Uneven tone is a pigment production problem. The products that work on it fall into three groups: those that slow pigment being made, those that help the surface turn over, and those that stop new pigment being triggered in the first place. A good routine uses all three.
This collection covers the first two. Alpha arbutin, tranexamic acid, licorice root and N-acetyl glucosamine work on the pigment step by different routes, so they can be layered rather than competing. Stable vitamin C, as magnesium ascorbyl phosphate and tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, adds tone work and antioxidant cover. Gluconolactone, a large and mild PHA, keeps the surface moving without the irritation that makes pigment worse.
The third group is sunscreen, which we do not make. Use one anyway. Nothing here can outrun new sun exposure, and the most common reason a brightening routine fails is that it is quietly being undone every afternoon.
Formulated and made by Clara Song, PhD, in our laboratory in Surrey, British Columbia.
