MatinGloire is dedicated to build trust and conviction in our products and believe that it is customers right to know as much as possible about our products. Skin and hair define our outer identity and hence one should be fully aware of what is used in our products beyond just list of ingredients. Let us walk through the ingredients and understand the what and how of our products.

Disclaimer – Products offered at MatinGlorie are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness or severe skin diseases. The information mentioned here is for YOU to be aware of the scientific and clinical information available in public about the ingredients used in our products and efforts we have taken to study them while designing our products.

MATINGLORIE’s Clean and Natural Anti-Acne SPF 30 Sunscreen

In the age of global warming, exposure to sun is not always beneficial. The average temperature of the earth’s surface has increased which is making our skin loose moisture faster in summer and on top of that the sun’s rays, especially after morning hours, have harsh UV radiation. Adding exposure to daily dust and pollution, matter go from bad to worse. Too much exposure to UVB rays can lead to sunburn. UVA rays can travel more deeply into the skin than UVB, but both can affect your skin’s health. When UV rays enter skin cells, they upset delicate processes that affect the skin’s growth and appearance. Over time, exposure to these rays can make the skin less elastic. Skin may even become thickened and leathery, wrinkled, or thinned like tissue paper. When you are exposed to ultraviolet radiation, there is a natural repair process that goes on constantly in each exposed cell. As you get older, it becomes harder for skin to repair itself. Over time, UV damage can take a toll on your skin and its underlying connective tissue. Too much sun exposure can also raise your risk for skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the United States. DNA damage can cause changes to cells that make them rapidly grow and divide. This growth can lead to masses of extra cells called a tumor, or lesion. Importantly, The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) recommends using a sunscreen that is at least SPF 30+, broad spectrum, which protects against UVA and UVB rays and water resistant.

Our sunscreen protects from sun by having UV blockers and absorbers. We have added other skin health promoting compounds so that you will get an overall protection from UV damage, dark spots, pigmentation, blemishes, uneven skin tone, acne and scars. One cream- multiple benefits that will let you confidently step under the sun and still have a hydrated, smooth, bright and moisturized skin.

UV blockers and Absorbers (UV protection) – We have often seen a certain SPF number on a sunscreen. It refers to how much UV it allows in, not how much it blocks. For example, a sunscreen with SPF 15 allows one-fifteenth of the sun's rays to reach your skin, or about 7%. So, it filters out about 93% percent of UV rays while SPF 30 filters about 97%. This means if you could stay in the sun for 10 minutes unprotected without burning, SPF 15 would in theory give you 15 times that protection, or two-and-a-half hours before you would burn. Chemical sunscreen ingredients form a thin protective film that absorbs UV radiation before it penetrates the skin and mineral sunscreen which sit on the skin and reflect and scatter UV radiation. Our sunscreen has both UV blocker and absorber. It contains Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide as UVA and UVB blockers, Avobenzone and Methoxycinnamate as UVA and UVB filters so you get full protection against UVA and UVB.

Niacinamide (Hyperpigmentation, Yellow-brown spots) – Niacinamide, also known as nicotinamide, is a form of vitamin B. It plays an important role in energy metabolism. Topical application of niacinamide has a stabilizing effect on epidermal barrier function and prevents transepidermal water loss (TEWL). Niacinamide leads to an increase in keratin synthesis, has a stimulating effect on ceramide synthesis, speeds up the differentiation of keratinocytes. In various clinical studies, in ageing skin, topical application of niacinamide improves the surface structure, smoothens out wrinkles. Niacinamide also showed an improvement in hyperpigmentation, irregular shaped spots, and hydration. Niacinamide reduces the transfer of packets containing melanin pigment (melanosome) from melanocytes to surrounding skin cells (keratinocytes), thus reducing accumulation of excess melanin pigments. Very interestingly, a study involving UVA/UVB sunscreen with niacinamide on Japanese women showed significant reduction in hyperpigmentation and reduced yellowish-brown spots.

Olive extract (Anti-tanning, Antioxidant) – Olive oil and olive leaf extract is well known for its amazing moisturizing, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. It contains a high amount of omega 3 fatty acid which gives it these properties. It contains oleuropein and other bioactive phenolic compounds which are identified to have various medical properties. Olive extract also contains many vitamins like A, D, E and K. These vitamins provide skin nutrition and amazing anti-oxidant effect. In a clinical trial, olive extract was shown to significantly reduce irritation, redness and even improved tanning when exposed to UV radiation within 3 weeks of usage. Skin hydration also increased significantly and there was improvement in wrinkles. In another clinical trial, volunteers with dry skin were treated with olive extract. After 2 months of usage, trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) decreased significantly and maintained the results even a month after discontinuation of the treatment.

Arbutin (Depigmentation) – Arbutin is a compound of hydroquinone and D-glucose. The skin lightening and depigmentation efficacy of arbutin alone or in combination with other active ingredients has been clinically evaluated. Studies have shown arbutin as an inactivator of cellular tyrosinase enzyme responsible for converting necessary precursors to melanin pigment. In a clinical trial involving 102 women, aged 26– 55, with melasma and solar lentigines, depigmenting efficacy of arbutin was tested. When applied twice a day for 8 weeks, the results showed that the cream with arbutin decreased melanin level in the skin pigmentation spot significantly, compared to the control group.

