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Daughter Earth Active Botanical Face Wash

Daughter Earth
Active Botanical Face Wash

This ph balanced calming cleanser detoxifies, oxygenates and brightens the skin, minimizing the appearance of pores, fighting environmental stressors and pollution. It delivers instant hydrating, calming and nourishing benefits.
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Ingredients overview

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Daughter Earth Active Botanical Face Wash
Ingredients explained

Tulasi Leaf Extract

This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?!

Cuminum Cyminum Fruit Extract
What-it-does: perfuming

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract - superstar
Also-called: Licorice Root;Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract | What-it-does: soothing, skin brightening

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. :)

Kumari Leaf Juice - goodie
Also-called: Aloe Vera;Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice | What-it-does: soothing, moisturizer/humectant

Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped.

What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. 

Mandukaparni Leaf Extract - goodie
What-it-does: soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Rosa Centifolia Flower Petals Extract
What-it-does: astringent

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Nimba Leaf Extract
Also-called: Neem Leaf Extract;Azadirachta Indica Leaf Extract

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Citrus Medica Limonum Fruit Extract

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Extract
What-it-does: perfuming

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Zizyphus Sativa Flower Oil

This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?!

Tagetes Erecta Flower Oil
Also-called: African Marigold Oil | What-it-does: perfuming

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Rosemary Flower Oil
What-it-does: perfuming

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Fragrance (Extracted From Rich Plant Extracts) - icky
Also-called: Fragrance, Parfum;Parfum/Fragrance | What-it-does: perfuming

Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!). 

If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.  

Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!). 

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*INCI is a list of the standardized and internationally accepted names used in the declaration of ingredients on cosmetic and personal care products. It is published by the Personal Care Product Council.
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