Nowadays, more and more people pay attention to nature, adding natural ingredients to skin care products has been a popular trend. Let’s learn something about the ingredients of plant extracts in skin care products:

01 Olea europaea Leaf Extract

Olea europaea is a subtropical tree of Mediterranean type, which is mostly produced in the countries along the Mediterranean coast of southern Europe. Olive leaf extract is extracted from its leaves and contains various components such as olive bitter glycosides, hydroxytyrosol, olive polyphenols, hawthorn acids, flavonoids and glycosides.
The main active ingredients are olive bitter glucoside and hydroxytyrosol, especially hydroxytyrosol, which is obtained by hydrolysis of olive bitter glucoside and has both water-soluble and fat-soluble properties, and can quickly “cross” the skin to work.

Efficacy

1 Antioxidant

Sisters know that antioxidant = “getting rid” of excess free radicals, and olive leaf extract contains single phenolic substances such as olive bitter glycosides and hydroxytyrosol that can help our skin to improve its ability to clean up DPPH free radicals and resist lipid peroxidation. In addition to these, it can also help the skin to resist the excessive production of free radicals caused by UV rays and prevent the excessive breakdown of sebum film by UV rays.

2 Soothing and Repairing

Olive leaf extract also stimulates macrophage activity, which regulates skin flora and improves the condition of our skin when there is a “bad reaction”, as well as promoting cell renewal and collagen production, thus improving redness and hyperpigmentation after the reaction.

3 Anti-glycation

It contains lignan, which has the effect of inhibiting the glycation reaction, reducing the depression of the skin caused by the glycation reaction, and also improving the dullness and yellowing phenomenon.

02 Centella asiatica extract

Centella asiatica, also known as tiger grass, is an herb that grows in tropical and subtropical regions. It is said that tigers used to find this grass after being injured in battle, and then roll around and rub on it, and the wounds would heal quickly after getting the juice of the grass, so it is added to skin care products mainly to play a good repairing effect.

Although there are a total of 8 types of Centella asiatica-related ingredients in use, the main active ingredients that can be used in skin care products are Centella asiatica, Hydroxy Centella asiatica, Centella asiatica glycosides, and Hydroxy Centella glycosides. Hydroxy Centella Asiatica, a triterpene saponin, accounts for about 30% of the total glycosides of Centella Asiatica, and is one of the active ingredients with the highest percentage.

Efficacy

1 Anti-aging

Centella asiatica extract can promote the synthesis of collagen type I and collagen type III. Collagen type I is thicker and is used to support the hardness of the skin, like a “skeleton”, while collagen type III is smaller and is used to increase the softness of the skin, and the higher the content, the more delicate and soft the skin is. The higher the content, the more delicate and soft the skin is. Centella asiatica extract also has the effect of activating fibroblasts, which can enhance the vitality of the skin’s basal layer cells, making the skin healthy from the inside out, keeping the skin elastic and firm.

2 Soothing and repairing

Centella asiatica extract contains Centella asiatica and Hydroxy Centella asiatica, which have an inhibitory effect on some “unsuspecting” strains of bacteria and can protect our skin, and it can also reduce the production of IL-1 and MMP-1, the mediators that make the skin “angry”, and improve and repair the skin’s own barrier function, making the skin’s resistance stronger.

3 Anti-oxidation

Centella asiatica and hydroxy centella asiatica in Centella asiatica extract have good antioxidant activity, which can reduce the concentration of free radicals in tissue cells, and inhibit the activity of free radicals, playing a strong antioxidant effect.

4 Whitening

Centella asiatica glucoside and Centella asiatica acid can reduce pigment synthesis by inhibiting the production of tyrosinase, thus reducing pigmentation and improving skin blemishes and dullness.

03 Witch Hazel Extract

Witch hazel, also known as Virginia witch hazel, is a shrub native to eastern North America. The Native Americans used its bark and leaves for skin care, and most of the ingredients added to skin care products today are extracted from its dried bark, flowers and leaves.

Efficacy

1 Astringent

It is rich in tannins that can react with proteins to regulate the skin’s water-oil balance and make the skin feel firm and contracted, as well as prevent blackheads and pimples caused by excessive oil secretion.

