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modest. Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3% Serum

Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3% Serum

A water-free, highly-potent antioxidant serum. Formulated in japan. Resveratrol, which is extracted from natural plants, is a highly potent beautifying ingredient. With its excellent skin-whitening, anti-oxidation and anti-aging properties, it can help lighten color pigments and freckles on face. Ferulic acid, extracted from rice bran, could also remove free radicals and avoid skin damage from UV rays. Prolonged use of this serum can improve the overall skin quality and achieve a more youthful skin.
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Ingredient name what-it-does irr., com. ID-Rating
Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant
Ferulic Acid antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial goodie
Resveratrol antioxidant goodie

modest. Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3% Serum
Ingredients explained

Also-called: Zemea | What-it-does: solvent, moisturizer/humectant

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. 

Ferulic Acid - goodie

Ferulic Acid (FA) is a goodie that can be found naturally in plant cell walls. There is a lot of it especially in the bran of grasses such as rice, wheat and oats. 

FA - whose main job is to be an antioxidant - owes its fame to a 2005 research that discovered that adding in 0.5% FA to a 15% Vitamin C + 1% Vitamin E solution not only stabilizes the highly unstable, divaish Vit C, but it also doubles the photoprotection abilities of the formula. 

Couple of other studies show that FA just by itself is also a nice addition to cosmetic formulations: it can penetrate the skin (which is kind of important to do the job) and it has protecting properties against UV caused skin damage.

So if you spot it on the ingredient list be happy about it. :)

Resveratrol - goodie
What-it-does: antioxidant

If you are looking for a reason why red wine is good for you, good news, you have found it! Resveratrol, aka the "red grape antioxidant" is the thing that's suspected to keep the French from coronary heart disease despite their not so healthy eating habits (such as high saturated fat intake).

So resveratrol, found in the seed and skin of the red grape (and berries), is a pretty well-known and well-studied molecule that has potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticarcinogenic abilities. Most of the studies were done examining resveratrol's promising anti-cancer properties, but as for skin care, it shows a potent protective effect against UV-caused oxidative stress as well as promising effects against multiple types of skin cancer including the most severe one, melanoma (as an adjuvant therapy). 

When it comes to skincare and antioxidants, "the more the merrier", so resveratrol is definitely a nice addition to any skincare routine.

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