03.01.23
New to Sophim’s natural portfolio is PhytOlive Fine, a powder-based exfoliant upcycled from olive stones.
This olive-sourced exfoliant offers a bio-based alternative to plastic beads scrub, and an upcycled alternative to sugar and salt scrubs.
PhytOlive Fine, whose scientific name is Olea Europaea Seed, has many benefits for the skin including cleansing, purifying, soothing, brightening and softening. It also stimulates cell renewal by mechanically eliminating dead skin and impurities.
PhytOlive Fine comes in the form of a powder obtained by grinding and sieving olive stones. Thanks to the natural hardness of olive stones, PhytOlive Fine offers a good exfoliating efficiency. Olive stones contain an oil rich in tocopherol (vitamin E), oleic and linoleic acids, known for their antioxidant and nourishing properties. PhytOlive Fine does not interact with the other ingredients within the formula, thus offering efficiency and stability to formulators.
Makers say its uniqueness is attributed to its sourcing and sensory properties, which are at the core of Sophim’s values. PhytOlive Fine is made in France, Provence origin. COSMOS-approved, this smooth exfoliant offers a grain size of 500 microns, fitting various needs and offering multiple opportunities to formulators. Its integrity is guaranteed thanks to a heat treatment process allowing PhytOlive Fine to be sterilized.
“Sophim’s growth encourages us to launch ingredients in line with our upcycled model and olive expertise,” said Alexis Margnat, managing director. “As circular economy is our business model since 1996, we are proud to expand our portfolio in accordance to our core values. Let’s now take innovation a step further to offer our customers other innovations in the months to come.”
PhytOlive Fine will be introduced by Sophim at InCosmetics 2023, Stand H90.