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Our Skin Care Ingredients Glossary

Derived by Nature, Crafted for You

A jar of emerginC Protocell cream sits on a beige surface, surrounded by apple slices, cactus, green leaves, and cream smears, evoking a scene inspired by a skin care ingredients glossary and highlighting the natural elements within the formula.

Why emerginC Stands Out

At emerginC, we believe that exceptional results begin with uncompromised ingredient integrity. Since launching our signature Vitamin C serum in 1996, we have continuously evolved to unite active, professionally developed formulas with clean, plant-powered botanicals. We combine cutting-edge science with raw botanicals, marine extracts, and sustainable active ingredients sourced directly from nature.

Our formulations prioritize environmental responsibility alongside skin health. We proudly offer 100% vegan products across our Scientific Organics and Rawceuticals collections, ensuring our care for the planet matches our dedication to your skin. From wind-powered manufacturing to sourcing fair-trade ingredients, every product reflects our commitment to clean beauty that delivers visible, long-term vitality.

Award-Winning Skin Care

2024 American Spa Finalist Professional's Choice Awards
Spa Innovate Awards
2023 spa wellness product awards.

Industry-Leading Sustainability

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Our Nature-Derived Skin Care Ingredients Glossary

Explore our comprehensive skin care ingredients glossary to uncover the active botanicals, marine nutrients, and scientific complexes behind every emerginC formula. Each one is thoughtfully selected to calm the look of stressed skin, deliver lasting hydration, support a brighter-looking complexion, and help skin feel balanced and resilient over time.

Acquacell™

An advanced natural blend of watermelon rind extract, lentil fruit extract, and unripened apple and apple skin that helps improve the look of skin tone while supporting lasting hydration, and visibly smooths the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and flakiness.

Featured in: Active Hydrating Complex, Earth Hydrating Phytelene Cream

Aloe Vera

A soothing plant long valued in skin care rituals, aloe vera helps calm the look of irritation and supports the appearance of hydrated, replenished-looking skin.

Featured in: Lavender Toner, D-Red Daytime Emulsion

Apple Fruit Extract

Rich in vitamin A, C, and zinc, apple fruit extract helps combat signs of aging while protecting and hydrating skin. Additionally, it naturally contains sulfur, which aids in improving breakouts and problem skin.

Featured in: Active Hydrating Complex, Blue Poppy Enzyme Polish

Arnica

A dried flower extract that helps ease the look of dryness and dehydration. Arnica soothes, moisturizes, and nourishes, lending skin a calmer, more comfortable-looking finish.

Featured in: Spirulina Toner, Revital-Eyes

Avocado Oil

Extracted from the seed of the avocado fruit, this oil is rich in vitamins B, C, D, and E. Its molecular structure closely resembles skin's own sebum, making it deeply moisturizing. It’s well known for helping enhance the skin’s look of elasticity and is ideal for mature, dry, or dehydrated-looking skin.

Featured in: Hydra-Repair Intensive Topical Infusion Capsules, RAW Body Bar

Black Cumin Seed Oil

An antioxidant-rich oil that helps to firm, moisturize, nourish, and smooth skin.

Featured in: BLEND™, EYE & LIP CRAFT™

 

Blue Poppy Seeds

Derived from the poppy plant, blue poppy seeds contain linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid), oleic acid, vitamin B, iron, copper, magnesium, potassium, calcium, manganese, and zinc. Blue poppy seeds gently remove dead skin cells while providing soothing and antioxidant benefits to skin.

Featured in: Blue Poppy Enzyme Polish

 

Cactus Extract

Derived from the cactus plant, this extract helps soothe, calm, and hydrate the look and feel of skin.

Featured in: Protocell Eye, Protocell Bio-Active Stem Cell Combat Cream

 

Cocoa Butter

Fair-trade, virgin cocoa butter is a natural moisturizer rich in fatty acids, antioxidants, and caffeine. It helps even the look of uneven skin tone and hydrates, nourishes, and helps ease the appearance of sun-exposed skin.

Featured in: Signature Facial Bar, RAW Body Bar

Colloidal Sulfur

Composed of finely milled sulfur particles suspended in a gentle gel base, colloidal sulfur is prized for its calming, clarifying qualities, making it especially well-suited to oily and blemish-prone-looking skin.

Featured in: Tinted Blemish Control

Cucumber Extract

Derived from cucumbers, cucumber extract helps calm, soothe, moisturize, and reduce irritation and sensitivity in skin.

Featured in: Revital-Eyes

Eucalyptus

A hardy plant extract known for its refreshing, purifying qualities. It helps calm the look of stressed skin while leaving it feeling clean and refreshed.

Featured in: Deglazing Toner

Grape Stem Cells

PhytoCellTec™ Solar Vitis protects, maintains, and promotes the activity of epidermal stem cells (which are a main factor in the vitality and regeneration capabilities of skin). Grape stem cells help fight photo-aging and protect skin stem cells from UV stress. 

Featured in: Phytocell Cream, Phytocell Detox Mask

Grapefruit Extract (Oil)

Containing ascorbic, citric, and malic acids, grapefruit extract helps tone and brighten the look of skin.

