Citric acid
Citric acid is simply the molecule that makes lemon juice acidic. It is also very present in many essential biological mechanisms of the human body. Its use? Well, a cosmetic product should be about as acidic as its area of application. This is measured with pH (acidity index). The skin, for example, has a pH around 5.5. Rather acidic therefore, and fortunately because it is this natural acidity which protects us from many chemical compounds and other microbes.
To adjust the pH of a cosmetic product (around 5.5 if it is intended to be applied to the skin), we have two compounds: citric acid, to reduce it, and sodium hydroxide, to increase it. It is the right dosage of the two in the formula that allows you to obtain the target pH, for safe use of your product. ;)
Natural? Yes. Boring? Never !
Between us gentlemen, aren't you fed up with products with synthetic odors and dubious compositions? Do you want to go back to nature, with healthy formulas that preserve your beauty capital?
We do too, which is why Monsieur BARBIER has rethought the design of products for men in order to imagine the most natural products possible, by carefully choosing each ingredient and each active ingredient, for an uncompromising balance between effectiveness, sensoriality and naturalness. Naturalness, yes, but not at the expense of style or pleasure.
In this approach, Monsieur BARBIER is one of the only brands for men to be members of COSMEBIO and subject to ECOCERT audits, for its Cosmos Nat labeled products. And all of our products are free from controversial ingredients, or ingredients of animal origin. Not even bad! Did you know that our Full Care oil was the first beard oil in the world to receive the Cosmos Nat label? In addition to being the first dry oil in its category, we will let you discover the benefits for yourselves.
