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Green Tea Matcha Facial Toner

Green Tea face toner is a custom blend for moisturizing, balancing and even skin tone.

Uploaded by: mackeennzie on 09/16/2020

Ingredients overview

Green Tea Extract, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Hyaluronic Acid, White Willow Bark Extract, Honeysuckle, Grapefruit Extract, Rosemary

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Highlights

Key Ingredients

Antioxidant: Green Tea Extract, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Rosemary

Skin brightening: Vitamin C

Skin-identical ingredient: Hyaluronic Acid

Soothing: Green Tea Extract, White Willow Bark Extract, Rosemary

Other Ingredients

Antimicrobial/antibacterial: Rosemary

Buffering: Vitamin C

Moisturizer/humectant: Hyaluronic Acid

Perfuming: Honeysuckle

Preservative: Grapefruit Extract

Skim through

Ingredient name	what-it-does	irr., com.	ID-Rating
Green Tea Extract	antioxidant, soothing		goodie
Vitamin C	antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering		superstar
Vitamin E	antioxidant	0-3, 0-3	goodie
Hyaluronic Acid	skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant		goodie
White Willow Bark Extract	soothing		goodie
Honeysuckle	perfuming
Grapefruit Extract	preservative
Rosemary	antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/antibacterial		goodie

Hebepe Green Tea Matcha Facial Toner
Ingredients explained

Green Tea Extract - goodie

Also-called: Green Tea;Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract | What-it-does: antioxidant, soothing

Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients
The active parts are called polyphenols, or more precisely catechins (EGCG being the most abundant and most active catechin)
There can be huge quality differences between green tea extracts. The good ones contain 50-90% catechins (and often make the product brown and give it a distinctive smell)
Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial
Because of these awesome properties green tea is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin diseases including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis

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Vitamin C - superstar

Also-called: Vitamin C, L-ascorbic acid;Ascorbic Acid | What-it-does: antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering

Works best between a concentration of 5-20%
Boosts the skin’s own collagen production
Fades pigmentation and brown spots
If used under sunscreen it boosts its UV protection
Extremely unstable and oxidizes very easily in presence of light or air
Stable in solutions with water only if pH is less than 3.5 or in waterless formulations
Vit E + C work in synergy and provide superb photoprotection
Ferulic acid doubles the photoprotection effect of Vit C+E and helps to stabilize Vit C
Potent Vit. C serums might cause a slight tingling on sensitive skin

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Vitamin E - goodie

Also-called: Tocopherol | What-it-does: antioxidant | Irritancy: 0-3 | Comedogenicity: 0-3

Primary fat-soluble antioxidant in our skin
Significant photoprotection against UVB rays
Vit C + Vit E work in synergy and provide great photoprotection
Has emollient properties
Easy to formulate, stable and relatively inexpensive

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Hyaluronic Acid - goodie

What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant

It’s naturally in our skin and behaves there like a sponge
It can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water
It is a big molecule from repeated subunits (polymer) so different molecular weight versions exist (unfortunately there is no way to determine MW from INCI list only)
High-molecular-weight-HA (>500 kDa) is an excellent surface hydrator, skin protectant and can act as an osmotic pump helping water-soluble actives to penetrate deeper into the skin
Low-molecular-weight-HA (< 500 kDa) can hydrate the skin somewhat deeper though it is still a big molecule and works mainly in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin)
Low-molecular-weight-HA might also help the skin to repair itself by increasing its self-defense (~ 200kDa used in the study)
Ultra-low-molecular-weight-HA (<50kDa) is a controversial ingredient and might work as a pro-inflammatory signal molecule

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White Willow Bark Extract - goodie

Also-called: Salix Alba Bark Extract | What-it-does: soothing, astringent

The extract coming from the bark of the White Willow, a big (25 m/80 ft.) tree that likes to live on riverbanks. It's famous for containing anti-inflammatory natural salicylates (this powder, for example, is standardized to contain 53-65%), a close chemical relative to famous exfoliant salicylic acid.

Thanks to its salicin content, willow bark is often touted as a natural alternative to salicylic acid, though it's quite questionable how effective it is as a chemical exfoliant in the tiny amounts used in cosmetics. Apart from soothing salicin, it also contains flavonoids and phenolic acids that give willow bark tonic, astringent, and antiseptic properties.

Honeysuckle

What-it-does: perfuming

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Grapefruit Extract

Also-called: Citrus Grandis Extract | What-it-does: preservative

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Rosemary - goodie

Also-called: Rosemary Leaf Extract;Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract | What-it-does: antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/antibacterial

The extract coming from the lovely herb, rosemary. It contains lots of chemicals, including flavonoids, phenolic acids, and diterpenes. Its main active is rosmarinic acid, a potent antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory. It has also anti-bacterial, astringent and toning properties.

The leaves contain a small amount of essential oil (1-2%) with fragrant components, so if you are allergic to fragrance, it might be better to avoid it.

Hebepe Green Tea Matcha Facial Toner