The label is long, so here is what each of the working ingredients is actually doing.
Glutathione: The reason people search for a glutathione face cream. It is an antioxidant that slows melanin production, though topically it supports rather than leads.
Alpha arbutin: Does the heaviest lifting here. It blocks the enzyme that makes pigment, which is why a glutathione whitening cream rarely relies on glutathione alone.
Kojic acid dipalmitate: A stable, oil-soluble form of kojic acid. Slower than the raw acid but far less irritating, which matters in a cream you use daily.
Niacinamide (vitamin B3): Slows pigment moving up to the surface, and strengthens the barrier so the stronger actives sit better on the skin.
Ascorbyl glucoside: The stable vitamin C. If you wanted a glowing vitamin C skin cream, this is the gentle form — slow, but it will not oxidise.
Licorice extract: Calms the redness that often follows a dark mark. Useful on post-acne pigmentation, where the inflammation and the colour arrive together.
Argireline (acetyl hexapeptide-8): A peptide aimed at expression lines, not pigment. It is the one ingredient here doing a different job to the rest.
Tea tree oil: A small amount, for its antibacterial effect on breakouts. Also the reason the cream has a faint medicinal note under the fragrance.
Worth reading up on how glutathione works on melanin before you judge any cream by that one name on the label.
Full ingredient list (INCI)
Aqua, Stearic Acid, Petrolatum,Cetyl Alcohl, Cetostearyl Alcohol, Bees Wax, Lanoline Alcohol Isoprpyl Myristate, Triethanolamine, Glycerin, Argireline, Licorice Extract, Niacinamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Kojic Acid Dipalmitate, Zinc Oxide, Alpha Arbun, Avocado Oil, Glutathione, Octyl MethoxyCinnamae, Titanium Dioxide, Tea Tree Oil,Methyl Paraben & Propyl Paraben, Fragrance.
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