The Active Ingredients - Whitening & Brightening
2016.8.17- Zoe
The first step: Sunscreen is always the first part of the whitening, but also the most indispensable step.
The whitening skin mainly depends on the ability of melanin synthesis of melanocytes. Melanin cells contain tyrosinase after oxidation of tyrosine, after a series of processes of metabolic, and finally the formation of melanin. The more melanin, the darker the skin.
Good whitening ingredients need to have the following properties.
1: The strong inhibition of tyrosinase.
2: Oxidation resistance (black pigment formation has an oxidation process)
3: There are other such as absorbent, safety, compatibility, stability and other raw materials.
Current popular whitening ingredients as below:
1: Vitamin C and its derivatives
Vitamin C, also known as Ascorbic Acid. The biggest drawback is that it's easy to deteriorate when exposured to air. Currently, the skin care products are mostly used the vitamin c derivatives. The best way is to kept under seal. Prior to use and add it to the other skin care products.
Efficacy: Natural strong anti oxidants, strengthen the skin against the sun damage ability. Reducing a variety of melanin production, thereby reducing the spots and freckles. It has a very good effect on whitening, at the same time, it also has anti-inflammatory effect.
Disadvantages: Poor stability, fear of heat&light, whitening effect is relatively slow.
2: Nicotinamide
It's s a soluble vitamin B, also known as vitamin B3. It's also the active ingredient of Nicotinic Acid, which has a effect on whitening, moisturizing, anti-oxidation, anti-aging (reduce wrinkles, erythema, yellow and stain), improving the function of skin barrier and oil control and shrink pores.
Advantages: Comprehensive function and almost meet the needs of the skin.
Disadvantages: a lot of people on allergy, such as redness, itching, tingling, and so on. If you are sensitive to this ingredient, then we don't recommend to use it.
3: Arbutin
Also known as arbutin extracted from bearberry leaves to prevent the formation of melanin by inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase in vivo, so as to reduce skin pigmentation, remove spots and freckles, and sterilization, anti-inflammatory role. It's very popular in the market and most safe and effective whitening ingredients.
On the market, most of arbutin is a β-arbutin, just only few manufacturers to produce α-arbutin. For α-arbutin, the price is also very high than β-arbutin. But the whitening effect is more than 15 times of β-arbutin. The biggest difference between the two in the physical properties is the spin luminosity: α-arbutin is 180 degrees, and β-arbutin is about 60 degrees.
Arbutin in molecular introduced a glucose molecule, so close skin is extremely good, whitening effect particularly fast, irritating also less than "of Hydroquinone", which can interfere with the formation of melanin whitening effect, but because it has a pungent, it will cause irritation dermatitis and pigmentation. In many countries, it was included in the cosmetics prohibited items. But for a long time, the use of high concentration on the skin to throw a certain irritation, especially sensitive skin.
Advantages: the skin would be glamorous and the whitening effect is extremely fast, also more safe than other whitening ingredients. The skin has a effect for repairing, which is suitable for sensitive skin.
Disadvantages: It has the photosensitive, causing the skin photosensitive reaction, also has a certain stimulation to the skin.
4: Kojic acid
It also called as" Aspergillus acid" and it's a kind of melanin specific inhibitor. At present, it has been equipped with a variety of cosmetics, made for freckles, senile plaques, pigmentation and acne of high-grade whitening cosmetics.
Kojic acid and its derivatives has certain antibacterial, capable of absorbing UV rays of the sun. For example, Acetate. It has a ability to anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, reducing the wrinkles.
Advantages: Strong permeability and whitening effect.
Disadvantages: Extracted from the fungus. It has a certain toxicity. It is not suitable for using in a long-term.
5: Licorice Root Extract - Glabridin
It derived from licorice. Skin care products are generally extracted from the Glycyrrhiza Glabra, also known as Licorice root. The active ingredient derived from the Root of Glycyrrhiza Glabra. Licorice Root has a whitening effect and inhibit the formation of melanin, dilute the stain, anti-inflammatory sterilization, anti oxidative, and so on.
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