At Akarii, we'd love to infuse spiritual ingredients into our products to enhance your self-care rituals.
As a firm beliver of clean beauty, our skincare products are formulated without parabens, PEGs, silicones, SLS, SLES, petrochemicals, synthetic or mineral oils and fragrances. All ingredients are plant-based, non-comedogenic, non-GMO and thoughtfully sourced.
You can better learn our active ingredients from the following table:
Some people call it the natural form of retinol, for bakuchiol extract works similarly in boosting collagen production. It comes from the seeds of the babchi plant and has been a staple in both Eastern and Ayurvedic medicine practices for centuries. In skincare, it helps reduce the look of wrinkles just like retinol without the irritating effects. As with retinol, bakuchiol extract helps brighten too, and you won’t have to worry about the burning, stinging, redness, dryness, or peeling to get those anti-aging results.
These polysaccharides are naturally in the cell walls of various plants like oats, algae, mushrooms, and yeasts. Beta glucans have a wide array of skin benefits and are incredibly soothing. Their best benefit by far is that the work like hyaluronic acid to deeply hydrate within skin, locking it down to prevent the loss of moisture so you have smoother, more supple skin. Since they can get deep down and boost collagen production, they aid in plumping up fine lines and wrinkles, giving you a more youthful appearance over time.
This active ingredient is extracted from chamomile, an ingredient known for its soothing qualities. While it imparts a lightly floral scent, it is ideal for relieving skin of dry and flaky conditions as it calms irritations to bring you quick relief. Additionally, it protects against free radical damage, an ideal ingredient to help you fight those visible signs of aging. Bisabolol is also antimicrobial to help prevent and reduce breakouts while stimulating your skin’s natural healing instincts. This reduces scarring and blemishes, making it a staple in clear skin care.
From the Centella Asiatica plant, you may have heard this native-to-Asia plant called tiger grass or gotu kola. What it does though is far more important hat what you call it for this traditional medicinal plant has long been revered for its physical healing capabilities. With triterpenoid saponins, this extract is ideal for reducing inflammation while speeding up skin healing and recovery. It improves collagen, boosts circulation and hydration, and restores skin’s ability to bounce back. Since it’s full of antioxidants and fights bacteria while fading dark spots, it is beloved for anti-aging and acne fighting skincare routines.
As lipids, ceramides are naturally found in your skin cells. These long-chain fatty acids join up with other major molecules to help with cellular functions. Creating a barrier that halts permeability, ceramides lock moisture into your skin to keep it from becoming dry and irritated. Ceramides are also known for help skin recover from environmental damages and fighting the signs of skin aging. Since these are great for moisturisation, you’ll find them to be helpful when smoothing away lines and wrinkles.
Cucumber extract is incredibly gentle, making it an ideal ingredient even for sensitive skin care. Within the extracted juice, it contains vitamin C, lipids, proteins, and minerals all of which serve your skin with astringent, emollient, and moisturising properties. Together, this means it can help relieve inflamed and puffy skin. It’s gentle enough to use around the eyes too. Cucumber extract is ideal for cooling and calming agitated skin. It also relieves skin dehydration, replenishing it deep down. You’ll find with this extract that dark circles and puffiness disappear while antioxidants revive the skin for a more youthful, firmed, and refreshed look.
Known as a hardy plant that can endure the harsh and frigid temperatures of the Swiss Alps where it natively grows, edelweiss extract is a small white flower that shines with beauty. Because it is endangered, many have started growing it for sustainability in use for skincare purposes. As it contains powerful antioxidants, it can protect skin from environmental aggressors. It also protects skin with anti-inflammatory properties to keep it looking youthful while humectant properties provide intensive skin hydration and moisture retention to keep skin feeling comfortable in any condition.
Sometimes called linseed, flaxseed comes from a blue flowering plant that tends to grow in Canada. For thousands of years, this grain has been used by human civilization. In Ayurvedic skincare, this oil has been used to balance skin pH, treat dryness, banish blemishes, and improve elasticity. Because it has one of the richest sources of plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids anywhere, it is wonderful for skin health. Using flaxseed oil on the skin can help fight inflammation, restore and nourish the lipid barrier, and leave skin with a hydrated, healthy feeling all over.
In East Asian countries, ginkgo biloba is renowned for improving heart health and blood circulation. This plant is native to China and is one of the oldest living tree species. Rescued by Chinese monks who grew it in temple gardens, it is beloved for traditional medicinal benefits and as a food source. When used in skincare, this spiritual plant extract helps by easing inflammation and the signs of aging. It contain quercetin and kaempferol which are natural plant flavonoids that fight free radicals. It also lightens skin thanks to inhibiting tyrosinase, an enzyme that develops pigment in your skin. By improving blood flow to your skin too, it speeds up healing for a healthy and rejuvenated look.
Hemp seed oil is made completely out of hemp seeds which is the biggest difference from hemp oil. Cultivated for non-drug use, this remarkable natural oil locks hydration deep into the skin. With an astounding amount of omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9 fatty acids, it nurtures skin’s protective barrier to restrengthen it back to good health. As a humectant, hemp seed oil also draws moisture to the skin, and with those fatty acids, it brings a soothing relief all at once. Because it effectively regulates skin oil production and has anti-inflammatory properties, it is one of the best oils for those with oily or acne-prone skin.
