Scientific Name: Hydrolyzed Chestnut Extract
Classification: Active Ingredient of Plant Origin.
Protective and Moisturizing.
Tales from Nature
Chestnut is the fruit of the chestnut tree unlike the chestnut of the horse chestnut tree, which is a seed instead. Chestnuts are in fact derived from the female flowers (usually 2 or 3) enclosed by a dome that later turns into a husk.
Fossil finds attest that the tree is supposed to derive from a stock that originated in the Tertiary period, about 10 million years ago, and had spread to Asia, Europe and the Americas in warm climate periods.
Chestnuts are one of the most popular autumn fruits: they are very nutritious and low in fat and contain many health benefits for our bodies, including potassium, phosphorus and sulfur, magnesium, calcium, chlorine, iron, vitamin C and folic acid. They also have anti-inflammatory properties due to their phenolic acid content and antioxidants.
It is precisely these latter properties that make them a valuable ally in cosmetics: chestnut extract improves skin hydration and repairs sun damage, and its vitamin C stimulates collagen production, restoring elasticity and firmness to the skin.
Benefits
The cosmetic properties of chestnuts are mainly due to escin, tannins, flavonoids and curarins, substances that, extracted from horse chestnut seeds, have a powerful protective action on the blood vessels present at the microcirculatory level on our skin. Chestnut Extract interacts with the surface coating of the hair, repairing damaged hair and closing its cuticles. This helps reduce moisture loss, especially during heat styling.
