Bakuchiol Oil
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| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| (100% Pure) Bakuchiol | cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial | goodie |
Makeup Artist's Choice Bakuchiol OilIngredients explained
At first glance, you could think that Bakuchiol is your average plant extract. It is derived from the seeds of Psoralea Corylifolia, aka Babchi, a plant important in Indian and Chinese medicine. The molecule was first isolated in 1973 and several anti-something properties are known about it: it has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-bacterial and hepatoprotective magical abilities like plenty of other Ayurvedic plant extracts.
What makes Bakuchiol a special snowflake is the recent discovery that it behaves on the skin in a way very similar to well-known skincare superstar, retinol. While chemically, it has nothing to do with the vitamin-A family, aka retinoids, comparative gene expression profiling (a fancy way of saying that they compared how retinol and bakuchiol modify the way skin cells behave and produce important skin proteins such as collagen) shows that retinol and bakuchiol regulate skin cell behavior in a similar way.
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| what‑it‑does | cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial |