Ingredient List Hyperpigmentation

Kojic Acid

WHAT IT DOES:
Kojic acid is naturally produced from different types of fungi. It is also a by-product of rice wine. It is mainly used to lighten the skin and helps establishing an even skin tone on all skin types. It may also be used to treat skin conditions, such as sun damage, scars, and age spots.
Kojic acid works by preventing melanin production. Melanin is a naturally occurring pigment in the body that gives the eyes, hair, and skin their color. Decreased melanin production may have a lightening effect on the skin.
Anti-aging effect: Products containing kojic acid may lighten the skin, which can improve the appearance of age spots and sun damage. The reduction of dark spots can have an anti-aging effect.

Treat melasma: Kojic acid may also be helpful in decreasing melasma, which is darkening of the skin due to pregnancy.

Decrease the appearance of scars: Kojic acid may also reduce the discoloration of scars. Although the acid does not improve the thickness of scar tissue, it may reduce dark pigmentation associated with certain types of scars. Lightening the scar may make it less noticeable.

Antibacterial and Antifungal effects: Kojic acid may also provide antibacterial benefits. It may help decrease the chances of developing common types of bacterial skin infections. It may also be helpful in preventing and treating certain fungal infections, such as athlete's foot and yeast infections.
WORKS BEST IN:All kinds of skin-lightening products including lotions, creams, fluids, makeup products

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
NATURAL INGREDIENT: Yes
VEGAN: Yes

Bearberry Extract

WHAT IT DOES:
-Bearberry extract is produced from the leaves of the bearberry shrub fruit. Bearberry extract contains arbutin, which naturally lightens and brightens the skin, making it a very useful addition to dark spot correctors and other skin brightening treatments. Arbutin is very similar to hydroquinone—a medical ingredient, which is considered to be the "gold standard" of skin lightening. Like hydroquinone, arbutin works to whiten post-acne dark spots by deactivating tyrosinase, the enzyme responsible for producing melanin, but comes from a natural source.
-Improves the appearance of age spots and dark skin areas
-Very popular in Asian countries to lighten hyper-pigmented skin areas
WORKS BEST IN: All kinds of skin-lightening products including lotions, creams, fluids, makeup products

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Switzerland
NATURAL INGREDIENT: Yes
VEGAN: Yes

Licorice Extract

WHAT IT DOES:
-Healing Skin: Products that incorporate licorice extract have effectively treated skin disorders such as rosacea, eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis as it is highly anti-inflammatory.

-Fading Dark Spots/Lightening Skin: Consistent use of licorice extract over time has been known to fade dark spots and blemishes, and lighten skin. It can also reverse darkening of scars, which are fibrous skin tissues that remain when an injury hasn't completely healed. Licorice extract is also a good natural substitute for hydroquinone, which causes adverse reactions in some users. An ingredient called glabridin helps reduce uneven skin darkening -- also known as hyper pigmentation -- caused by exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. Glabridin is an active ingredient containing five flavonoids that act to depigment, or lighten, skin while blocking an enzyme that causes damaged skin to darken.

-Anti-acne: Potent antioxidants in licorice extract fight skin-damaging free radicals. Licochalcone, another ingredient in licorice, helps to regulate the skin's oil production, making it useful in anti-acne skin-care regimens, as some zit outbreaks are the result of pores being clogged by overly active oil glands.

-Contains glycyrrhetic acid and flavinoids that have antioxidant and regenerative properties

WORKS BEST IN: Creams, lotions, and skin-lightening products

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
NATURAL INGREDIENT: Yes
VEGAN: Yes

Vitamin C

- WHAT IT DOES:
- -A powerhouse ingredient for brighter, tighter, and overall better-looking skin
- -Potent antioxidant good for anti-aging (shown to be able to protect skin from oxidative damages) along with helping to reduce skin inflammation, irregular pigmentation, and promotes healthy collagen production
- -Widely used as an add-on ingredient in skin-lightening products to correct hyperpigmentation and age spots as it interferes with pigment production and keeps inflammation at bay.
WORKS BEST IN: Lotions, creams, sun care & after sun products, makeup products

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK
NATURAL INGREDIENT: No
VEGAN: Yes

glycolic acid

- WHAT IT DOES:
- -Glycolic acid is a naturally occurring alpha hydroxy acids (or AHAs), usually derived from sugar cane
- -Can reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles irregular pigmentation, decreases enlarged pores and acne
- -Very useful in exfoliating products, or in creams & lotions at a lower concentration for a more gentle acid-based peel
- -Widely used to rejuvenate the skin by encouraging the shedding of old surface skin cells
WORKS BEST IN: All kinds of skin care products including cleansers, toners, masks, lotions, creams and serums

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
NATURAL INGREDIENT: Naturally derived
VEGAN: Yes

lactic acid

- WHAT IT DOES:
- -Lactic acid is a naturally occurring alpha hydroxy acids (or AHAs) produced by fermenting sugars, usually from sour milk
- -Very gentle exfoliator that rejuvenate the skin by encouraging the shedding of old skin cells and is a good choice for those with sensitive skin.
- -Can reduce the appearance of fine lines, irregular pigmentation, age spots & decreases enlarged pores
- -Often used in creams & lotions at a lower concentration for a more gentle acid-based peel
WORKS BEST IN: All kinds of skin care products including cleansers, toners, masks, lotions, creams and serums

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
NATURAL INGREDIENT: Naturally derived
VEGAN: Yes