Natural plant extracts can be added to skin care cosmetics, can be used to replenish water, moisturize and moisturize the cuticle, at the same time, it has the effect of removing free radicals in the skin, promoting metabolism, anti-wrinkle, whitening and comprehensive improvement of skin function.
Seaweed extract
Seaweed extract is a natural Marine biological extract, it contains alginic acid, crude protein, vitamins, enzymes and trace elements, such nutrients through the skin absorption, can reduce the surface blood lipid, improve the skin hematopoietic function. There are a large number of anions in seaweed, which can stimulate fibrocytes to produce collagen and elastin, promote skin metabolism, anti-wrinkle and anti-aging. Algae are also rich in iodine, which stimulates the oxygen content of cells. The common spirulina is a single-celled algae rich in protein and antioxidants. White algae is an anti-inflammatory and increases blood circulation. At present, seaweed extract has been widely used in cosmetic facial care and body care.
Tea extract
Tea polyphenols is the general name of polyphenols in tea. Studies show that tea polyphenols and other active substances with detoxification and the effect of radiation, it is a new natural antioxidant, at room temperature and low concentrations have strong antioxidant effect, has inhibitory effect to the collagen enzyme and elastase, can prevent elastic protein falling or degeneration, maintain skin elasticity, anti-wrinkle effect. In addition, tea polyphenols are water-soluble substances, which have the functions of disinfection, sterilization, anti-aging of skin, and reducing skin damage caused by ultraviolet radiation in sunlight. Most of the current sunscreen for oil-soluble compounds, some of these varieties have local irritation to skin, so as a uv absorption of water soluble tea polyphenols of sunscreen is of great significance, it can remove the uv rays and tea polyphenols induced by free radicals, reducing the generation of melanin, on tyrosinase and showed inhibitory effect on the activity of catalase, so as to achieve the whitening effect.
Wheat or rice germ extract
The germ oil extracted from wheat or rice germ has a very high natural vitamin E content and is a good antioxidant and emollient. Studies have shown that natural vitamin E is easily absorbed by the skin, which can promote the normal development of muscles and the metabolism of the skin, so as to maintain the elasticity of the skin and keep the vitality of the skin and the body. At the same time, natural vitamin E can also enter the skin cells to directly help the skin fight against free radicals, ultraviolet rays and pollutants, prevent pigment precipitation, stop the skin due to some chronic or recessive damage and loss of elasticity until aging. In addition, vitamin E ACTS as an antioxidant that can extend the duration of cosmetic use. In recent years, more and more sunscreen products, anti-skin products and other beauty products in the formula to add a certain amount of natural vitamin E, play the whitening, skin care, anti-aging effect, has become the international market nutritional series cosmetics mainstream.
Grape seed extract
Grape seed extract contains procyanidins. Procyanidins, a broad class of polyphenols in the plant kingdom, is a new and highly effective natural antioxidant extracted from grape seeds that cannot be synthesized in human body. It is the most powerful antioxidant and free radical scavenger found in nature. It is 50 times more antioxidant than vitamin E and 20 times more antioxidant than vitamin C. Because of these unique chemical and physiological activities of procyanidins, grape seed extract has been widely used in cosmetics. Grape seed extract can be used to resist free radicals, resist aging, help the absorption of vitamin C and E, reduce uv damage, reduce melanin precipitation, prevent the damage of collagen fiber and elastic fiber, keep the due elasticity and tension of the skin, and avoid sagging and wrinkles.
A lot of plant extracts have been applied in skin care cosmetics, such as ginseng cream made of ginsenoside, sea-buckthorn day cream made of sea-buckthorn extract, salviae miltiorrhiza acne cream made of salviae miltiorrhiza extract and licorice skin cream made of licorice.