Licorice Root Extract
We look for this
Glycyrrhiza Glabra · Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate · Licorice · Glabridin
A calming botanical that also interrupts pigment production.
- What it does
- Actives & treatment
- Our take
- Does two jobs that usually pull against each other, brightening ingredients tend to irritate, and this one soothes. Especially useful on post-acne marks in deeper skin tones, where irritation itself causes more pigmentation.
- Suitable from
- Teen, 13+ · Young adult, 20+ · Middle aged, 40+
- Best for
- Dark marks & dullness · Redness & sensitivity · Aging & firmness
- Skin types
- Any skin · Sensitive
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What we read
- Published glabridin studies · reviewed Sep 2026
Every other ingredient, with the same treatment.
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