Mafco’s Pure Licorice Derivatives Used in Cosmetic And Personal Care Consumer Products
Mafco’s Pure Derivatives of Glycyrrhiza are used extensively in hundreds of global brand-name consumer cosmetics and personal care products.
Mafco’s Pure Derivatives are based on unique compounds found only in licorice roots from the Glycyrrhiza species plants native to the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and the Far East. The licorice root has been used for homeopathic medicinal purposes for thousands of years in the Far East and has extensive topical uses in skin care.
The primary unique compound extracted from these roots is glycyrrhizic acid. Glycyrrhizic acid, isolated in various salt forms, and other constituents including flavonoids and chalcones which are also unique to the licorice root, has been widely used in cosmetic and personal care product formulations for over 50 years for their preferential attributes including antioxidant, stabilizing, soothing, calming and skin brightening benefits.
Pure Derivatives Functional Checklist:
Pure Licorice Derivative products for cosmetic and personal care use can be classified into three distinct functional groups:
Skin Care Formulations
Skin-Care Formulations and Samples: Download samples of seven different skincare formulations using our licorice derivatives, with recipes and instructions including:
- Glow Booster Dry Oil Serum – with Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate
- No Dark Spots Comfort Balm – with Glabridin 90% + Glycyrrhizic Acid
- No-Redness Gel Cream – with Dipotassium Glycyrrhizinate + Enoxolone
- Radiance Booster Aqua Mist – with Dipotassium Glycyrrhizinate + Monoammonium Glycyrrhizinate
- Calming After Sun Mist -with Licochalcone A
- Anti-Pigment Water Gel Serum- with Glabridin 10% Water-soluble
- Happiness Cream – with Liquiritin 95%
Download our booklet with formulations and information about each skincare formulation.
Make Cosmetics & Personal Care Items More Enticing
The efficiency of pure licorice derivatives in cosmetic and personal care products is evident, based upon ingredient disclosures for lip products such as balms and color sticks; for skin creams; and for facial and body moisturizing, cleansing, and exfoliation.
Pure Licorice Derivative® Primary Consumer Product Applications:
Pure Licorice Derivatives are used for their functional benefits in these personal care products:
- Baby products – shampoos, lotions, wipes and powders
- Eye care products – liners, shadows, lotions, makeup removers, mascaras, eyelash and eyebrow products
- Hair preparations – conditioners, rinses and shampoos
- Makeup preparations – blushers and rouges, powders, foundations and body paints
- Lip care products – lipsticks, lip glosses, lip balms, and bases
- Nail preparations – Nail creams and lotions
- Personal cleanliness – bath soaps, body washes, and deodorants
- Shaving preparations – aftershave lotions, pre-shave lotions, shaving creams and soaps
- Skin care – moisturizing and cleansing preparations, skin, body and hand creams, lotions, exfoliants, serums, essences, and masks
- Sun and after-sun preparations – Suntan gels, creams, screens, and liquids
Ex-Vivo Studies
Mafco-EVD has a secure website with Ex-Vivo studies addressing the effects of licorice and its components on:
- Soothing of the skin
- Oily Skin
- Skin microbiota of the stratum corneum
- The appearance of aging
- Brightening skin appearance
- Sensory (Neuro) activity
- Antioxidant activity
If you are a professional working in the areas of product research development, you can request to view these studies by clicking this link.
Pure Derivatives of Glycyrrhiza Technical Information
Click each accordion item to read the production description, physical & chemical properties, and typical analytical values for the Pure Derivatives of Glycyrrhiza Series.
External Resources
Please see the links below to the publicly available INCI decoder for Pure Licorice Derivatives. This site also provides references to consumer products containing Pure Licorice Derivatives.