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Lactic acid

Lactic acid

Lactic acid is one of the AHAs or alpha-hydroxy acids. In cosmetics, lactic acid is used to regulate the product’s pH and as a humectant and exfoliating agent. It hydrates and brightens the skin, strengthens the skin’s protective barrier and boosts the skin’s ceramide production. Lactic acid also occurs naturally in the skin’s Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), which is created during the keratinization process as a result of the breakdown of filaggrin. In concentrations of more than 5%, lactic acid acts as an exfoliating agent.

Djusie’s Peace Out Reviving Essence contains a very low concentration of lactic acid, the purpose of which is to adjust the pH of the product. The concentration is so small that it has no skin care effects.

Lecithin

Lecithin – Switzerland

Lecithin is used in cosmetics as an emulsifying agent, i.e. it enables water and oil to mix. It also softens the skin. The lecithin used in Djusie’s products is an ingredient in the mastic resin extract in the moisturizer.

Lentinus Edodes extract
Shiitake mushroom extract – Finland, organic

 

Shiitake mushroom is an adaptogenic mushroom that has been used as a herb in Chinese medicine and cooking for thousands of years. It is also a popular active ingredient in cosmetics. Shiitake mushroom extract brightens and calms inflammation and irritation, evens out skin colour and enhances skin regeneration. It accelerates the healing of skin damage and scars. As well as a high concentration of antioxidants, trace elements, polysaccharides and amino acids, the extract contains kojic acid, which suppresses the activity of the tyrosinase enzyme, preventing the formation of dark pigment spots. Shiitake mushroom extract is a particularly good active ingredient for sensitive, red, atopic or dry skin, and for the treatment of pigment spots, scars and lines.

Most of the world’s adaptogenic mushroom extracts are produced from fungal grains and fungal mycelium, not from the actual fruiting bodies. Djusie is the world’s first and only cosmetic line that uses Finnish, organically grown and very high-quality shiitake extract, which is extracted entirely from fruiting bodies instead of grains and mycelium. The active ingredients of the mushroom are found in the fruiting bodies. The producer of Djusie’s shiitake extract specialises in the cultivation and extraction of, and research into, adaptogenic mushrooms.

Lingonberry extract

Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract, lingonberry extract – Estonia, wild grown

Lingonberries are hand-picked from the forests in Nordic countries. They grow in some of the cleanest forests in the world where winters are harsh and sun shines almost 24 hours in a day during the summer. This makes the plants to produce high amount of polyphenolic compounds. Lingonberries are packed of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Lingonberry extract helps to neutralize the effects of free radicals and signs of premature ageing.