The Inkey List Tranexamic Acid Night Treatment 30ml
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This overnight gel treatment targets hyperpigmentation, uneven patches and dark spots. It brightens your skin's complexion, as well as aids the reduction of dark spots and uneven skin tone.
Formulated with 2% Tranexamic Acid (a powerful amino acid), 2% Acai Berry extract to promote even skin tone, as well as 2% skin brightening hero Vitamin C, it also boosts overall skin brightness and evens skin tone
How to use
- Can be used in the evening as your last step before sleep
- Follow your usual skincare recipe, but replace your moisturizer step with this targeted night treatment.
- Apply a pea-sized amount to the face and neck. A little goes a long way!
- Once absorbed leave to work overnight and wash off the next morning.
Top Tip
- To help prevent dehydration, use this treatment 2-3 nights a week so you can use a moisturizer with your routine on the other nights.
Ingredients:
- 2% Tranexamic acid helps to reduce hyperpigmentation
- 2% Acai berry extract helps to promote even skin tone
- 2% Vitamin c derivative helps to brighten skin tone
Aqua (Water/ Eau), Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Tranexamic Acid, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, 1-Methylhydanto- in-2-Imide, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Carbomer, Sodium Hydroxide, Cetearyl Olivate, Benzyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Olivate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Lecithin, Squalane, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Gluconate, Polysorbate 60, Dehydroacetic Acid, Lactobacillus Ferment, Sorbitan Isostearate.
Usage Information
We always recommend patch testing on the inside of the forearm 24 hours before using.
Introduce new products slowly so that you can easily identify any sources of irritation.
Store in a cool dry place out of sunlight.
Avoid direct contact with eyes
External use only.
Keep out of reach of children.
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Rs.12,100.00
Tranexamic Acid Overnight Treatment is a powerful, brightening overnight mask. 2% tranexamic acid works to lighten dark spots and hyperpigmentation on the skin’s surface.
Go to sleep with THE INKEY LISTs Tranexamic Acid Overnight Treatment and wake up with brighten, more even skin. Perfect for those with dark spots or scarring from breakouts, this high performance overnight mask works wonders. The tranexamic acid is supported by 2% vitamin C derivative 2% antioxidant-rich acai berry which works to improve skin clarity and even out skin’s tone.
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Tranexamic Acid Overnight Treatment is a powerful, brightening overnight mask. 2% tranexamic acid works to lighten dark spots and hyperpigmentation on the skin’s surface.
Go to sleep with THE INKEY LISTs Tranexamic Acid Overnight Treatment and wake up with brighten, more even skin. Perfect for those with dark spots or scarring from breakouts, this high performance overnight mask works wonders. The tranexamic acid is supported by 2% vitamin C derivative 2% antioxidant-rich acai berry which works to improve skin clarity and even out skin’s tone.
Until the recent skincare boom made seriously effective cosmeceutical ingredients more accessible, I spent endless weekends trying DIY masks and scrubs that promised evenly-toned skin.
And it’s no wonder, because if your skin is on the darker end of the spectrum – like mine – its natural response to even the most benign form of inflammation, like a spot, is an overproduction of melanin, the natural pigment that gives skin its colour, that can leave your face (and body) riddled with marks and scars.
Why do some people get darker marks on their skin?
According to consultant dermatologist at London Bridge Hospital, Dr. Zainab Laftah, 'Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, or PIH, is a temporary state of excess melanin (pigment) production in the skin often caused by a preceding inflammatory process.'
Basically, when my skin identifies a source of inflammation, like a pimple or a bite, it responds by love-bombing the site with excess skin-repairing and building nutrients – and melanin just so happens to be one of them.
To effectively treat PIH, Dr. Laftah suggests a 'multi-step approach'. This includes:
- Cleansing twice daily to remove build-up of oil, dead skin cells and impurities, and help penetration of skincare products
- Use products that block tyrosinase – a key enzyme responsible for melanin production (like tranexamic acid)
- Use a sunscreen with coverage against UVA, UVB and infra-red radiation to prevent sun-induced pigmentation.
For the past few years my response to
fading dark marks has been to add Alpha Arbutin and Mandelic acid to my nightly routine – the former prohibits melanin overproduction, while the latter gently exfoliates. But, lockdown laziness means I’m suddenly in desperate need of one product that promises the results of my two-product process. Enter the The INKEY List’s Tranexamic Acid Night Treatment.
Tranexamic Acid Overnight Treatment
THE INKEY LIST cultbeauty.co.uk
£14.99
What Does The INKEY List’s Tranexamic Acid Night Treatment Do?
According to The INKEY List, this treatment 'targets hyperpigmentation, uneven patches and dark spots.' Judging by the positive Reddit threads and YouTube reviews dating back to its release about a year ago, its popularity is well-deserved.
So what exactly does the star ingredient in this treatment do? Despite its name, tranexamic acid has no exfoliating properties. It’s a tyrosinase inhibitor that lightens dark marks, melasma and PIH 'by interfering in the chemical pathway that causes pigmentation in the skin along multiple steps,' says consultant dermatologist, Dr. Anjali Mahto. She further explains, 'it reduces the synthesis of tyrosinase – an important enzyme in pigment production – as well as reducing the interaction between our pigment producing cells and regular skin cells.'
In this formula, tranexamic acid is paired with vitamin C and acai berry for further brightening purposes, and topped with emollients like glycerin and olive oil to leave the skin feeling supple.
How I used The INKEY List’s Tranexamic Acid Night Treatment
Every night over a 10-day period I pumped the treatment directly onto my face and then spread it with my fingertips before patting it into my skin. It didn’t pill over several layers of hydrators, and it never left a tacky or oily residue, meaning it didn’t change the texture of the moisturiser I used over it.
Although the website states that it should be 'your last step before sleep', the symbols on the bottle suggest it can be sandwiched after lighter serums and before moisturisers. I have constantly parched skin, so I let the treatment soak in for half an hour and then followed it with a light ceramide moisturiser.
My Verdict on The INKEY List’s Tranexamic Acid Night Treatment
Fading PIH with over-the-counter products is one of those skincare to-dos that you won't check off in a day, a week or even a month. It usually takes me about 4-6 weeks after adding my winning formula of alpha arbutin and mandelic acid to my routine before seeing noticeable results.
Before (L) and after (R)
So, I wasn’t expecting to see much of a difference after using the treatment over a ten-day period, but by the looks of things, the darkest scars on my cheek are a lot less vivid than they were before, so it’s clearly effective.
This product applies like a dream, it feels like a rich, hydrating serum and leaves the skin feeling moisturised which is unlike any skincare products I’ve previously used to 'treat' hyperpigmentation.
My only drawback is the pump bottle – I’m so used to the easy squeeze of a serum dropper – but I’ll just have to get used to it because I definitely plan to repurchase it!
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