SPHINGONY® is a highly effective, skin-identical sphingolipid derived through advanced biotechnological processes. It has been a pivotal part of our Active Ingredients portfolio. Our multifunctional superstar has recently been relaunched thanks to the new research conducted in honor of our 30 Years of Ceramides. New modes of action have been uncovered, opening up new possibilities for the usage of SPHINGONY^® in Personal Care products. Our unique sphingolipid excellently enhances your skin barrier, strengthens your hair and lashes, and cares for your scalp.

Key Benefits:

• Rebalances life cycle of the hair
• Effectively reduces oily scalp & hair
• Increases length of eyelashes
• Boosts Ceramide production from within
• Enhances keratinocyte differentiation & lipid metabolism in the skin

This innovative active ingredient is derived from the Maqui fruit, which grows exclusively in Andean Patagonia. CapilAcid™ serves as a comprehensive protector from the root to the tip of the hair and is a powerful antioxidant. It excels in acidic formulations, safeguarding hair against exposome-induced stress and promoting overall hair health.

Positioning and attributes

• Protect hair against exposome stressors
• Protect hair and reduce hair breakage caused by chemical and thermal damage
• Helps to support the integrity of the F-Layer
• Maintaining its protective and antioxidant efficacy even in low pH formulations

Achieve a balanced, less oily complexion with the natural power of Oleobiota™ from the Misiones rainforest. This innovative active ingredient regulates oiliness, mattifies combination- and oily skin, and minimizes the appearance of pores. Derived from sustainably cultivated Ñangapirí leaves, Oleobiota™ not only benefits your skin but also supports the health of the Misiones rainforest. Developed in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol, Oleobiota™ offers a responsible and effective skincare solution.

Positioning and attributes

• Improves the overall appearance of combination and oily skin​
• Mattifying and sebo-normalizing​
• Reduces oiliness
• Less visible pores and pore cleaning
• Natural astringent

Due to UV irradiation, daily grooming, and passing of time, your hair loses essential lipids, causing your hair to become brittle and vulnerable to further damage. To fortify your hair against these daily stressors, we have created an innovative, powerful ceramide solution: HAIRMIMICS® Boost. Meet our oil-based and sustainability-driven hair care hero, boosting your hair's strength and resilience with proven efficacy.

Key benefits:

• Increases hair's mechanical resistance for stronger, healthier strands
• Revitalizes and enhances the appearance of damaged hair tips
• Partly supports responsible sourcing  
• Mimics the essential lipids in hair

Training the skin to defend itself

SPHINOX® Immulance is an innovative and unique Ceramide based on uneven fatty acids that are known for their various health benefits as food supplements. In combination with Phytosphingosine as a base, it positively regulates the skin‘s own anti-microbial defense and protects the skin by strenghtening the skin‘s immune barrier. 

Key benefits:

• Promotes skin‘s own resilience 
• Strenghthens the skin‘s immune barrier
• Induces anti-microbial defense mechanisms by induction of anti-microbial peptides
• Soothes overreactive skin
• Microbiome friendly                  
• Innovative Ceramide, with specific fatty acid side-chain

Powerful combination of long chain Ceramides and bioactive Ceramides 
- our premium solution for healthy aging

SKINMIMICS® PRO MB is our new system solution for healthy aging. It is a synergistic and powerful combination of 7 different Ceramides embedded in a modern and globally applicable emulsifier system and without listed preservatives. Thanks to the combination of skin identical long chain Ceramides and short bioactive Ceramides, this product is the perfect solution for aging skin, it offers skin regeneration from within and improved barrier function by activation of the skin’s natural water management system.

Key benefits: 

• Modern system solution for healthy aging
• Combination of 7 Ceramides, long chain Ceramides and short bioactive Ceramides with vegetable cholesterol and free fatty acids
• Improves barrier function from within
• Modern emulsifier system without listed preservatives

Visible skin firming

Borne from unique bacterial organisms found co-evolving among the centennial trees of the Yosemite National Part in the US, BeautiFerm® Lift provides consumers with a solution enabling visible skin firming benefits. It does this by helping to boost the skin's ability to generate important structural elements like collagen and elastin, which together act to support the shape and elasticity of skin. Coming from nature, Beautiferm® Lift is COSMOS approved and from non-GMO fermentation.

Key benefits:

• Restores the skin‘s firmness, elasticity and texture through collagen-boosting benefits
• Promotes pro-collagen and elastin synthesis
• Activates healthy cell renewal for enhanced skin vitality
• COSMOS approved, natural extract obtained from non-GMO fermentation

Resurfacing of skin to restore a youthful glow

Consumers are looking for innovative beauty solutions that connect with foods they know to be good and healthy, such as whole grains.  Evonik's BeautiFerm® Resurf products fulfill this aspiration by combining rye flour with an innovative ecosystematic fermentation process that uses natural bacterial strains to bring forth beneficial metabolites and post-biotics. These in turn yield excellent skin resurfacting benefits. 

Key benefits:

• Skin resurfacing through enhanced cell renewal for refreshed, radiant and blemish-free skin
• Strengthens the resilience of the skin microbiota by stimulating the growth of skin commensals
• Natural ingredient produced by fermentation using an ecosystem of multiple natural strains
• Available in multiple product forms and preservatives, including COSMOS approved and China IECIC variant