NO. 18 NIGHT CREAM with BAKUCHIOL

PM/Night routine:
Cleanse your skin
Apply thinner products*
(Apply treatment creams (acne, rosacea, peels, etc.))
Have dry skin
Apply gently and evenly to the skin with clean hands in circular motions
Apply every night as the last thing in your skincare routine

* PRO TIP: Always think of applying the thinner products beforehand (cleanser, toners, serums, moisturizers, etc.), and finish off with ‘sealing’ the nourishing products you’ve just applied, and protecting your face with the thicker night cream.

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, is a refined sweet almond oil, rich in oleic fatty acid, omega 9 and 6, which improves the spreadability and skin condition, leaving it smooth and soft. These fatty acids are crucial in regenerating your skin, and are highly present in this oil. They provide moisturizing and soothing properties, particularly adapted to sensitive skin. It’s rich in vitamin E, which protects our skin from damaging ultraviolet lights and prevents cell damage. The oil’s characterized by easy, soft spreadability, fast absorption into the outer layer of the skin, and an invisible, soft, and long-lasting presence. It gives a lightweight and “bare skin” feel.

Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, better known as Shea Butter. Rich in antioxidants, including quercetin, epicatechin gallate, gallocatechin, epigallocatechin, as well as skin-replenishing fatty acids (stearic and linoleic), Shea Butter has emollient properties for dry skin. The butter is protective and inhibits the formation of free radicals. It’s well adapted for the anti-ageing processes, as it helps to retain the elasticity due to its combination of triglycerides and unsaponifiable fraction. 
The refined Shea Butter we use comes from Burkina Faso, situated in west Africa and our partners are directly socially responsible for the support of the local community in the trade of Shea.

Sodium PCA, is a natural humectant derived from L-Glutamic acid. It’s known to be abundant in human skin as a component of NMF (Natural Moisturizing Factor), and helps your skin and hair to stay fresh-looking.

Bakuchiol is an antioxidant that’s 100% plant-based, derived from seeds and leaves of the Psoralea corylifolia -plant in the Eastern Asia, where it has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for long. It is known to be the more sensitive and gentle, natural, alternative to retinol. The two ingredients share benefits, though with bakuchiol missing out on the sensitizing and irritating side effects, retinol can cause. Bakuchiol helps with softening fine lines and wrinkles, evens out the skin tone, and improves the elasticity and firmness of your skin, speeding up cell regeneration. The ingredient also boosts collagen renewal and anti-aging benefits. It’s sensitive and can be used by all ages, skin types, and concerns, and brings your skin great hydration and moisture. On the contrary to retinol, bakuchiol doesn’t inactivate in the sun. Bakuchiol also neutralizes the environmental attacks the skin receives throughout a day, and repairs the ones made in the past; meaning it works on the skin’s current estate and issues, and helps prevent and stave off future signs of hyperpigmentation and aging. Bakuchiol visibly reduces photo-damage and hyper-pigmentation, and helps to even out your skin tone, aiding to give you a glass-looking glowy skin. Bakuchiol is an exceptionally gentle treater and preventer against acne and breakouts, as it works as an anti-inflammatory agent, that both effectively and gently treats the bacterias getting stored in your skin, causing infection and inflammation, as it inhibits the bacteria and inflammatory pathways. Bakuchiol has a soothing effect on your skin, and calms it down, instead of irritating, and is safe to use while being pregnant and breastfeeding, while also being non-comedogenic.

Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil (sunflower oil), is in its essential sunflower oil. It’s a light vegan and non-fragrant oil that’s high in fatty acids, vitamin E, and is a ‘carrier oil’. It’s a non-comedogenic oil, so it won’t clog your pores, and people suffering from breakouts and acneic skin, can actually safely use products containing this oil, to repair their compromised skin barrier. Sunflower oil can be used on all skin types; dry, normal, oily, sensitive, acne-prone, and has a soothing, hydrating and strengthening effect. Sunflower oil also contains anti-inflammatory properties, which is why it is effectful in calming and soothing irritated skin, and treating eczema and dryness. It’s rich in vitamin E, which helps to guard your skin from free radicals, fine lines, damage from the sun, premature skin and signs of aging. Sunflower oil is also helpful against hyperpigmentation and healing of wounds made by breakouts, acne, etc. It also has repairing, strengthening, and replenishing beneficials. It contains linoleic acid, which helps the skin synthesize its own lipids/fats, which visibly repairs the skin’s barriers, which leads to a smoother and healthier-looking skin. Sunflower oil especially benefits skin that is dry or environmentally compromised, and reduces signs of skin stress and irritation.
– And most importantly; despite it being an oil, it does not(!) cause breakouts or clog the pores.

Tocopherol, also known as vitamin E. It’s an antioxidant that strengthens the skin barrier, and protects and neutralizes free radicals that are caused by environmental sources and creates skin irritation. Tocopherol works both as humectant (absorbs water into the skin) and as an emollient (traps water in the skin), meaning it’s a very good hydrator, and can be beneficial for skin disorders and repairing skin. Tocopherol helps to improve and decrease the visible signs of aging and provides the skin with a source of antioxidants. The ingredient also acts as a hydrating benefactor to your skin and helps to reduce hyper-pigmentation caused by sun damage. Vitamin E also works as a natural anti-inflammatory agent, that helps soothe and calm the skin, and relieve the skin of dryness and eczema.

Aqua, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Cetearyl Alkohol, Sodium PCA, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexyl Glycerin, Glyceryl Laurate, Xanthan Gum, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Bakuchiol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Tocopherol

NB: The refined Shea Butter we use comes from Burkina Faso, situated in west Africa and our partners are directly socially responsible for the support of the local community in the trade of Shea.