Licorice extract (Anti-Bacterial) – Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavoring is extracted. The licorice plant is an herbaceous perennial legume native to West Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe. Glycyrrhizin (Glycyrrhizic acid) is the chief sweet-tasting and water-soluble constituent of licorice root. Licorice root extract has important applications in traditional medicine and has been wildly explored for acne vulgaris. It is also found that licorice flavonoids play an anti-acne role by regulating the metabolic balance related to inflammation, sebum overflow and as well as microbial balance. Studies have shown that Glycyrrhizic acid inhibits lipid synthesis by inhibiting inflammatory markers (secretions during infections and other skin damaging stimulus thereby causing inflammation).

Aloevera Extract (Moisturizing, Healing) – The Aloe vera plant has been known and used for centuries for its health, beauty, medicinal and skin care properties. Aloe vera has been used for medicinal purposes in several cultures for millennia: Greece, Egypt, India, Mexico, Japan and China. Aloe vera contains 75 potentially active constituents including vitamins, enzymes, minerals, sugars, lignin, saponins, salicylic acids and amino acids. It primarily is a good moisturizing agent. Mucopolysaccharides help in binding moisture into the skin. Aloe stimulates cells to produce collagen and elastin fibers making the skin more elastic and less wrinkled. It also promotes sticking of skin cells together and soften it. The amino acids also soften hardened skin cells and zinc acts as an astringent to tighten pores. The second most important effect of aloe vera is that of an antioxidant. It protects cells from damaging effect of UV rays and pollution. This also accelerates wound healing by neutralization of effect of the toxins produced on wound site and with their anti-inflammatory property. Its healing property is related to a compound that is called glucomannan. The glucomannan affects growth factor in skin cells and stimulates the activity and proliferation of these cells and in turn improves collagen production and secretion.

Multivitamins (Nutrition, Antiaging) – Our sunscreen is loaded with the goodness of essential vitamins needed for a healthy skin. It contains Vitamin A (Retinyl Palmitate), Vitamin B3 (see Niacinamide), Vitamin B5 (D-Panthenol), Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic acid, microencapsulated) and Vitamin E.

Retinyl palmitate is a derivative of vitamin A, which is easily absorbed by the skin and converted into retinol. The main function of retinol is to accelerate skin metabolism, promote cell proliferation, stimulate collagen production, and skin repair. It is proved to be especially useful against damages brought about by UVB irradiation by inhibiting UVB triggered inflammation.

D-Panthenol's main function is to increase the moisturizing efficiency. In many clinical studies it is shown that D-panthenol significantly protected the moisture in the skin and reduced the trans epidermal water loss (TEWL). In fact, it was seen that the skin barrier function and repair also enhanced when skin was treated with D-Panthenol. Apart from this, Vitamin B5 also reduces the irritation and redness caused by dust, harsh chemicals and pollution, especially in sensitive skin and during cold winter months.

Vitamin C is a versatile compound, it stabilizes the function of collagen crosslinks formed by hydroxylases. Vitamin C neutralizes the oxidants found in environmental pollutants and after exposure of UV radiation. Vitamin C is shown in many studies to reduce the synthesis of melanin. It increases the differentiation of the cells of the skin and promotes the synthesis and organization of barrier lipids, increases the production of lipid content and ceramides giving the skin layers strength. In clinical trials it has been shown to display antiaging properties, UV protection, antioxidant, anti-acne and gives relief in severe skin conditions like dermatitis.

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin found naturally in some foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement. Vitamin E is a potent chain-breaking antioxidant that inhibits the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Multiple studies on human cells have shown that Vitamin E has a strong inhibitory effect on lipid peroxidation. It mainly inhibits the production of new free radicals and traps and neutralizes the existing free radicals. Vitamin E promotes cellular membrane repair by preventing the formation of oxidized lipids that might interfere with the membrane function.

Cucumber Extract (Cooling, Anti-Irritant) – Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is cultivated throughout the world because of its ability to thrive in both temperate and tropical conditions. As a result, fresh cucumbers are available throughout the year. It is made up of 95% water and saturated with naturally-occurring nutrients and trace elements. Cucumber has a cooling property and makes the skin calm, cool and smooth. It contains high levels of vitamin K that help reduce skin eruption such as puffiness (eye bags) and dark shadows. Cucumbers contain lignans that help to soothe down irritation and inflammation associated with sun burns and insect bites. The extract is also shown to have good cleansing properties as it contains some amount of salicylic, lactic and glycolic acid. In a clinical trial, an ayurvedic formulation using cucumber extract as main bioactive showed significant improvement in skin texture, appearance, reduced acne and blemishes after 30 days of use.

Kojic acid (Brightening) – Hyperpigmentation of the skin associated with disturbed melanin synthesis and/or its incorrect distribution in the skin is a common dermatological and cosmetic problem. The type of color depends on the quantitative ratio of 2 types of melanin, eumelanin and pheomelanin, and their number. When inflammation is chronic, it stimulates the production of inflammatory compounds, which increase the activity of melanocytes in the epidermis and thus stimulate increased melanin synthesis causing uneven distribution of melanin. Kojic acid is found in fermented food like soya sauce and rice wine. It is developed as a fermentation by-product by a fungus, Aspergillus Oryzae. A clinical trial using Kojic acid preparation using a hyperspectral camera have shown that kojic acid reduces skin discoloration in 75% of patients, reducing skin contrast in around 83% and increasing skin evenness in approximately 67% of patients. Kojic acid works by inhibiting enzyme tyrosinase which plays a major role in production of melanin pigment.

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