Marine and natural ingredients · Brittany, France
Lessonia
Zymachem is the exclusive distributor of Lessonia in Canada.
A French designer and manufacturer of cosmetic ingredients, producing in Brittany since 2002: natural exfoliants, micronized powders and marine actives.

- Making ingredients since
- 2002
- Made in France
- 100 %
- Ingredients in our catalogue
- 189
- Origin
- Brittany, France
- What we supply
- Emulsifiers, exfoliants, thickeners
About Lessonia
Since 2002, Lessonia has developed and manufactured ingredients for well-known cosmetic brands at its industrial site in Brittany, the French region at the heart of marine cosmetics. Its production is 100% made in France and follows Good Manufacturing Practices.
Its range is built around natural alternatives: plant-based exfoliating particles that replace plastic microbeads, micronized powders, natural texturizers and actives drawn from Breton seaweed.
Signature ranges
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Exfoliators
Natural exfoliating particles from almond, apricot, bamboo, luffa, coconut and more, in several grain sizes.
101 ingredients -
Microzest
Finely micronized plant powders, including argan, bamboo and rice.
25 ingredients -
Alter
Natural alternatives to synthetic texturizers: emulsifiers, gelling agents and a talc alternative.
11 ingredients -
Aqualgae
Actives from Breton seaweed, such as Aqualgae Saccharina and Undaria, alongside Fucoreverse and Fucowhite.
4 ingredients
Its ingredients
See all 189 ingredients →By function
- 10 Skin actives
- 7 Hair actives
- 23 Botanical and marine extracts
- 120 Exfoliants
- 9 Emollients and oils
- 2 Emulsifiers and bases
- 8 Thickeners and stabilizers
- 1 Surfactants and cleansers
- 45 Powders and texturizers
- 41 Colour and visual effects
A selection
- Celluloscrub 1000Cellulose AcetateExfoliants
- Apricot BioExfoliator 1000Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Seed PowderExfoliants
- Alter EmulgelGlucomannan (and) Anogeissus Leiocarpa Bark Extract (and) Sodium CitrateEmulsifiers and bases
- Alter-CaptEssence GKaolin, Bambusa Arundinacea Steam ExtractPowders and texturizers
- Saponin +Camellia Oleifera Seed ExtractBotanical and marine extracts
- Aqualgae SaccharinaSaccharina Latissima Extract (and) Potassium Sorbate (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Citric AcidBotanical and marine extracts
Try Lessonia ingredients in your formula.
Add ingredients to your request, or tell us what you are developing. We send samples, technical data sheets and SDS.

