Croia 0.2% Retinol + Peptide + Licorice Serum

Croia 0.2% Retinol + Peptide + Licorice Serum Croia 0.2% Retinol + Peptide + Licorice Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ceramide NP, Retinol, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2, Sphingomonas Ferment Extract, Sodium Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Allantoin, Triethylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Phenoxyethanol preservative Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient goodie Retinol cell-communicating ingredient Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2 Sphingomonas Ferment Extract viscosity controlling Sodium Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer Allantoin soothing Triethylene Glycol perfuming, viscosity controlling Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. You might know licorice as a sweet treat from your childhood, but it's actually a legume that grows around the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East, central and southern Russia. It's sweet and yellow and not only used for licorice all sorts but it's also a skincare superstar thanks to two magic properties: Nr. 1 magic property is that it has skin-lightening or to say it another way depigmenting properties. The most active part is called glabridin. The topical application (meaning when you put it on your face) of 0.5% glabridin was shown to inhibit UVB caused pigmentation of guinea pigs. Another study even suggested that licorice is more effective than the gold standard skin-lightening agent hydroquinone. All in all, licorice is considered to be one of the safest skin lightening agents with the fewest side effects. There is just one catch regarding glabridin and licorice: the amount of glabridin in commercial licorice extracts can vary a lot. We have seen extracts with only 4% glabridin as well as 40% glabridin. The latter one is a very-very expensive ingredient, so if you are after the depigmenting properties try to choose a product that boasts its high-quality licorice extract. Nr. 2 magic property is that licorice is a potent anti-inflammatory. Glabridin has also some soothing properties but the main active anti-inflammatory component is glycyrrhizin. It’s used to treat several skin diseases that are connected to inflammation including atopic dermatitis, rosacea or eczema. Oh, and one more thing: glabridin seems to be also an antioxidant, which is just one more reason to be happy about licorice root extract on an ingredient list. Bottom line: Licorice is a great skincare ingredient with significant depigmenting, anti-inflammatory and even some antioxidant properties. Be happy if it's on the ingredient list. :) A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the what‑it‑does soothing | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent perfuming | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | emollient