Pure Vitamin C 15% With Ferulic Acid

• Hippophae Rhamnoides WaterSkin Conditioning, Masking, Perfuming, Flavoring Agent
• EthoxydiglycolSolvent, Perfuming, Fragrance, Humectant, Viscosity Decreasing Agent
• Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)Skin Conditioning, Masking, Fragrance, Antioxidant, Ph Adjuster, Buffering Agent
• DiglycerinSolvent, Skin Conditioning, Humectant
• MethylpropanediolSolvent, Penetration Enhancer
• 1,2-HexanediolSolvent
• C12-14 Pareth-12Surfactant, Emulsifying
• Ethyl Ascorbyl EtherAntioxidant; Skin Conditioning
• TromethamineMasking, Fragrance, pH Adjuster, Buffering Agent
• Ferulic AcidAntimicrobial, Uv Absorber, Antioxidant, Preservative
• EthylhexylglycerinSkin Conditioning, Deodorant
• WaterSolvent
• NiacinamideSkin Conditioning, Hair Conditioning, Smoothing

  Ingredient Notes

  Niacinamide is a B vitamin, but not one of the B vitamins linked to Malassezia. Growth work names thiamine (B1) and pyridoxine (B6) as increasing growth alongside a lipid, without being required for it. Thiamine is not food for the yeast: it speeds the step that turns an amino acid into the carbon skeleton it uses, and supplying that skeleton directly removes the need for thiamine entirely. B3 is not named in any of that work. We rate niacinamide safe on that evidence rather than treating the whole B group as one risk, and nothing we hold shows it treats fungal acne either.

  EWG1

  CIRS

  References

  • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03616-3_4
  • https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-58-14895
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/s004030050304
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605215/
  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dth.12481
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25399625/
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724370/
• Calcium PantothenateAntistatic, Hair Conditioning, Antioxidant
• MaltodextrinAbsorbent, Binding, Emulsion Stabilising, Film Forming, Hair Conditioning, Skin Conditioning
• Sodium Starch OctenylsuccinateViscosity Controlling, Viscosity Increasing Agent, Emulsion Stabilising, Absorbent
• Sodium Ascorbyl PhosphateAntioxidant, Whitening
• Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)Skin Conditioning, Antioxidant
• Pyridoxine HClCautionSkin Conditioning, Antistatic Agent, Hair Conditioning

  Ingredient Notes

  This compound contains B vitamins that may accelerate the growth of Malassezia in the presence of lipids. Patch testing recommended.

  EWG1

  References

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255962/
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9681680
  • https://www.google.com/books/edition/Malassezia_and_the_Skin/WSKEPJNe_UEC?gbpv=1&pg=PA122
  • https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Pyridoxine-hydrochloride
  • https://www.drugbank.ca/salts/DBSALT000151
  • https://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB00165
• SilicaViscosity Controlling, Abrasive, Absorbent, Bulking Agent, Opacifying, Anticaking Agent

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