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Hyaluronic Acid
Think of hyaluronic acid like a BIG drink of water for your skin. It is able to hold up to 1,000 times its molecular weight in water. Hyaluronic acid penetrates the skin and binds water to skin cells, infusing all layers of the skin with valuable, rejuvenating moisture.
Green tea
Green tea helps calm and even out irritated skin providing relief and reducing redness. It gently exfoliates and decreases the appearance and occurrence of blackheads by eliminating dead skin, dirt, and bacteria.
Rose
Boosts collagen production for enhanced skin elasticity, and gently calms itchy, irritated, and dry skin. Rich in vitamins A and C, rose offers anti-inflammatory properties that calm the skin. It has healing properties, reducing redness, rashes, and spots, while also helping to improve overall skin tone and discoloration.
Chamomile
Soothes and heals sensitive and irritated skin, calms inflammation, and gently cleanses, making it ideal for skincare with its antioxidant-rich and cleansing properties. Chamomile is packed with antioxidants and aids in healing scars. Chamomile has skin-renewing properties and aids in healing scars, promoting skin regeneration and reducing the appearance of imperfections.
Coconut water
Coconut water not only calms acne inflammation but also lightens blemishes. With its antimicrobial and antifungal properties, coconut water helps combat acne-causing bacteria.
Cucumber
Cucumber provides a natural moisturizing barrier to the skin, preventing dehydration. It also helps ease rash, redness, and puffiness, providing a soothing and refreshing sensation to the skin.
Oats
With its skin-calming and hydrating properties, oatmeal helps soothe skin irritation, strengthen the skin’s barriers, and provide moisture. It is effective in alleviating sunburns, skin irritations, and possesses antiviral and antifungal properties. With its hydrating properties, oatmeal helps improve dull skin by retaining moisture and maintaining the skin’s pH balance.
Turmeric
Turmeric’s health benefits stem from curcumin, a bioactive component with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It helps in healing damaged and chapped lips.
Green tea
Green tea contains vitamin E that is known for its ability to nourish and hydrate the skin. It helps calm irritated skin providing relief and provide healing properties to chapped lips.
Jojoba oil
With its high ceramide content, jojoba oil is a natural makeup primer and base that provides moisturizing and hydrating properties. It helps reduce chafing and dryness of the skin, while its rich vitamin E and B complex vitamins contribute to skin repair and damage control. Jojoba oil’s antioxidant properties also aid in fighting free radicals.
Argan Oil
Rich in omega fatty acids and vitamin E, argan oil is a perfect moisturizing agent that protects the skin barrier and improves skin texture. It provides nourishment and hydration to the skin, promoting a smoother and healthier complexion.
Saffron
Saffron, an age-old exotic ingredient, works wonders for the skin with its skin lightening properties and ability to impart beautiful pigments. It helps even out the complexion and adds a natural radiance to the skin.
Lotus
The beautiful deep pigments of lotus provide an appealing look to the skin while also conditioning it from within, giving it a plump and hydrated appearance.
Cinnamon
The antibacterial properties of cinnamon make it effective in eliminating acne-causing bacteria. It can also help with hyperpigmentation, acne treatment, skin lightening, and overall enhancement of the skin’s appearance.
Coffee
When used in skincare, caffeine reduces blood flow to the skin, resulting in a brighter and tighter appearance. It also contains chlorogenic acids (CGA) that help reduce inflammation associated with skin conditions like eczema, acne, and psoriasis.
Raspberry
Protects the skin against sun damage, neutralizes free radicals, and reduces inflammation with its high antioxidant content and ellagic acid.
Mulberry
Renews the skin, lightens dark spots, protects against environmental damage, and promotes a youthful complexion with its vitamins, skin lightening benefits, and antioxidant properties.With brightening properties, it is a powerhouse of kojic acid that helps with pigmentation issues and enhances skin turnover
Vetiver
Known for its moisturizing and hydrating properties, vetiver has a high water-holding capacity. It balances the skin’s pH, evens skin tone, tightens pores, reduces oiliness, reduces skin inflammation, and helps delay signs of aging.
Allantion
This is used as a moisturizer to treat or prevent dry, rough, scaly, itchy skin and minor skin irritations.
Willow Bark
Willow bark extract is a gentle exfoliant which removes the dead skin cells and excess oil from the skin surface. It also promotes cell turnover, that is the production of new skin cells. It contains salicylic acid, which helps combat acne and control breakouts.
Pansy Flower
With its dermatological properties, pansy flower serves as a source of salicylic acid, methyl salicylates, and flavonoids. It is particularly effective in cleansing and soothing acne-prone and rough skin.
Cherries
Promotes skin healing, reduces inflammation, brightens the skin, and protects against oxidative stress with its anti-inflammatory properties, Vitamin C content, and antioxidants. High content of vitamin C and antioxidants aid in skin healing, reducing inflammation, and brightening the skin.
Berries
Exfoliates, lightens dark spots, protects against environmental damage, and maintains skin elasticity due to its rich vitamins and natural skin lightening properties. A natural source of salicylic acid that gently exfoliates the skin without harsh scrubbing and aids in the removal of dead skin cells, promoting the regeneration of new skin cells.
Avocado
Avocado offers UV protection and is abundant in vitamins A, D, and E, providing nourishment and hydration to the skin.
Figs
The salicylic acid content in figs, berries, dates, and pansy flowers aids in gently exfoliating dead skin, reducing sebum production, unclogging pores, and providing anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits for healthier skin.