2 Antioxidant

The tannins and gallic acid in Witch Hazel extract are natural antioxidants that can reduce free radical damage caused by UV radiation, prevent excessive oil secretion in the skin, and reduce the amount of malondialdehyde, an oxidation product produced by UV radiation, in the tissues.

3 Soothing

Witch hazel contains special soothing factors that have a calming effect when the skin is in an unstable state, easing the skin’s discomfort and irritation and bringing it back into balance.

04 Sea fennel extract

Sea fennel is a grass that grows on seaside reefs and is a typical salt plant. It is called sea fennel because it emits volatile substances similar to traditional fennel. It was first grown in the Brittany Peninsula in western France. Because it has to absorb nutrients from the coast to withstand the harsh environment, sea fennel has a very strong regeneration system, and its growing season is limited to spring, so it is classified as a precious plant with restricted exploitation in France.

Sea fennel contains anisole, alpha-anisole, methyl piperonyl, anisaldehyde, vitamin C and many other amino acids and polyphenols, which are extracted through a process of refinement and have a small molecular structure that allows them to work deep into the skin to improve the condition of the skin. Sea fennel extract is also favored by many luxury brands because of its precious raw materials and remarkable effects.

Efficacy

1 Soothing and repairing

Sea fennel extract improves cell viability and promotes the growth of VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor), which can play a repairing role in the recovery phase and can well alleviate the redness and burning of the skin. It also promotes cell renewal, increases the thickness of the stratum corneum and the amount of silk proteins in the skin, helps restore the barrier function of the stratum corneum, and gives our skin a good foundation

2 Anti-oxidant skin brightening

Sea fennel extract itself can inhibit the peroxidation of linoleic acid, followed by its rich content of vitamin C and chlorogenic acid, the antioxidant effect of vitamin C needs no further explanation, the focus is on chlorogenic acid also has a strong function of cleaning free radicals, and also has an inhibitory effect on the activity of tyrosinase, these two ingredients work together, it will play a better antioxidant and skin brightening effect.

05 Wild Soybean Seed Extract

Skin care ingredients can be obtained not only from plants but also from the food we eat, like wild soybean seed extract which is a natural product extracted from the seed germ of wild soybeans.

It is rich in soy isoflavones and other ingredients that promote the growth of fibrous bud cells, while also maintaining the skin’s moisture.

Efficacy

1 Ensures skin elasticity

Fibroblasts are regenerative cells that are found in the dermis of our skin and are actively functioning. Their function is to produce collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid, which maintain the skin’s elasticity. It is promoted by the soy isoflavones in wild soybean seed extract.

2 Moisturizing

Its moisturizing effect is mainly due to the ability of wild soybean germ extract to provide oil to the skin, thus reducing water evaporation from the skin, enhancing skin hydration, and protecting the skin from collagen loss, thus maintaining skin elasticity and suppleness.

06 Amaranthus Extract

Amaranth is a small plant that grows in fields and roadsides, and it looks like a very small plant, and flowers used to eat cold dishes made from it.

Amaranthus extract is made from the whole herb on the ground, using low-temperature extraction methods to obtain biologically active extracts, and dissolved in a certain concentration of butylene glycol solution, rich in flavonoids, saponins, polysaccharides, amino acids and various vitamins.

Efficacy

1 Antioxidant

The flavonoids in Amaranthus extract are powerful antioxidants that have a good cleaning effect on oxygen and hydroxyl radicals, while vitamin C and vitamin E also improve the active substances of superoxide dismutase, thus reducing the damage to the skin caused by free radicals and lipid peroxide.

2 Soothing

In the past, it was often used for insects or to soothe pain and relieve itching, in fact because the active ingredients in Amaranthus extract can reduce the secretion of interleukins, thus providing a soothing effect. The same is true for skin care products, which can be used to soothe skin when it is damaged or fragile.

3 Moisturizing

It contains plant polysaccharides and vitamins that provide nutrients to the skin, promote the normalization of the physiological function of epithelial cells, and reduce the production of dead skin and waste keratin caused by dryness.

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