Our formulas | CAUDALIE®

Our formulas

Each of Caudalie’s skincare products reflects the brand’s commitment: to design clean, natural origin formulas*, offering optimum efficacy, without compromising on performance, respect for the skin and our potential environmental impact.

Our objective? Exceeding ourselves every day to create a new generation of highly natural-origin skincare, for cosmetics that are ever more integrated and committed. 

Natural-origin formulas

All Caudalie skincare products are created in France, at the heart of our Natural Formulation Laboratory, and comply with a very strict charter called Cosm-ethics: controversial ingredients are removed, while guaranteeing optimum efficacy and sensoriality. 

100%

of our skincare formulas are natural origin (1)

They contain 95% to 100% ingredients of natural origin.

+750

raw materials in our lab

mainly from natural origin or derived from biotechnology, by advancing innovative green chemistry technologies that have been sourced to deliver the full power of nature to the skin.

Clean formulas

Just because a formula is highly natural, it doesn’t necessarily always make it clean for the skin and for the planet, our formulas scrupulously follow a formulation charter called the No-List, which bans ingredients we consider undesirable.

The Caudalie No-List

In 20 years, the No-List has grown considerably and we are doing all we can for it to develop year after year. 

+70

banned ingredients

So that we never have to compromise on the effectiveness, naturalness and sustainability of our products, while still offering greater transparency to consumers who trust us.

Text "vegan" inside a circular border with a simple, minimalist design on a transparent background.

100% of our formulas are vegan(3)

We have been committed to fighting against animal testing since our creation.

Why were they removed from formulas?

Because they are preservatives designed to eliminate and limit the growth of microorganisms, and can therefore be harsh on the skin.

What are they replaced with?

With sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, which are obtained synthetically and used as food additives, making them edible. They are accepted in organic cosmetics under the Cosmos standard.

Why were they removed from formulas?

Inexpensive, entirely synthetic, and derived from petrochemicals, they offer no benefit to the skin.

What are they replaced with?

With plant oils, which have better affinity with the skin and are extracted using gentler methods.

Why were they removed from formulas?

Valued for their emollient and moisturizing properties as well as their low cost, these ingredients require animals to be killed specifically for cosmetic purposes.

What are they replaced with?

With natural ingredients derived from the plant kingdom, such as plants and minerals.

Preservatives

Free from Parabens, Phenoxyethanol, Triclosan, Triclocarban, Benzalkonium Chloride, MIT (Methylisothiazolinone) & MCIT (Methylchloroisothiazolinone), Chlorphenesin, o-Phenylphenol & salts, Imidazolidinyl Urea & Diazolidinyl Urea, DMDM Hydantoin, 5-Bromo-5-Nitro-1,3-Dioxane & 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Polyoxymethylene Urea, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate, Glyoxal, Methenamine, Nitropropane-1, Polyaminopropyl Biguanide.

Antioxidant

Free from BHA

Surfactants & Emulsifiers

Free from PEG, Cocamide MEA & Cocamide DEA, MIPA Triethanolamine (TEA), Diethanolamine (DEA), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, TEA-Lauryl Sulfate, Lauramide DEA, Linoleamide DEA, Myristamide DEA, Oleamide DEA, Stearamide MEA.

pH Adjusters & Chelating Agents

Without Triethanolamine, EDTA, Trisodium NTA, Monoethanolamine (MEA), Aminomethyl Propanol, Potassium Hydroxide.

Polymers, resins & texturizing agents

Without Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate, Trimethylolpropane Trimethacrylate, Polyacrylamide, Sodium Styrene/Acrylates/Divinylbenzene Copolymer.

Colorants, opacifiers & synthetic touch powders

Without Carbon Black, Resorcinol & 2-Methylresorcinol, DEA Styrene/Acrylates/DVB Copolymer, Nylon (11 and 12).

Vitamin A derivative

Without Retinyl Palmitate

Solvents

Without Methyl Methacrylate, Ethyl Methacrylate, Butyl Methacrylate, Hydroxypropyl Methacrylate, Glycol Ethers (including 2-Methoxyethanol, Dipropylene Glycol).

Mineral Oils

Without Petrolatum, Petroleum Jelly, Paraffin, C10-11 Isoparaffin, Isododecane, Isohexadecane, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Synthetic Waxes, Ceresin, Ozokerite.

Silicones & sensory agents

Without Silicones, Cyclotetrasiloxane.

Sun filters

Without Octinoxate, Octocrylene, Benzophenones (including Oxybenzone).

Without ingredients of animal origin (except honey and beeswax).

Without Chicken/Bovine Hyaluronic Acid, Porcine Collagen, Shark-derived Squalane, Porcine Elastin, Sheep Lanolin, Cochineal, Keratin.

Vegan

100% of our formulas are Vegan (2)

We have been committed to being against animal testing since we were established.

Sensorial formulas

By finding the right balance between natural composition and biotechnological ingredients, we are committed to guaranteeing optimum tolerance for you and enjoyment using them every day, in particular thanks to their texture and phyto-aromatic cocktail. 

(1) excluding Suncare Products
(2) excluding products containing honey and beeswax