Featured in: Spirulina Toner, Phytocell Cream

 

Green Tea

Rich in polyphenols — a class of bioflavonoid with high antioxidant properties — green tea helps visibly calm skin affected by everyday environmental exposure. Its natural tannins offer a gentle, tightening-looking finish.

Featured in: Spirulina Toner, Kombucha Cleanser

 

Hemp Seed Oil

High in antioxidants and essential fatty acids, hemp seed oil helps enhance the look of elasticity, balances the appearance of sebum, and moisturizes, soothes, and calms skin tone and texture. It also helps support skin's appearance against everyday environmental stress, including the visible effects of sun exposure.

Featured in: Signature Facial Bar, RAW Body Bar

Kombucha

A fermented tea crafted from tea, sugar, and a live culture of bacteria and yeast, kombucha is known for its naturally occurring antioxidants and probiotics that support the look of balanced, healthy-looking skin.

Featured in: Kombucha Cleanser, Phytocell Cream

Lavender

An essential oil prized for its soothing, calming qualities.

Featured in: Lavender Toner, Blue Poppy Enzyme Polish

Lemon Fruit Extract

Rich in vitamin C, lemon extract helps brighten and refine the look of skin tone and texture.

Featured in: At-Home Facial Peel + Clarifying Kit, Earth Hydrating Phytelene Cream

Matricaria

German chamomile that soothes and calms the look of skin.

Featured in: Active Hydrating Complex, Peach Toner

Meadowfoam Seed Extract

A nourishing extract rich in natural vitamin C that helps brighten and condition the skin.

Featured in: Hyper-Vitalizer Cream

Orange Fruit Extract

Derived from the rind of the orange fruit, orange fruit extract helps purify, detox, and calm the skin.

Featured in: At-Home Facial Peel + Clarifying Kit, Blue Poppy Enzyme Polish

Peach Extract

Cleanses skin and acts as a gentle emollient.

Featured in: Peach Toner

Pine Bark Extract

A potent, natural antioxidant, pine bark extract helps support the look of elasticity and hydration in the skin. 

Featured in: Spirulina Toner, Vitamin C Eye Serum

Pomegranate Fruit Extract

Rich in folic acid and vitamins A, C, and E, pomegranate fruit extract helps support the look of firmer, more youthful-looking skin, while easing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Featured in: Pomegranate Gel Cleanser, Peptide Booster Serum

Radish Root Ferment Filtrate

Derived from the fermentation of radishes with leuconostoc kimchi — the lactic acid traditionally used in kimchi-making. This ingredient features an isolated peptide known for helping support the skin's natural-looking balance.

Featured in: D-Red Daytime Emulsion

Raspberry Extract

A rich source of vitamins A, C, K, and B6, iron, magnesium, and manganese, raspberry extract contains natural enzymes that help gently dissolve dulling surface cells for deeper-looking exfoliation and help visibly renew skin affected by environmental exposure.

Featured in: RED BERRY DUAL MASK & GOMMAGE™

Rose

Naturally soothing, calming, and moisturizing, rose extract acts as a gentle astringent and helps soften the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Featured in: Hyper-Vitalizer Cream, Aromatic Cream Tea Cleanser

Rosemary

A revitalizing herb that helps support skin's appearance against everyday environmental exposure.

Featured in: Revital-Eyes, SALVATION SERUM®

Sea Starwort Oil

Helps calm the look of irritated skin, diminishing the appearance of redness and blotchiness.

Featured in: Phytocell Detox Mask

Shea Butter

Highly emollient and conditioning, shea butter is naturally rich in essential fatty acids and vitamins A and E. It helps soothe and nourish the look of dry, uneven, or aging-looking skin.

Featured in: Eyelight Cream, EYE & LIP CRAFT™

SOLIBERINE®

A phytobioactive complex rich in antioxidants, formulated to support the look of hydrated skin

Featured in: Glow Guard™

Spirulina

A "superfood" derived from blue-green algae, spirulina is known for its high vitamin, mineral, protein, and antioxidant content that helps remineralize, energize, and improve the look and feel of the skin.

Featured in: Spirulina Toner, Phytocell Cream

Sunflower Seed Oil

An emollient that helps restore natural moisture to skin.

Featured in: RAW Body Bar, CLEAN™

Vitamin C

A potent antioxidant to help fight free radical damage. Vitamin C is a vital co-factor in the production of collagen and elastin, can help reverse and prevent photodamage, and helps improve pigmentation problems. Vitamin C helps to improve the appearance of aging skin, breakouts, and sun damage.

Featured in: 20% Vitamin C Serum, Vitamin C Serum

Willow Bark

Containing naturally occurring salicylic acids, willow bark helps support gentle-looking exfoliation, helps keep the appearance of pores clear, and helps calm the look of irritation.

Featured in: At-Home Facial Peel + Clarifying Kit, SALVATION SERUM®

Witch Hazel

Naturally extracted from the Hamamelis virginiana plant, witch hazel is a natural astringent rich in tannins that helps cleanse and tone the look of skin. It's also an effective botanical for lifting away makeup, dirt, and environmental debris, with naturally calming properties.

Featured in: Peach Toner, Lavender Toner

For Personal Care

Explore our full line of clean, plant-powered formulas and find the perfect match for your unique skin goals.

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