Arbutin helps eliminate the formation of dark spots and age spots and is a great all natural alternative to hydroquinone. Since hydroquinone may have side effects, many people are looking for a safer alternative. Arbutin powder works by promoting lightening and even skin tone. Works well on all skin types. Mix it into your favorite base cream for a DIY Skin Brightening Cream or try ours. Use Arbutin Powder as an additional ingredient to your daily skincare routine. This product add-on comes in the form of a powder that will allow you to DIY your own skincare formulation and mix into your own products. Add an eighth of this tube to your daily facial cream to aid in the elimination of age spots.
How to use it
Beginner: Add an eighth of the tube to 4oz of your favorite base cream.
Advanced: This ingredient is recommended for use at up to 5% in formulations. It is soluble in hot water and propylene glycol with limited solubility in room temperature water or creams. We recommend adding to distilled water heated to about 50 degrees Celsius and adding this solution to an emulsion or serum at a similar temperature. Best used in a formulation with a pH range of 5-7, with instability seen at lower pHs.
Quick Tips
Store in a cool, dark location.
Ingredients
Products with this ingredient:
Enzymatic Exfoliation Powder, Skin Brightening Cream
INCI:
Arbutin
Research
Tomita, Kenichi; Fukuda, Minoru; Kawasaki, Kiyoshi (1990) Mechanism of arbutin inhibitory effect on melanogenesis and effect on the human skin with cosmetic use. Fragrance Journal (1990), 18: 72-7.
Siegers, C. P.; Siegers, J. P.; Pentz, R.; Bodinet, C.; Freudenstein, J. (1997) Metabolism of arbutin from Uva ursi-extracts in humans. Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Letters 7: 90-92.
Jin, Ying Hua; Lee, Suk Jin; Chung, Myung Hee; Park, Jeong Hill; Park, Young In; Cho, Tae Hyeong; Lee, Seung Ki. (1999) Aloesin and arbutin inhibit tyrosinase activity in a synergistic manner via a different action mechanism Archives of Pharmacal Research 22: 232-236.
Maeda, Kazuhisa; Fukuda, Minoru (1996) Arbutin: mechanism of its depigmenting action in human melanocyte culture. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 276: 765-9.
