Our Ingredients

Bio-Active Rooibos is the heart of African Extracts skincare. Sustainably harvested from the pristine Cederberg mountains of South Africa, this potent green Rooibos extract is naturally rich in powerful antioxidants that help protect skin from the everyday environmental stressors that contribute to premature ageing.

By supporting the skin’s natural defence systems, Bio-Active Rooibos helps strengthen skin resilience, maintain moisture balance and promote a healthy-looking complexion at every stage of life. Its protective and soothing properties help keep skin feeling balanced, comfortable and refreshed, while encouraging long-term skin vitality and radiance. Gentle enough for everyday use and suitable for all skin types, this signature botanical helps skin adapt to the changing demands of time, environment and lifestyle. Rooted in the resilience of South Africa’s unique fynbos, Bio-Active Rooibos delivers care that helps skin look healthier, stronger and naturally beautiful today and for years to come.

Key Benefits

For skin that feels calm, comfortable and restored.

Native to South Africa, Aloe Ferox is one of nature’s most respected botanical ingredients for soothing and protecting the skin. Rich in naturally occurring polysaccharides, antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, it helps calm skin that feels dry, stressed or irritated while supporting the natural moisture barrier. Its soothing properties help reduce the feeling of tightness and discomfort, leaving skin feeling softer, smoother and more comfortable.

Aloe Ferox also delivers lasting hydration without feeling heavy or greasy. Naturally rich in protective plant compounds, it helps defend against everyday environmental stressors while promoting a fresh, balanced complexion. Aloe Ferox is especially suitable for sensitive skin or skin exposed to the drying effects of sun, wind and pollution. The result is skin that feels calm, nourished, resilient and beautifully cared for every day.

Key Benefits

For skin that feels calm, comfortable and restored.

Baobab, also called the Tree of Life, is treasured for its exceptional nourishing and protective properties. Baobab seed oil is naturally rich in omega fatty acids, antioxidants and vitamins A, D, E and F, helping to replenish moisture, support the skin’s natural barrier and balance excess oil. Its lightweight, fast-absorbing texture delivers lasting hydration without leaving a greasy residue, making it suitable for all skin types, including combination and blemish-prone skin. By helping to maintain the skin’s natural balance, Baobab can reduce the appearance of breakouts while improving softness and suppleness. Rich in antioxidants, it also helps defend against free radical damage, promoting a healthy-looking, radiant complexion. Sustainably sourced in South Africa, Baobab leaves skin feeling smoother, comfortable and deeply nourished, with balanced hydration and a naturally healthy glow.

Key Benefits

For skin that that's in perfect balance

Part of the Cape Floral Kingdom, Buchu is prized for its purifying, soothing and skin-balancing properties. Naturally rich in antioxidants and beneficial plant compounds, Buchu helps calm stressed skin while reducing the appearance of redness and irritation. It is especially valued for its ability to help balance excess oil, leaving skin feeling fresh and comfortable without stripping away essential moisture. By supporting a clearer-looking complexion, Buchu helps minimise the appearance of blemishes and promotes healthier-looking skin. Its antioxidant properties also help protect against everyday environmental stressors while encouraging a more even-looking skin tone and natural radiance. Sustainably sourced from South Africa, this unique indigenous botanical leaves skin feeling refreshed, soothed and beautifully clear, with a smoother texture and a healthy, even-looking glow.

Key Benefits

For skin that looks clearer, fresher and beautifully balanced.

Known for its extraordinary ability to survive extreme dehydration and spring back to life with the return of water, The Resurrection Plant is a remarkable symbol of resilience. Rich in powerful antioxidants and protective plant compounds, it helps replenish moisture, restore hydration and strengthen the skin’s natural barrier. By helping to reduce moisture loss, Resurrection Plant leaves dry, dehydrated skin feeling softer, smoother and more comfortable. Its moisture-binding properties help support long-lasting hydration while protecting the skin from the drying effects of environmental stressors. The result is skin that feels supple, resilient and deeply nourished, with improved comfort and a healthy-looking glow. Ideal for dry, stressed or mature skin, this remarkable botanical helps reinforce the skin’s natural defences, promoting a stronger barrier and a complexion that feels hydrated, balanced and revitalised. Sustainably sourced from Southern Africa, Resurrection Plant brings enduring hydration and restorative care to every skincare routine.

