Neemli Naturals 10% Tranexamic Acid Spot Correcting (melasma) Concentrate

Neemli Naturals 10% Tranexamic Acid Spot Correcting (melasma) Concentrate Neemli Naturals 10% Tranexamic Acid Spot Correcting (melasma) Concentrate ingredients explained: Dm Water, Tranexamic Acid, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Ethoxydiglycol, Propanediol, Alpha-Arbutin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Betaine, Aloe Vera Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Triethanolamine, Xanthan Gum, Water, Glycerin, Rumex Occidentalis Extract, Sodium Gluconate, Watermelon Extract, Passion Fruit Extract, Green Tea Extract, Green-Apple Extract, Turmeric Extract Show all ingredients by function Dm Water solvent Tranexamic Acid skin brightening, soothing goodie Dimethyl Isosorbide solvent, viscosity controlling Ethoxydiglycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant, perfuming 0, 0 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Alpha-Arbutin antioxidant, skin brightening Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Hydroxyethyl Cellulose viscosity controlling Betaine moisturizer/​humectant Aloe Vera Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant 1,2-Hexanediol Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Xanthan Gum Water Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Rumex Occidentalis Extract soothing Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Watermelon Extract antioxidant Passion Fruit Extract Green Tea Extract antioxidant, soothing Green-Apple Extract Turmeric Extract antioxidant, soothing, skin brightening, perfuming 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A little helper ingredient that can boost the performance and enhance the delivery of active ingredients in a formula. It can penetrate deep layers of the skin helping actives to do the same. It's especially useful to help active ingredients for self-tanning (DHA), anti-acne or skin-whitening to penetrate deeper and work better. A nice odorless liquid used mainly as a superior solubilizer and efficacy booster for cosmetic active ingredients such as skincare bigshot vitamin C, self-tanning active DHA or the anti-acne gold standard, benzoyl peroxide. Other than that it can also be used in hair care products where it gives a longer-lasting and more uniform coloring. According to a manufacturer, it might even prevent the formation of split ends. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. An optical isomer of naturally occurring arbutin (or beta-arbutin). Just like its sibling, alpha-arbutin is also a skin-brightening, depigmenting agent. Researching the difference between the two kinds of arbutin, you can read in multiple places on the internet that alpha-arbutin is stronger in effect. Unfortunately, it's never backed up with a credible source. :( Our own research resulted in conflicting results: a study from 1995 found that alpha-arbutin is 10x as effective on mouse melanoma as beta-arbutin. On the other hand, a more recent study from 2015 found that beta-arbutin is more effective both on mouse melanoma cells and on human melanoma cells (btw, kojic acid was the most effective on human melanoma cells). None of the studies we could find is in-vivo (made on real people) anyways, so who knows. We think you cannot go wrong with trying both beta- and alpha-arbutin and see if one works better for you than the other. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% w what‑it‑does skin brightening | soothing solvent | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant | perfuming irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant chelating | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | soothing | skin brightening | perfuming