Botanicals & Extracts
Botanical extracts and plant-based actives
Centella asiatica, green tea, bakuchiol — natural-feeling alternatives and the prescription gotchas that still apply.
Botanicals can be wonderfully effective at calming and brightening, but they're not automatically safer. A few — like bakuchiol — overlap with retinoid pathways and need similar caution on certain meds.
Ingredients in this category
Aloe Vera
Classic soothing botanical; anti-inflammatory.
Calendula Extract
Healing marigold extract.
Chamomile Extract
Calming anti-inflammatory botanical.
Cucumber Extract
Cooling, hydrating plant extract.
Licorice Root Extract
Anti-inflammatory and brightening botanical.
Oat Extract
Soothing, anti-itch, barrier-repairing.
Reishi Mushroom Extract
Adaptogen mushroom; antioxidant.
Rose Water
Mild floral hydrating toner.
Sea Buckthorn Oil
Omega-rich orange oil; barrier repair.
Tremella Mushroom Extract
Hydrating mushroom polysaccharides.
Turmeric Extract
Anti-inflammatory rhizome extract.
Willow Bark Extract
Natural source of salicin (BHA precursor).
Witch Hazel
Astringent botanical; often alcohol-based.
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