You're probably familiar with the term ‘active ingredients' or ‘activity' in skincare, especially if you've been following us for a while.
At Biologi, we're all about the activity!
Biologi is a plant-based natural skincare range that's also active, so you'll often hear us talk about the power of our natural extracts and the benefits that they can provide for the skin.
But what does this all mean?
If ‘active ingredients' have become a part of your vocab, but you're not sure why, here's everything you need to know about actives in skincare.
What are active ingredients?
Actives are hard working ingredients that help to change your skin on a cellular level and can directly target your skin condition. They're the ingredients that work to assist in repairing, rejuvenating, hydrating, exfoliating and nourishing the skin.
Inactive ingredients, on the other hand, are ingredients that may be in a formula but do not actively target skin conditions. For example, emulsifiers help to create texture in a moisturiser, whilst fragrances make your product smell nice but they are inactive ingredients, providing no natural benefit to your skin.
While inactive ingredients can make a product smooth to apply, smell nice, and look good in a pretty bottle, the real value for money lies in the natural benefits to the skin – and that's in the activity.
Why do we need actives?
Actives are a non negotiable when you want to create change in the skin and have a target focus for improving a skin condition. For example, people with more mature skin need these potent ingredients to maintain and youthful looking skin. Teens need them to control blockages caused by excess sebum that can lead to acne. Anyone exposed to the dehydrating effects of sun exposure needs active ingredients to avoid developing sun-induced skin conditions that could lead to skin cancers and pigmentation.
In short, we can all benefit from active skincare.
Activity percentage
Check your labels carefully.
Ingredients must be listed from the highest percentage to lowest so understand which are the key active ingredients and look where they sit in the full ingredient listing. All ingredients need to be labelled by their correct chemical or plant species/botanical name.
Why should we strive for a higher concentration of active ingredients?
We believe that active ingredients are more effective when they're potent!
Remember that actives change the skin at a cellular level so the less synthetic ingredients that dilute or manipulate the actives in any way, the better for your skin.
Biologi's active ingredients
All Biologi serums are jam-packed full of natural actives including the following:
Vitamin C
Found in: Bk Vitamin C Face & Eye Serum & Bg Defence Anti-Pollution Serum
How it can assist in changing your skin on a cellular level:
- Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
- Increases suppleness of the skin
- Aids in keeping the skin bright
- Hydrates skin cells
Gallic acid
Found in: Bd Luminosity Face Serum and Bk Vitamin C Face & Eye Serum
How it can assist in changing your skin on a cellular level:
- Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
- Brightens skin to improve tone
- Helps skin repair faster
- Builds up your protective antioxidants to help minimise damage from free radicals found in the environment
Ellagic acid
Found in: Bk Vitamin C Face & Eye Serum
How it can assist in changing your skin on a cellular level:
- Helps soothe the skin
- Targets pigment
- Brightens skin to improve tone
- Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
Tartaric acid
Found in: Bd Luminosity Face Serum
How it can assist in changing your skin on a cellular level:
- Is a natural alpha hydroxy acid
- Reduces redness caused by breakouts and acne
- Helps clear blocked pores to reduce the chance of breakouts
Anthocyanin
Found in: Bd Luminosity Face Serum
How it can assist in changing your skin on a cellular level:
- Reduces the onset of fine lines and wrinkles
- Helps restore skin cells damaged by pollution and overexposure to the sun
- Gives skin a luminous glow
Quercetin
Found in: Bd Luminosity Face Serum
How it can assist in changing your skin on a cellular level:
- Strengthens barrier function to protect from environmental damage
- Reduces breakout redness
- Helps skin barrier repair
Tryptophan
Found in: Bf Restore Face & Body Serum
How it can assist in changing your skin on a cellular level:
- Strengthens barrier function to protect from environmental damage
- Helps to lock in moisture
Ferulic acid
Found in: Bf Restore Face & Body Serum
How it can change skin on a cellular level
- Free radical scavenging activity helps protect skin from harmful environmental factors
- Helps retain moisture within the cutaneous layers of the skin to hydrate
- Prevents skin alterations such as sun spots, age spots and blemishes
Biologi products contain phyto-actives and micronutrients, directly
extracted from the plant and is different to traditional skincare formulations because the proprietary extraction process used for our serums, ensures our plant extract is active, therefore eliminating the need to add solvents, emulsifiers, or fillers to our serums to make them efficacious for the skin.
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