various feldspars, which are considered the most important rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.

Alcohol is another term for ethanol or ethyl alcohol. In manufacturing plant extracts contained in Weleda's products, mixtures of alcohol and water are used as extraction agents in some formulations. The consistency and stability of natural cosmetic products are improved by alcohol.

Contains polyunsaturated fatty acids which helps lock in moisture. The high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids makes it ideal for care for dry or mature skin.

Xanthan Gum is a high molecular weight, long chain carbohydrate (polysaccharide), which is used as a gelling agent, emulsion stabilizer, binder and viscosity regulator.

Silica can absorb moisture and improves consistency in emulsions. It can be used in body care products as well as in dental care products.

The extract of blue gentian is especially characterized by its flavonoids and its bitter substances. The extract contributes to the firmness of the skin, protects the skin from premature ageing and has skin soothing properties.

The extract of blue gentian is especially characterized by its flavonoids and its bitter substances. The extract contributes to the firmness of the skin, protects the skin from premature ageing and has skin soothing properties.

The extract of the blooming aerial parts of the Edelweiss plant contains Edelweiss acid and flavonoids. These help the Edelweiss extract bind to free radicals and thus have an anti-oxidant effect. The skin is thereby protected from changes caused by sunlight.

The extract from the olive leaves is particularly characterized by the polyphenols it contains. Therefore, olive leaf extracts exhibit antioxidant and skin-soothing properties on the skin.

Centella asiatica contains various triterpenic acids such as asiaticosides with positive effects on collagen synthesis. Extracts from tiger grass have skin-soothing, regenerating and skin-smoothing properties.

Betaine is an amino acid derivative and occurs both in plants and in the human organism. In cosmetic products, Betaine is used as a moisturizer in products for the skin as well as the hair, as it is able to absorb and release water. Betaine is obtained from sugar molasses.

Citric Acid is an organic fruit acid and is used in low concentrations in the emulsions to stabilize the pH-value.

Known as Vitamin E and derived from vegetable oils.

Glyceryl Caprylate is a co-emulsifier that is mainly used to stabilize O/W-emulsions (oil-in-water-emulsions) and is produced from various vegetable oils. Glyceryl Caprylate also restores the oils of the skin, regulates the skin moisture and acts as a humidifier to the skin.

Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate is an emulsifier with skin caring properties. In cleansing products it can be used as a mild cleansing raw material. Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate is made from raw materials obtained from sugar and vegetable oils.

Fragrance (Parfum) is the collective name for raw materials that are used to perfume cosmetic products. For such products, Weleda only ever uses a mixture of essential oils. Synthetic fragrances are not utilized. (from essential oils)

Limonene is a ingredient of various essential oils that are used to improve the odor of cosmetic products. (from essential oils)

Linalool is an ingredient of various essential oils that are used to improve the odor of cosmetic products. (from essential oils)

Benzyl Benzoate is an ingredient of various essential oils that are used to improve the odor of cosmetic products. (from essential oils)

Geraniol is an ingredient of various essential oils that are used to improve the odor of cosmetic products. (from essential oils)

Citral is an ingredient of various essential oils that are used to improve the odor of cosmetic products. Citral belongs to the 26 fragrances that have to be listed in the INCI-Declaration since 2005 under EU law, for the protection of fragrance allergy sufferers, if the amount in the product is potentially relevant to the allergy sufferer. (from essential oils)