Ingredients 101
Each SkinMTX ingredient is rigorously tested to ensure both safety and optimal effectiveness. Discover the active ingredients designed to deliver the visible results you deserve.
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
A powerful aminopeptide designed to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles by gently relaxing facial muscles to reduce muscle contractions, which helps prevent the formation of new lines. Additionally, its excellent water-binding properties enhance collagen elasticity and boost elastin activity, leading to a more youthful and refined skin texture.
AHAs
Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs) are a group of water-soluble acids renowned for their exfoliating and rejuvenating properties. These naturally occurring acids, including glycolic, lactic, and citric acid, work by gently dissolving the bonds between dead skin cells on the surface, promoting their removal and revealing fresher, smoother skin underneath.
Allantoin
Allantoin, also known as aluminum dihydroxy allantoinate, is a powerhouse ingredient cherished for its soothing, skin-softening, and protective properties. This multitasking compound is valued for its ability to calm irritated skin while encouraging gentle exfoliation, resulting in a smoother, more supple complexion.
Alpha-Arbutin
An optical isomer of naturally occurring arbutin, alpha-arbutin is a skin-brightening, depigmenting agent. It works by inhibiting tyrosinase, an enzyme responsible for melanin production, leading to reduced hyperpigmentation and dark spots for a radiant, even-toned complexion.
Alpine Plant-Derived Skin Lightener
A skin brightener composed of seven plants from the Swiss Alps. The optimal blend of plants was determined in order to obtain maximum synergistic effect.
Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate
A stable, water-soluble Vitamin C derivative that offers brightening and anti-aging benefits. As a powerful antioxidant, it neutralizes free radicals and reduces oxidative stress. It supports collagen synthesis for improved firmness and elasticity, reducing fine lines. Targeting uneven skin tone and hyperpigmentation, it promotes a radiant, even complexion, suitable for all skin types.
Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract (Bearberry Extract)
Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Extract, commonly known as Bearberry Extract, is a natural skin-brightening and depigmenting agent. Rich in arbutin, this botanical extract works to reduce the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation by inhibiting melanin production.
Ascorbic Acid
A form of Vitamin C, this is a powerful antioxidant known for brightening and rejuvenating skin. It neutralizes free radicals, reduces oxidative stress, and helps prevent premature aging. Vital for collagen synthesis, it enhances skin firmness and elasticity. It also addresses hyperpigmentation, dark spots, and sun damage, promoting a more even, radiant complexion.
Ascorbyl Palmitate
A stable, fat-soluble Vitamin C derivative that combines ascorbic and palmitic acids. It acts as a potent antioxidant, shielding skin from free radical damage. This ingredient brightens the complexion, reduces dark spots, and improves skin tone. Supporting collagen synthesis, it enhances firmness and elasticity. Its oil solubility aids in deep penetration and lasting benefits.
BHAs
Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHAs) are oil-soluble exfoliating agents renowned for their ability to penetrate deep into the pores, making them highly effective at treating acne, blackheads, and congested skin. BHAs such as salicylic acid work by dissolving excess sebum and dead skin cells, helping to unclog pores and prevent future breakouts.
Bisabolol
Bisabolol is a naturally occurring compound derived from chamomile, prized for its soothing, anti-inflammatory, and healing properties. Known for its ability to calm irritated and sensitive skin, it helps reduce redness and discomfort while promoting skin recovery.
Caffeine
A potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory ingredient known for its ability to invigorate and refresh the skin. It reduces puffiness, especially around the eyes, by constricting blood vessels and promoting circulation, plus aids in minimizing the appearance of dark circles, giving the skin a more revitalized look.
Calendula Extract
Calendula Extract, derived from the Calendula flower, is a soothing and nourishing ingredient known for its anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Rich in antioxidants and flavonoids, it helps to calm irritated or sensitive skin, reducing redness and discomfort.
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, commonly known as Green Tea Extract, is a powerhouse antioxidant with numerous benefits for skin health. Rich in polyphenols, it effectively combats free radicals, helping to protect the skin from environmental damage and premature aging.
