This non-drug cosmetic formulation reduces visible discoloration and brightens and evens skin tone by combining botanical skin tone brighteners – such as kojic acid, arbutin and bearberry – with protecting antioxidants such as Silymarin, Green Tea Polyphenols and Emblica. Additional results can be achieved when compounded with prescription hydroquinone for enhanced results.
Brightening Cleanser
Brightening cleansers are an effective way to kick-start your daily and evening skincare regimen, leaving skin completely free from impurities and makeup residue. Many brightening formulas contain exfoliants or brightening ingredients like vitamin C or niacinamide that will boost complexion and even out skin tone.
Some products feature gentle exfoliating ingredients such as glycolic acid, lactic acid or salicylic acid to gently buff away dead skin cells; while others contain moisturizing agents like shea butter and glycerin to leave skin feeling soft and radiant. Others contain antioxidants like niacinamide that can help fade dark spots or discolouration over time.
Ole Henriksen’s Truth skincare range boasts an excellent non-abrasive daily gel cleanser that’s gentle yet full of brightening ingredients, such as PHAs (a type of non-acid hydroxy acid), orange fruit water and vitamin C for an instant brightening boost to skin tone. Apply a quarter size amount to wet skin, massage until lather forms then rinse clean.
Brightening Correcting Cream
Beauty Lab Winner This formula earned high marks in Good Housekeeping’s dark spot serum test for lightening existing spots and preventing future ones from forming. A blend of skin-brightening vitamin C and pigment correcting ingredients (niacinamide, tranexamic acid, arbutin and kojic acid) provide even discoloration correction while moisturizing.
Our testers found this formula effective at lightening dark spots, brightening skin tone and evening out skin tone in just four weeks! No irritating ingredients such as retinol or hydroquinone were present – something which caused irritation for them! Our formula avoided common irritants like retinol and hydroquinone which often cause discomfort. Our formula proved its worth by lightening dark spots, brightening skin tone, minimizing dark spot formation and evening out skin tone all without irritation!
Skin-lightening products work by blocking melanin production – your skin’s natural defense against UV rays – which leads to persistent dark spots. If these have left you wishing for help, speak to a dermatologist and discuss professional solutions such as chemical peels, intense pulsed light therapy or laser treatment – these options could all be suitable depending on your skin type and cause of hyperpigmentation and can often be quick, painless and relatively inexpensive options that could leave your complexion looking much more even and radiant than before!
Brightening Pads
These pads, made with medical grade ingredients, exfoliate for visibly brighter skin. 10% glycolic acid helps break up dead skin cells while simultaneously hydrating the surface of your skin. Kojic and arbutin help diminish sun spots and discolorations while providing anti-aging ingredients and skin protecting antioxidants to minimize signs of sun spots or discoloration. The pads also include anti-aging ingredients as well as skin protectant antioxidants to aid protection.
Hydroquinone (HQ) is added to this formulation to lighten and brighten skin complexion by inhibiting melanin production in skin. Hydroquinone dosage will depend on your skin tone and hyperpigmentation concerns; different percentages can be prescribed according to individual circumstances.
Formula includes witch hazel to tighten pores and lemon balm to reduce redness, along with olive glycerides which hydrate skin after use of pads. Use regularly with sunscreen protection to achieve brighter, evener skin tones; additionally use pads daily in combination with daily sunscreen application to minimize future pigmentation from sunlight.
Brightening Serum
Brightening serums may not provide instant results; you must invest the time and effort into seeing results. Many brightening serums contain ingredients that encourage skin cell turnover – the natural process by which dead skin cells are naturally replaced in your body by new cells produced from within your own cells – increasing brightness while evening out skin tone, making your complexion appear smoother overall.
Medik8 offers one of our favorite brightening serums – their brightening serum includes tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate (an easier form of Vitamin C than L-ascorbic acid) along with niacinamide and tranexamic acid to block melanin production and fade dark spots while also exfoliating with alpha hydroxy acids for smoother complexions. Plus azelaic acid and alpha hydroxy acids gently exfoliate for smoother complexions!
Brightening serums are essential components of an effective skin-care routine for anyone looking for radiant, healthy-looking skin. Be sure to pair your brightening serum with cleanser, toner, face cream and eye cream for maximum effects; Swissline Cosmetics makes finding your ideal brightening serum easy by searching by skin type, ingredients or benefits.