Squalene
Squalane is a naturally-occurring oil that's used in skincare products for its hydrating and moisturizing benefits. Squalane oil is the saturated form of squalene, which is a key component of sebum (your skin's natural oils).
Licorice root
Licorice root extract is known to contain a compound known as glycyrrhizin, which has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. It is used to treat skin conditions like eczema and acne
Chia seeds
Rich in antioxidants and fatty acids, chia seeds help protect the skin from environmental damage, retain moisture, and promote a hydrated and fresh appearance. They are also rich in vitamins A, E, and C, aiding in the reduction of dark spots and potentially reversing UV-induced damage.
Papaya
Papaya can be attributed to the high content of vitamins A, B, and C. Its proteolytic enzymes, such as papain and chymopapain also have antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties.
Almond
Almonds are rich in vitamin E and fatty acids, making them highly moisturizing and nourishing for the skin.
Soy
Packed with isoflavones, fatty acids, and proteins, soy helps to repair your skin barrier, reduces signs of aging and boosts collagen production.
Black tea
These ingredients are incredibly rich sources of antioxidants and vitamin C, which help combat free radical damage and restore the skin’s natural barriers, promoting healthier and more resilient skin.
Kiwi
Kiwi is packed with powerful antioxidants which helps nourish, moisturise and protect your skin.
Calendula
Anti-bacterial Calendula flower boasts unmatched healing properties. With antioxidants, skin hydration, and antiseptic benefits, it’s perfect for sensitive skin and treats inflamed skin lovingly.
Banana
A high source of vitamin B3 (niacinamide) that retains natural skin hydration, prevents moisture evaporation, and acts as an effective skin lightening compound. It helps in reducing pigmentation and blemishes, improving uneven patchy skin, and addressing hyperpigmentation.
Tomato
Tomato shields the skin against UV-induced erythema, and its anti-inflammatory properties make it an effective remedy for treating enlarged pores and acne breakouts.
Honey
With antibacterial and antiseptic properties, honey fights acne and oily skin while keeping the skin moisturized without excessive oiliness. It acts as a natural humectant and is rich in antioxidants.
Sugarcane
With the highest source of glycolic acid, sugarcane clears skin imperfections, exfoliates, acts as a natural AHA, fights acne, reduces blemishes, and keeps the skin hydrated. Its lactic acid content helps maintain smoothness by moisturizing and eliminating dry and dead skin.
Lemon
The active ingredient in lemon juice is ascorbic acid, aka vitamin C. Products enriched with vitamin C are great for your skin as they help to reduce acne, soothe inflammation, even out skin tone and so much more.
Orange
Oranges help to lighten dark spots, acne scars, and uneven skin tone and leave your skin feeling clean, clear, and healthy.
Passionfruit
Rich in vitamins and antioxidants, passionfruit promotes skin cell regeneration, improves moisture retention, and cleanses dark spots and bacteria for healthier skin.
Blueberry
Exfoliates, lightens dark spots, protects against environmental damage, and maintains skin elasticity due to its rich vitamins and natural skin lightening properties. A natural source of salicylic acid that gently exfoliates the skin without harsh scrubbing and aids in the removal of dead skin cells, promoting the regeneration of new skin cells. A natural antioxidant and pro-retinol, blueberry balances and improves skin texture while providing hydration, strengthening the skin’s barrier, and fading blemishes for a youthful and radiant appearance.
Pomegranate
With high antioxidant and vitamin C content, pomegranate protects against radical damage, restores skin barriers, and possesses antimicrobial properties for healthier, resilient skin.
Kakadu Plum
Known as the king of vitamin C, it contains significantly more vitamin C than dozens of oranges combined. Loaded with antioxidants, potassium, and fiber, it has the highest level of vitamin C on Earth, 55% more than oranges. This makes it incredibly beneficial for fighting pollution damage. Kakadu Plum: The king of vitamin C, Kakadu Plum fights pollution damage, strengthens the skin’s defence system, and helps with pigmentation while boosting skin immunity and maintaining a youthful complexion.
Kale
Packed with vitamins A, B, C, E, and K, as well as antioxidants and phytonutrients, kale tightens pores, helps with dark circles, promotes collagen production, detoxifies skin, increases cell turnover, and prevents free radical damage. It aids dehydrated, blemished, irritated, and sensitive skin. Vitamin K helps heal scarring, vitamin A has anti-oxidizing properties, and vitamin C helps repair sun damage and brighten the complexion. Kale is like a multivitamin for your skin.
Broccoli with Omega-3
With hydrating properties and high fatty acid content (including linoleic, erucic, and alpha-linoleic acid), broccoli is extremely moisturizing. Omega-3, 6, and 9 fatty acids work wonders on the skin, providing deep hydration and leaving it quenched, supple, and radiant.
Spinach
With brightening properties, spinach repairs damaged skin cells, addresses sun damage and dark spots, reduces inflammation, restores natural luminosity, strengthens, and moisturizes the skin. It is high in vitamins A, B, C, E, and omega-3 fatty acids, which unclog pores and fight bacteria that can cause acne and pimples, improving clarity and promoting radiant skin.
Neem
With its antibacterial properties, neem helps in fighting acne-causing bacteria, making it beneficial for acne-prone skin.
Bakuchiol
Bakuchiol is a natural alternative to retinol, offering similar benefits without the potential for skin irritation. It helps improve skin texture and promotes a more youthful complexion.
Almond Oil
Almond oil is rich in vitamin E and fatty acids, making it highly moisturizing and nourishing for the skin.