Key Benefits

For skin that stays deeply hydrated, even when life takes its toll.

Celebrated for centuries as a symbol of beauty, Rose Damascena Oil and Rosewater are cherished for their ability to leave skin looking fresh, luminous and naturally radiant. Rich in antioxidants and skin-conditioning compounds, they help replenish moisture while supporting the skin’s natural balance, leaving the complexion soft, smooth and beautifully hydrated. Rose Damascena Oil nourishes and comforts the skin, while Rosewater provides lightweight hydration that refreshes and revitalises dull, tired-looking skin.

Together, they help improve the appearance of uneven tone and enhance the skin’s natural glow, promoting a brighter, healthier-looking complexion. Their gentle soothing properties also help calm the skin, leaving it feeling refreshed and comfortable throughout the day. Suitable for all skin types, this elegant botanical pairing helps restore luminosity, improve skin vitality and reveal a dewy, radiant finish. Sustainably inspired by one of nature’s most treasured flowers, Rose brings timeless beauty and everyday radiance to your skin-care routine.

Key Benefits

For skin that glows with healthy, natural radiance.

Powered by award-winning Olea Vitae®, Hydrofirm-C+ harnesses advanced olive bud stem cell technology to help revitalise ageing skin at its source. Inspired by the remarkable regenerative potential of the olive tree, this innovative plant complex supports the skin’s natural renewal processes and helps energise cellular metabolism for a visibly fresher, firmer and more youthful-looking complexion. By promoting skin vitality, Olea Vitae® helps improve the appearance of firmness, elasticity and smoothness while reducing the visible signs of fatigue and premature ageing. Rich in protective plant antioxidants, it also helps defend against everyday environmental stressors that can accelerate skin ageing. With continued use, skin appears stronger, more resilient and revitalised, with improved tone, texture and radiance. Combining breakthrough plant science with the power of nature, Olea Vitae® delivers targeted anti-ageing care that helps restore youthful-looking skin and reveal a complexion that looks renewed, healthy and full of life.

Key Benefits

For skin that looks revitalised, firmer and full of life.

Hyaluronic Acid is one of skincare’s most effective moisture-binding ingredients, capable of attracting and retaining water to help keep skin hydrated and supple. It delivers an immediate boost of hydration while helping to smooth the appearance of fine lines caused by dryness. By supporting the skin’s natural moisture barrier, Hyaluronic Acid helps reduce water loss, leaving skin feeling softer, plumper and more resilient. Suitable for all skin types, it helps restore comfort to dehydrated skin and promotes a fresh, healthy-looking complexion with lasting hydration and a naturally dewy glow.

Key Benefits

For deep hydration and lasting comfort.

Niacinamide, also known as Vitamin B3, is a versatile skin-care ingredient that helps strengthen the skin’s natural barrier while improving overall complexion health. It helps retain moisture, refine the appearance of pores and balance excess oil, leaving skin smoother and more even-looking.

Niacinamide also helps improve the appearance of uneven skin tone and dullness while supporting skin resilience against everyday environmental stressors. Gentle enough for daily use, it promotes healthier-looking skin that feels stronger, balanced and naturally radiant.

Key Benefits

For stronger, more balanced skin.

Salicylic Acid is a gentle beta hydroxy acid (BHA) that exfoliates deep within pores to help remove excess oil, dead skin cells and impurities. By helping to keep pores clear, it reduces the appearance of blemishes and blackheads while promoting a smoother skin texture. Its balancing properties help control excess oil without over-drying the skin, leaving the complexion feeling clean, refreshed and comfortable. With regular use, Salicylic Acid helps reveal clearer, more refined skin with improved clarity and a healthy-looking balance.

