
Vitamin C Booster
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Organic Tapioca Starch | viscosity controlling | ||
L-Ascorbic Acid | antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering | superstar | |
Ferulic Acid | antioxidant, antimicrobial/antibacterial | goodie |
TRUE BOTANICALS Vitamin C BoosterIngredients explained
A soft, white powder that can be used as a talc replacement in body powders or in pressed powders. It also has some oil absorbing properties and gives increased cushion and richness to emulsion-type formulas.
- 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
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.
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what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial |