Sodium PCA

Description

Harness the weightless, powerful hydration of Sodium PCA, the skin’s most abundant natural moisturizing factor, for your Build-Your-Own ORY^® skincare, haircare, cosmetics, and liquid cleansers. The skin makes pyroglutamic acid itself by breaking down the protein filaggrin, and its sodium salt makes up roughly 12% of the natural moisturizing factor. Plant-derived sodium PCA is one of the strongest humectants in cosmetics — binding more water per gram than glycerin, sodium lactate, or sorbitol — with a light, non-tacky feel, and because it is skin-identical, it replenishes what dry, mature, and over-cleansed skin has lost. In your custom serum, toner, essence, cream, lotion, mask, or cleanser, it delivers lasting, weightless hydration to every skin type — even oily skin that dislikes heavier humectants. In your leave-in, conditioner, scalp serum, or shampoo, it binds moisture to hair, improves manageability, and reduces static. In your cosmetics, it keeps foundations, primers, and lip products hydrated and comfortable. In your liquid soap or syndet bar, it softens the after-feel. Customize your cruelty-free, vegan formulation with the skin’s number-one natural humectant. Caution: Pair with an emollient in very dry air. Wasted in cold-process bar soap.

Why Choose Sodium PCA for Your Build-Your-Own Formulation:

• • Skin’s No. 1 Natural Humectant: The largest single NMF component — perfect for bespoke NMF blends.
  • Powerful, Weightless Hydration: About 1.5–2× glycerin’s water-binding with a non-tacky feel.
  • Replenishes Lost Moisture: Restores what dry, mature, and over-cleansed skin lacks.
  • Barrier Comfort: A hydrated, pliable skin surface resists cracking.
  • Gentler Cleansing: Offsets cleanser-induced dryness.
  • Hair Manageability: Binds water to the fiber; reduces static.
  • Compatible With Everything: Heat- and pH-stable; works with actives, surfactants, and cationics.

Dual Use Across ORY^® Product Lines:

• ORY^® Skincare: Serums, toners, essences, creams, lotions, masks, and cleansers; NMF-replenishing blends.
• ORY^® Haircare: Leave-ins, conditioners, scalp serums, and shampoos.
• ORY^® Handmade Soap: Limited — liquid soaps and syndet bars for after-feel; wasted in cold-process bars (use sodium lactate or glycerin there).
• ORY^® Cosmetics (coming soon): Foundations, primers, setting sprays, lip products, and mascaras.

Suitable for (Skin): Combination Skin, Dry Skin, Mature Skin, Normal Skin, Sensitive Skin, Oily/Acne-Prone Skin.

Suitable for (Hair): Straight, Wavy, Curly, Coily, Dry or Damaged, Oily Scalp, Mature or Thinning, Color-Treated or Chemically Processed, Sensitive Scalp, Dandruff-Prone Scalp (Straight and Wavy: low levels to avoid humidity frizz).

Not for sale individually. Order Sodium PCA as part of your Build-Your-Own skincare, haircare, cosmetics, or liquid/syndet cleanser formulation.