Arbutin – meet the natural clarifying ingredient for skin

Get acquainted with cosmetics with arbutiny – these means can become number one in your anti-aging care. Their efficiency is confirmed with researches and opinion of buyers.

Whether you know that uneven tone of skin and age dark stains – one of the most unpleasant signs of aging for many women? In a research of 2014 the unexpected fact was elicited: women after 40 years are concerned by pigmentation and emergence of dark stains on skin more, than "goose pads" and wrinkles. It can be explained. How to resist to wrinkles and to prevent them - we know since the youth. And here, with age spots the situation is more difficult. There is not a lot of strategy of fight, as well as effective remedies. The majority of the popular clarifying means can be too severe for skin, especially for sensitive skin. They do an integument dry, shelled, irritable.

That is why emergence of cosmetics with the natural and harmless clarifying ingredient – a dream of many women. And such ingredients are. It is vitamin C, koyevy acid, licorice extract. For example, koyevy acid is produced from mushrooms, and licorice extract - from a root and leaves of a licorice. Is as well rather new ingredient - arbutin. Get acquainted!

What is arbutin?

Arbutin represents the molecule taken from a bearberry plant. This molecule interferes with formation of melanin.

Mechanism of action of an arbutin following. In most cases, dark stains are formed by means of the pigments called melanotsita. They exist in cells of skin and tyrosineelements contain enzymes. At contact of skin with ultra-violet light tyrosineelements become more active, as causes formation of freckles, pigmentary spots and dark age stains. At this moment arbutin comes to the rescue. It blocks tyrosineelements and formation of pigmentation on skin interferes.

By the way, and koyevy acid and extract of a licorice work the same as arbutin, they are used as inhibitors tyrosineelements therefore are called the clarifying ingredients. However the arbutin has a number of advantages which demonstrate that it is better choice for skin lightening.

Why arbutin it is better?

Arbutin – softer clarifying ingredient, in comparison with "colleagues". This active ingredient is more slowly released from a cosmetic formula therefore is less irritating that is very important for people with sensitive skin.

Plus to it, a bearberry has sun-protection properties that allows to resist in addition to pigmentation and to lower a skin damage rate from stay in the sun.

The efficiency and safety of an arbutin is confirmed. And it was made in 2004 (cosmetics with arbutiny appeared much later). This research proved that it arbutin (substance was investigated arbutin, the bleaching ingredient so more fully is called alpha) reduces synthesis of melanin by 76% at high concentrations, and for 40% - at lower concentration. The clarifying action for skin is proved. Application of means with arbutiny on a regular basis considerably improves complexion and clarifies skin.

Additional actions

Arbutin is used not only in anti-aging cosmetics which promises pigmentation reduction. Cosmetics with arbutiny is also capable to facilitate scars from acne rash. Therefore arbutin sometimes is present at remedies for skin with an acne.

We buy

In what products can be arbutin? These are day and night creams, serums, sun-protection means, an anti-acne proofreaders, masks, tonics, there is even a soap with arbutiny. The prices are the most different.


In the wowcharm.us catalog there are a lot of interesting examples. For example, there are two interesting masks: the "Shine of Skin with Arbutiny" face pack from Cettua and the Refreshing face pack with Arbutin and tropical fruit from Skinlite. The first interested me in the fact that in packing 4 masks and it is possible to see effect of regular use. And I personally tried the second and I can confirm its clarifying effect.