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Alpha-Arbutin

BrighteningActive ingredient

A tone-evening ingredient that works gradually and is generally well tolerated.

What it does

  • Evens tone

Tolerance

Neutral

Commonly suits

NormalSensitiveCombination

Regulatory status

  • Listed in Annex III of the EU Cosmetics Regulation — permitted with conditions of use.

Conditions of use, quoted from the annex

(a) 2 % (b) 0,5 % · (a) 2 % (b) 0,5 %

This is a regulatory fact, not an assessment of the ingredient. Products on the EU market comply with these limits. Source: CosIng, European Commission (CC BY 4.0).

Functions according to CosIng: antioxidant, bleaching, skin conditioning - miscellaneous

CAS: 84380-01-8

Products containing it

5 in the catalogue — the best-formulated first.

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