Lightening, Firming & Hydrating Body Lotion

This light lotion hydrates the most dehydrated skin without feeling heavy or greasy. We’ve used ingredients effective on eczema and psoriasis, for itchy and for inflamed skin. No need to use heavy butters to achieve ultimate hydration. We’ve combined ingredients that boost the results of each other without compromising the skin's barrier. We’ve also combined an alternative to hydroquinone to treat any forms of hyperpigmentation. Our formula even allows the skin to heal faster from bites and bruises.
 
Ingredients: Aqua, Propanediol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Niacinamide, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond oil), Dimethicone 1000cps, Ricinus Communis (Castor oil), Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Hyaluronic acid powder (Sodium hyaluronate), Lactobacillus ferment lysate filtrate, Lactobacillus/Lemon Peel Ferment Extract, Hydrolyzed WHeat Protein, Butylene Glycol, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Extract, Xanthan Gum, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citrus sinensis (Orange) Peel Essential Oil, Cymbopogon Flexuosus (lemongrass) Essential oil, Pelargonium Citrus Bergamia (Bergamot) Essential Oil, Rosa Centifolia (Rose Flower) Essential Oil, Santalum Album (Sandalwood East Indian) Essential Oil, Tocopherols
 
Lactobacillus: We all have them, scars, sunspots and other unwanted dark spots that seem to have mysteriously appeared overnight. These are all caused by hyperpigmentation, which is the direct result of damage. 
Lactobacillus, is intended to prevent eumelanin synthesis while simultaneously increasing pheomelanin synthesis to improve skin tone and reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation. The efficacy was first measured using an in-vitro MatTek Melanoderm assay, which measures the amount of melanin content per tissue as well as per tissue weight. Compared to the positive control, the results demonstrate that it's capable of stimulating lower concentrations of visible melanin. The MTT assay was then performed to determine any potential immunotoxic effects; fortunately the results indicate that it's safe for use in cosmetic and personal care products.
Lactobacillus is recommended for use in long-term lightening formulas and allows consumers to easily lighten the skin to achieve a more even skin tone.
Allantoin - Improves the skin's moisture retention providing a smoothening effect. It is an effective anti-irritant, protecting the skin. Allantoin is a skincare ingredient that helps add more water to your skin and helps your skin hang on to moisture longer. It reduces dryness, itching, and irritation, which often lead to more skin problems like acne. Allantoin also has keratolytic properties. Other benefits of allantoin for skin include reducing scar tissue, acting as an anti-inflammatory and emollient, improving skin texture and making it feel smoother, promoting wound healing and treating skin irritation and rashes, and helping manage eczema.
 
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein - Wheat, or Triticum vulgare, is a grass that is cultivated worldwide, while its domestication originated in southwest Asia. For its early growth, wheat survives best in cool weather, and it is a highly durable and renewable resource. Wheat proteins coat the outer layers of the skin, protecting the amino acids within the structure, so the result is firm, vibrant looking skin. Wheat proteins are composed of four different types according to solubility: albumins, globulins, prolamins, and glutelins. Soluble wheat protein is manufactured by the deamidation of wheat glu­ten, which are unique proteins as they provide for storage but are also functional proteins. This peptide used in our formula is composed of wheat proteins that have high molecular weights with added func­tional value and higher film-forming effects. It forms a continuous elastic film on the surface of the skin that relieves wrinkles and sagging, and it produces a tightening and firming effect as it enhances the mechanical properties of the skin. This large peptide has been determined as stable within a range of environmental factors, such as a pH range between 2-10 and a temperature range between 40-80°C. It shows immediate tightening effects, and that there is an average increase in skin tightening of 9.46% after 1 hour when used at a concentration of 5% in formulas like ours
Lemon Peel BioFerment - A natural and effective alternative to hydroquinone for inhibiting tyrosinase production. With strong anti-oxidant benefits while more recently the peel has been found to possess strong anti-tyrosinase activity. Man has cultivated lemons for so long it is no longer clear when it began. However it is clear that lemons originally were produced in Asia and slowly propagated westward. Researchers debate if lemons were initially produced in the Malay Archipelago or in the Yunnan province of China. Regardless, lemons are widely cultivated. Citrus limonum is one of the world’s most important food crops. The juice from the fruit is widely used as a beverage and as a condiment. The rind is used to produce lemon oil, while the remaining skin and pulp may be used as livestock feed. The medicinal virtue of lemons, specifically the citron, is clearly evidenced by its Latin name – Citrus medica. Traditionally in cosmetics, lemons have been used as a source of the alpha-hydroxyacid (AHA) citric acid. Typically lemon juice contains between 5 and 8 percent citric acid. The most obvious medicinal use of lemon was as a source of Vitamin C to prevent scurvy. Owing to its high level of Vitamin C, fresh lemon juice has been recommended in some herbals as a treatment for sunburn, perhaps not the most sensorially pleasing approach, but not without merit. Given its relatively high acid content, coupled with antioxidant activity, it is obvious why lemon juice has been promoted as a natural skin lightener. As early as 1986 researchers began demonstrating some interesting properties from the peel of the lemon. Kroyer showed that the hesperidin and naringin are principally responsible for the significant antioxidant properties of citrus peel1 . In 2000, the University of Arizona published a study where they were able to correlate consumption of citrus peel with a reduction in squamous cell carinoma2 . Coincidentally, Arizona is one of the predominant producers of lemon in the US. Recently a group of researchers in Taiwan, looking to develop a commercial usage for lemon peels, discovered that the peel itself has some potent anti-tyrosinase activity3 . Using our traditional biofermentation approach we macerated the lemon and incubated it with Lactobacillus lactis. We then carried out further isolation methods to specifically remove potential allergens such as citral and geraniol. Most skin care formulations today are developed as multifunctional products, often times tackling more than one skin condition at a time.
Green Tea. - Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Has been known to treat acne, androgenetic alopecia, atopic dermatitis, candidiasis, genital warts, keloids and rosacea.