Centella Asiatica Extract
Centella Asiatica Extract, also known as Gotu Kola, is a powerful skincare ingredient celebrated for its healing, soothing, and anti-aging properties. Rich in active compounds like asiaticoside, madecassoside, and asiatic acid, it helps to boost collagen production, promoting firmer, more youthful skin.
Ceramide
Ceramides are essential lipids naturally found in the skin that play a crucial role in maintaining the skin’s moisture barrier. They help to lock in hydration and protect the skin from environmental damage and irritants. By reinforcing the skin’s barrier, ceramides prevent moisture loss, keeping the skin soft, smooth, and hydrated.
Collagen
A vital protein that provides structure, elasticity, and firmness to the skin. As we age, collagen production naturally declines, leading to fine lines, wrinkles, and a loss of skin vitality. It helps restore the skin’s strength and resilience, supporting a smooth, plump appearance, improving skin elasticity, and enhancing overall texture.
Glycerin
Glycerin is a powerful humectant that attracts and retains moisture in the skin. By drawing water from the air into the skin’s outer layer, glycerin helps keep the skin hydrated, plump, and supple. It also enhances the skin’s natural barrier function, preventing moisture loss and protecting against dryness.
Glycolic Acid
Derived from sugar cane, Glycolic Acid is the star of the AHA family, celebrated for its powerful exfoliating properties. It has the smallest molecular size among AHAs, allowing it to penetrate the skin deeply – promoting cell turnover, revealing a smoother, brighter complexion.
Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice Root Extract)
A versatile ingredient known for its brightening and soothing properties. Rich in glabridin, a compound that helps inhibit melanin production, it effectively fades dark spots and hyperpigmentation, promoting a more even skin tone.
Hyaluronic Acid
Also known as Sodium Hyaluronate, this is a highly effective hydrating agent renowned for its ability to attract and retain moisture up to 1,000 times its weight. This helps plump the skin and improve overall texture and suppleness. It also supports the skin’s natural moisture barrier, enhancing its elasticity and resilience.
Lactic Acid
Lactic Acid is a gentle yet effective Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) known for its exfoliating and hydrating properties. Derived from milk, it helps to dissolve dead skin cells and improve cell turnover, revealing a smoother, brighter complexion.
Marine Collagen
Marine collagen is rich in type I collagen, the most abundant form in the skin. It helps enhance skin elasticity, firmness, and hydration, while also helping to prevent the signs of aging.
Niacinamide
Niacinamide is a multi-functional skincare superstar that helps refine skin texture and even out tone by minimizing the appearance of pores, fine lines, and pigmentation irregularities. It also strengthens the skin’s natural barrier, enhancing its ability to retain moisture.
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8
A powerful peptide known for its soothing and anti-inflammatory properties. It helps to calm and reduce redness in the skin, making it particularly beneficial for sensitive or irritated skin.
Panthenol
Panthenol, also known as Vitamin B5, has highly effective moisturizing and soothing properties. As a powerful humectant, panthenol draws moisture into the skin and helps retain it, leading to improved hydration and a plumper, more supple complexion.
Peptides
Peptides are small chains of amino acids that play a crucial role in maintaining and improving skin health. These bioactive compounds serve as building blocks for proteins like collagen and elastin, which are essential for skin firmness, elasticity, and hydration.
Portulaca Oleracea Extract
Portulaca Oleracea Extract is a botanical ingredient valued for its soothing and antioxidant properties. Derived from the Purslane plant, is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals that help to nourish and protect the skin. Offers anti-inflammatory benefits which help calm irritated or sensitive skin and reduce redness.
Retinoids
Retinoids are a powerful class of Vitamin A derivative known for their significant impact on skin renewal and appearance. They work by promoting cell turnover, stimulating collagen production, and improving skin texture which helps to reduced fine lines, wrinkles, and uneven skin tone.
