Licorice – the Wonder Whitener
Godiva has been in the forefront of some of the best all natural plant extract skin care products for many years and their Licowhite skin whitener has met much success due to the amazing power of nature. Licorice was first tested by the Japanese who identified several potent skin care components present in the plant. Galbridin, one of it’s active components has been noted to be an effective skin whitener and galbrene was found to be a powerful anti-oxidant that has the same potency as pure vitamin e. Licochalcone was found to be an active anti-acne ingredient that has the ability to control sebum or oil and kills off bacteria and was also found to have sunscreen abilities that protected the skin from UVA and UVB rays preventing premature aging of the skin.
Overall, the plant was an all natural skin cafe product that whitened and protected skin form some of the most common skin ailments. The effectivity of the product was noted to have a noticable effect on tests by as early as seven days and more than that for longer periods. The licorice plant has been one of the best plants found for the purpose of skin care and is thus still undergoing research for more amazing properties, all courtesy of Mother Nature, whose larder is at our disposal, we just have to keep looking.
