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actifs naturels et gourmands

English translation: delicious natural active ingredients

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French term or phrase:actifs naturels et gourmands
English translation:delicious natural active ingredients
Entered by: Claudine Seynaeve

16:45 Mar 23, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cosmetics, Beauty / news article
French term or phrase: actifs naturels et gourmands
"Un soin qui va au-dela d'un simple geste de gommage alliant le plaisir d'une combinaison ***d'actifs naturels et gourmands***, aux accents de Jojoba et de Coco."

Thank you all in advance for your suggestions
Claudine Seynaeve
Canada
Local time: 22:58
delicious natural active ingredients
Explanation:
A complex of valuable active ingredients: fruit alpha-hydroxy acids ... exuding a delicious fruit scent and brimming with purifying natural fruit ...
diamondbeauty.com/brandnames/Ingrid-Millet/ -
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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 20:58
Grading comment
Thanks and thanks to you all too for all these suggestions
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6delicious natural active ingredients
RHELLER
4 +3natural ingredients that sound good enough to eat
awilliams
4 +2natural and rich ingredients
TesCor -
4natural and edible ingediences
Terje Ostgaard


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
natural and edible ingediences


Explanation:
i.e. jujube and coco.

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-23 16:50:27 GMT)
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sorry: ingRediences...

Terje Ostgaard
Spain
Local time: 04:58
Native speaker of: Norwegian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  awilliams: ingredients :) jojoba (I've never seen jujube before but having had a look on Google it could be a non-UK spelling of jojoba - sorry!//maybe one is a fruit and one a juice??)
3 mins
neutral  Karen Tucker (X): Just want to point out that "Jujube" was the name for a hard chewy candy that used to be popular in the United States!
1 hr
  -> yep, and in other countries, too
neutral  KNielsen: A jujube is also a kind of date/fig-like thing; in Korea tea and desserts are made from it.
12 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
delicious natural active ingredients


Explanation:
A complex of valuable active ingredients: fruit alpha-hydroxy acids ... exuding a delicious fruit scent and brimming with purifying natural fruit ...
diamondbeauty.com/brandnames/Ingrid-Millet/ -

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 20:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks and thanks to you all too for all these suggestions

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  suezen: or tasty
6 mins
  -> thanks Suezen :-)
agree  awilliams: I like this :)
7 mins
  -> thanks Amy :-)
agree  roneill
28 mins
  -> merci Ronat :-)
agree  NathalieVVT (X)
41 mins
  -> merci Nathalie!
agree  French Foodie: this is exactly what came to mind for me
1 hr
  -> merci Mara :-)
agree  kaoh
1 hr
  -> merci Kaoh!
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
natural ingredients that sound good enough to eat


Explanation:
Just an idea

natural ingredients that are good enough to eat

that smell good enough to eat

naturally occurring ingredients

Not sure if the register is elevated enough, though.

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-03-23 17:04:00 GMT)
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I think this may be the idea - mouth-watering, etc.

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Note added at 23 mins (2005-03-23 17:09:01 GMT)
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sorry - I forgot the \"active\".



awilliams
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: "smell good enough to eat" hmmm, I love that coconut fragrance in my shampoo
12 mins
  -> thanks, Rita :)
agree  French Foodie: yes, smell good enough to eat sounds good too!
1 hr
  -> thanks
agree  roneill: This is very nice also, Mouth watering is terrific!
10 hrs
  -> thanks
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
natural and rich ingredients


Explanation:
natural also means intense.



TesCor -
Canada
Local time: 22:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: rich natural ingredients-was about to suggest it-also think rich corresponds to gourmand here
3 mins
agree  Patrice: esp. writewaway's version
2 hrs
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