Retinyl Palmitate
Retinyl Palmitate is a gentle, stable form of Vitamin A and a member of the retinoid family. As a milder derivative of retinoic acid, it helps to promote cell turnover and stimulate collagen production, improving skin texture and reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Rose PDRN
A plant-derived, eco-friendly PDRN packed with antioxidants that aid in skin regeneration, improve elasticity, and reduce fine lines, promoting a radiant, youthful complexion. Its green energy makes it a sustainable, cruelty-free option for healthy, rejuvenated skin.
Saccharide Isomerate
A plant-derived carbohydrate complex known for its exceptional hydrating properties. It functions as a moisture-binding agent, attracting and retaining water in the skin to ensure long-lasting hydration. This ingredient helps to strengthen the skin’s natural barrier, improving its ability to retain moisture and protect against environmental stressors.
Salicylic Acid
An effective keratolytic agent that promotes exfoliation to improve the skin’s texture and appearance. It accelerates the shedding of dead skin from the outermost layer of the epidermis to keep pores free from debris and impurities.
Sodium Hyaluronate
Sodium Hyaluronate is a highly effective derivative of Hyaluronic Acid, known for its powerful hydrating properties. As a smaller molecule, it penetrates deeper than its parent compound, delivering intense moisture and plumping the skin from within.
Sodium PCA
Sodium PCA is a key humectant and naturally occurring component of the skin’s hydration system. As a derivative of pyroglutamic acid, it is highly effective at attracting and retaining moisture in the skin and preventing water loss.
Squalane
Squalane is a natural lipid found in the skin that mimics the skin’s ability to moisturize and repair itself, making it a highly effective emollient. It enhances the skin’s elasticity and resilience, and supports the skin’s natural barrier function, promoting a healthy, balanced and smooth complexion.
TeloZyme Complex™
This highly innovative active helps to rejuvenate skin, boost cell renewal and impede skin’s biological aging process. Skin’s overall firmness, elasticity and tone are enhanced. Targeting the health of telomeres to address DNA damage, it provides the mechanism to assist our skin in “resetting aging clock”.
Titanium Dioxide
An UVA and UVB sun filter which acts as a physical sunscreen. It reflects UVA and UVB rays, protecting the skin from damages caused by prolonged exposure to sun radiation.
Tocopherol
A form of Vitamin E, this is a potent antioxidant that shields skin from free radical damage, helping to prevent premature aging and support skin health. It neutralizes environmental stressors while its moisturizing properties boost skin’s hydration retention, promoting a smooth and supple texture.
Tocopheryl Acetate
A stable, derivative form of Vitamin E, often used in skincare products for its potent antioxidant and moisturizing properties. It helps protect the skin from oxidative damage, reducing the risk of premature aging and maintaining skin health.
Tranexamic Acid
A potent skincare ingredient recognized for its ability to address hyperpigmentation and uneven skin tone. It inhibits melanin production in the skin, effectively fading dark spots, melasma, and sun damage.
Tripeptide-1
Tripeptide-1 is a potent peptide known for its skin-rejuvenating and anti-aging benefits. Composed of three amino acids—glycine, histidine, and lysine—Tripeptide-1 helps stimulate collagen production and promote the skin’s natural repair processes. This peptide enhances skin firmness and elasticity, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Vitamin C
Also known as ascorbic acid, this is a powerful antioxidant renowned for its ability to fade hyperpigmentation and brighten the skin tone. It helps to neutralize free radicals, reducing oxidative stress and preventing premature aging. It also plays a crucial role in collagen synthesis, which supports skin firmness and elasticity.
Vitamin C Complex
A complex of different forms of Vitamin C that provides a more complete range of benefits than just a single form of vitamin C. It helps fade dark spots and sun damage while also boosting collagen synthesis to improve firmness and elasticity.
Vitamin E
Also known as tocopherol, this is a powerful antioxidant that protects skin from free radical damage, helping to counter environmental stressors and reduce premature aging. Known for its moisturizing properties, Vitamin E boosts the skin’s hydration retention, promoting a soft and supple texture while supporting overall skin health.
Zinc Gluconate
Zinc Gluconate is a compound of zinc and gluconic acid, known for its anti-inflammatory and sebum-regulating properties. It helps to soothe and reduce redness, making it ideal for calming irritated or acne-prone skin.
