10/10 BEST ACTIVE INGREDIENTS WITH @lornaradford @enkosdevelopments


Lorna is a superstar formulating chemist for the Beauty Industry and here we chat through the myths and mysteries of skin and haircare while she chats through some of her favourite ingredients and shows them to us.
They include an obvious shout out to vitamin c and retinol and peptides but also glycerine the perfect humectant at 3-5% for skin, madecassoside the active part of centella asiatica for soothing and anti redness in skincare. Amla extracts that are rich in tannins as an antioxidant to protect skin from pollution and blue light. Lipex Shea Butter sourced from Burkina Fasso and supporting the female collective of farmers. Fukogel a biosaccharide gum to sooth skin and act as a sensorial ingredient that also restores the skin barrier. Emulsifiers including emulium mellifera the first auto climatic adjusting emulsifier. Algae oil for lightweight moisturising and for hair two star ingredients the acetyltetrapeptide red clover combination that promotes hair into a longer anagen growth phase and a revolution in styling ingredient called sodium polyitoconate for flexible non crunchy styles.


We also chat about CBD in skincare and the rise of the pre and post biotic ferments.


Thank you Lorna for your time and the spellcheck and shout out to @labmuffinbeautyscience @theecowell @samfarmer_co and all of the science communicators in beauty 💜