Key Benefits

For clearer, smoother, healthier-looking skin.

Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps protect the skin against the visible effects of environmental stressors while supporting the skin’s natural barrier. Known for its nourishing and moisturising properties, it helps replenish dry skin, improve softness and reduce moisture loss. Working in harmony with other antioxidants, Vitamin E helps maintain healthy-looking skin while promoting long-lasting comfort and resilience. Skin feels smoother, deeply nourished and better protected, with a healthy, radiant appearance.

Key Benefits

For nourishment and antioxidant protection.

African Extracts uses two advanced forms of Vitamin C which help brighten the complexion while protecting skin from environmental stressors. These stable Vitamin C derivatives help improve the appearance of uneven skin tone, enhance radiance and promote smoother, healthier-looking skin. They also support collagen production for firmer-looking skin while helping to reduce the visible effects of premature ageing. The result is a brighter, more luminous complexion with renewed vitality and a healthy glow.

Key Benefits

For brighter, more radiant skin.

Ceramides are naturally occurring lipids that form an essential part of the skin’s protective barrier. They help strengthen the barrier, reduce moisture loss and protect against external stressors that can leave skin feeling dry and sensitive. By replenishing essential lipids, Ceramides help restore comfort, improve hydration and support smoother, healthier-looking skin. Ideal for dry and sensitive skin, they leave the complexion feeling soft, resilient and better able to retain moisture throughout the day.

Key Benefits

For a stronger skin barrier.

Peptides are intelligent skin-conditioning ingredients that help support the skin’s natural renewal processes. They work to improve the appearance of firmness and elasticity while helping to reduce the visible signs of ageing, including the look of fine lines and wrinkles. By supporting healthier-looking skin, Peptides help enhance smoothness, resilience and overall skin vitality. With continued use, skin appears firmer, more refined and visibly revitalised, with a youthful-looking complexion.

Key Benefits

For firmer, smoother-looking skin.

Zinc PCA combines the balancing benefits of zinc with a naturally moisturising ingredient to help regulate excess oil while maintaining healthy hydration. It helps reduce surface shine, minimise the appearance of blemishes and support a clearer-looking complexion without disrupting the skin’s natural barrier. Suitable for oily and combination skin, Zinc PCA leaves skin feeling fresh, balanced and comfortable while promoting a smoother, healthier-looking appearance.

Key Benefits

For balanced, blemish-free skin.

Squalane is a skin-identical moisturiser that helps replenish hydration while supporting the skin’s natural protective barrier. Lightweight and fast-absorbing, it delivers lasting moisture without leaving a greasy feel, making it suitable for all skin types. Squalane helps soften the skin, improve elasticity and reduce moisture loss, leaving the complexion smooth, supple and comfortable. By supporting the skin’s natural balance, it helps maintain healthy-looking skin that feels nourished, resilient and beautifully hydrated every day.

Key Benefits

For lightweight nourishment and lasting hydration.

Activated Charcoal is a naturally derived ingredient renowned for its exceptional purifying properties. With its highly porous structure, it acts like a magnet to help draw out excess oil, impurities and pollution particles from the skin’s surface, leaving the complexion feeling deeply cleansed and refreshed. Ideal for oily, combination and blemish-prone skin, Activated Charcoal helps unclog pores and reduce excess shine without stripping away essential moisture. By removing the build-up of dirt and impurities, it helps promote a clearer-looking complexion and a smoother skin texture. Its gentle yet effective cleansing action leaves skin feeling balanced, invigorated and comfortable after every use. Combined with Rooibos and Buchu, Activated Charcoal helps reveal skin that looks fresh, healthy and visibly purified, making it an ideal ingredient for everyday cleansing and oil control.

Key Benefits

For fresher, cleaner, less oily skin