Traditionally used as a sacred herb, ancient people used Hyssopus for cleaning holy places. People also hung it in their homes as a protective measure. Now this herbaceous perennial grows in gardens around the world. Those spiritual qualities are also rooted in the many beneficial compounds this herb contains. With flavonoids, caffeic acids, tannins, and glycosides, it eases the mind while naturally cleansing for softer, smoother skin. Gentle enough for sensitive skin, it is widely used to balance oil for a complexion that looks and feels refreshed.
As one of the most popular AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids), lactic acid is derived from dairy products. This over-the-counter ingredient in skincare is ideal for helping remove that old, dull, dead skin on the surface, speeding up cellular turnover. This improves the look of fine lines and wrinkles while brightening skin. You’ll love how much softer and smoother your skin is when you use it. Despite ‘acid’ being in the name, it’s incredibly gentle, offering a wonderful way to smooth and hydrate skin while fading away discolorations like dark spots so you look more effervescent with each use.
Liquorice extract is an esteemed ingredient in Japan for its health and medicinal properties, as it has been for centuries. This extract is also an emulsifier, letting both water and oil-based items mix together well naturally, a unique quality indeed! In skincare, it helps reverse hyperpigmentation to unify texture and tone. It can also boost skin that has been damaged by the sun thanks to glabridin which stops discolorations in the skin. Since it is quite calming, liquorice extract is ideal for calming inflamed skin, reducing the redness and swelling that tend to go along with it. And since it helps collagen and elastin regenerate, it is ideal for keeping skin plump, bouncy, and youthful.
Call it niacinamide or vitamin B3, but this water-soluble vitamin works with what’s in your skin naturally to help improve its appearance. It’s ideal for reducing the impact of environmental aggressors on skin since it fortifies that skin barrier while helping repair past damage. Niacinamide is a fantastic skincare ingredient because it minimises the appearance of pores, smoothing over skin that has that orange peel look to restore a beautiful texture. It also aids your defence against dehydration and moisture loss while fading discolorations caused by the damaging rays of the sun.
As the name suggests, this type of squalane is derived naturally from olives. Its lightweight body and texture make it similar to the natural oil your skin produces, making it incredibly effective for moisturising and hydrating the skin. With emollient properties, it easily moves between skin cells, smoothing out and softening texture. Additionally, it helps the protective skin barrier to prevent trans-epidermal water loss, keeping skin soft, supple, and youthful in appearance.
Palo Santo wood has been used for centuries, burned by indigenous healers in South America to purify and clear away negative energy. In skincare, this extract reveals excellent antiseptic properties while clearing your mind all at once. With anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, this incredible ancient healing extract goes above and beyond to help skin stay youthful. The unique composition inhibits the enzyme that breaks down elastin, allowing skin to tighten up for a more youthful appearance while encouraging new skin cells to replenish. It additionally minimises age spots, blemishes, and other visible signs of aging.
The polyphenol known as resveratrol might be something you recognise from red wine. This potent antioxidant is found in the skin of red grapes and while drinking it in is good, applying it to skin also works wonders. When applied topically, resveratrol extract can help you smooth away fine lines and wrinkles while mitigating the signs of photo-aging. It also boosts skin elasticity while taming inflammation, ideal for sensitive skin types with aging concerns. And since hyperpigmentation and dark spots come up more often as you age, this is one ingredient to look for when you want to restore your skin tone to a unified appearance.
Leftover from the extraction of sugar from sugar beets, this valuable ingredient in skincare provides nourishing vitamin C. This protects your skin from the early signs of aging while taming inflammation, making it ideal for adults suffering from acne breakouts. As it hydrates and calms, it replenishes all types of skin in the gentlest and most natural of ways. By reducing puffiness and dark circles, it works almost like a magical potion. Additionally, it decreases melanin formation to minimise hyperpigmentation and boost natural skin repair. The antioxidants skin gets from sugar beet molasses will improve it in so many wonderful ways!
For centuries, willow bark extract from the bark of the willow tree has been used to bring soothing relief to irritated skin. It contains salicin which is where salicylic acid is derived. It’s anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, making it ideal for clearing pores and calming acne breakouts. Since it is high in flavonoids, tannins, phenolic acids, and other helpful minerals, it is incredibly helpful for keeping skin calm while speeding up cell regeneration. Willow bark extract is used in skincare to regulate oil production, improve clarity of skin, and restore a youthful, firm, and harmonious appearance.
Calming witch hazel has been a home remedy for ages, and for good reason. It is extracted from the witch hazel tree for its naturally astringent qualities that come from the leaves and bark. It is ideal for removing excess oil and helping oily skin maintain balance. Witch hazel can also tame inflammation thanks to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that come from tannins and gallic acid. You’ll find it feels incredibly soothing upon the skin as it quells redness and soothes itchiness away.
