Let's try to answer the 10 most frequently asked questions about these little wonders.
Loved and increasingly copied and imitated, but never equaled, they arouse curiosity and doubts. Let's get to know them better!
Pure Actives are facial serums with surprising effectiveness, each with a specific and targeted action, allowing you to choose the one that best suits your skin. They can be used on the face as a serum or as a booster for facial creams and serums.
1. Are Pure Actives photosensitive?
2. Can I use them all together? How?
3. Can I use them during pregnancy and breastfeeding?
4. What is the difference between Anti-Aging Serum and Pure Actives?
5. Can I mix Vitamin E or Coenzyme Q10 with Pure Actives?
6. What is the percentage of Vitamin C?
7. What is the most effective Pure Active against skin blemishes?
8. What Pure Active can I use if I am 20 or 30 years old, to prevent wrinkles?
9. I have combination skin. Which Pure Active should I use?
10. I have mature skin. Which Pure Active is best suited?
A few words about packaging and how to make this world a better place
Pure Assets: What are they?
The texture of all pure active ingredients is light and impalpable. This is why they adapt perfectly to all skin types and can be layered within your beauty routine to enhance it with the specific action that each skin needs most.
Our Pure Assets are:
Hyaluronic Acid : targeted multi-molecular weight anti-wrinkle treatment with a plumping and hydrating action.
Coenzyme Q10 : this is the only pure active ingredient in an oil base, so it is ideally used as a booster for face creams. Simply add 2 drops to each application of cream: it has a protective and antioxidant action.
Plant-based collagen : a plant-based alternative to animal collagen that has an immediate anti-aging, plumping and lifting effect
Ecofermented : Korean-inspired active ingredient with anti-aging, anti-spot and softening action, based on natural fermented ingredients
Phytoretinol : the natural alternative to retinol with an anti-aging, regenerating and lifting action, an equivalent of vitamin A with maximum skin tolerance that mimics the actions of retinol.
Niacinamide + Zinc : a powerful serum with a sebum-regulating, calming and protective action capable of preventing the appearance of new imperfections and reducing sebum production, making the skin less shiny and the texture more compact, even and luminous.
Peptide complex with Sacha Inchi : anti-aging serum with a firming, toning and filling action, ideal for combating sagging skin on the face and décolleté.
AHA Peeling : monthly exfoliating treatment for deep skin exfoliation, with regenerating and softening action.
Vitamin C : with its strong antioxidant power, it is able to slow down the action of free radicals and has a smoothing effect: it reduces blemishes and compacts the texture. It gives the skin extreme luminosity, leaving it fresh and radiant.
To learn more about the characteristics of each of them, read the article here .
1. Are Pure Actives photosensitizing?
A photosensitizing cosmetic increases the skin's sensitivity to sunlight. A photosensitive cosmetic, on the other hand, oxidizes when exposed to direct sunlight and loses its effectiveness.
None of our Pure Actives are photosensitizing, so they can also be used during the day or in summer without any problems.
Vitamin C is quite photosensitive, which means it tends to oxidize - and therefore lose its effectiveness - when exposed to the sun. For this reason, all Ativos Puros bottles are made from post-consumer recycled plastic and are equipped with a protective anti-UV filter.
2. Can I use them all at the same time? How?
All pure actives, except the AHA Peel , can be used morning and night, mixed together, used pure on the face, alternating or combining them with your favorite facial creams or serums! However, there are two exceptions:
- Do not use Niacinamide+Zinc and Vitamin C together. If you want to use both, you can use one in the morning and the other at night.
- Do not use Niacinamide+Zinc immediately after applying the AHA Peel, because Niacinamide is very concentrated and should not be combined with exfoliating treatments or products. Again, if you want to use both, you can use one in the morning and one at night.
All other Pure Actives are allowed after AHA Peeling !
If you want a routine with 360° action, you can choose the Pure Actives Anti-aging Kit , which contains all the Pure Actives with a focus on the anti-aging function, or the Pure Actives Perfecting Kit , ideal for those looking for skin free of imperfections.
3. Can I use them during pregnancy and breastfeeding?
There are no specific contraindications, so you can use Ativos Puros during pregnancy. Their formulas are very simple, well tolerated and suitable for the most sensitive skin. In any case, as pregnancy and breastfeeding are unique periods in a woman's life, it is legitimate to ask additional questions! Therefore, you can consult your doctor, who will certainly tell you which ingredients to avoid.
4. What is the difference between the Anti-Aging Serum and Pure Actives?
The anti-aging serum has a more complex formula and is a complete and effective product even when used alone.
Pure Actives are products with more specific actions that enhance or personalize each person's beauty routine, and can be combined or mixed with other products to act specifically according to our needs.
5. Can I mix Vitamin E or Coenzyme Q10 with Pure Actives?
All Pure Actives are water-based, except Coenzyme Q10 , which is oil-based: oil and water do not mix. For this reason, we recommend using Coenzyme Q10 as a facial cream booster.
The same reasoning applies to vitamin E: it is also oil-based, so you can add 1 drop of vitamin E to your face cream to enhance its antioxidant, anti-aging and softening action.
6. What is the percentage of Vitamin C?
The formula contains a sufficient and safe percentage, proven by clinical studies, to have a brightening and anti-dark spot effect. The formulation is extremely simple and by revealing the exact percentage of Vitamin C present we would make our formula public. For this reason the percentage is not declared. The percentage of our Vitamin C allows the active ingredient to have high performance, but also to be stable over time, after opening.
7. What is the most effective Pure Active against skin blemishes?
Vitamin C , Ecofermented Serum , Niacinamide+Zinc and also the Peptide Complex with Sacha Inchi have anti-blemish action. Let's see the differences:
- If the spots are caused by redness or post-pimples : Niacinamide + Zinc will be your Pure Active of choice. Its "depigmenting" action is perfect for eliminating spots and redness from pimples. You can enhance its action by also adding the Peptide Complex with Sacha Inchi to your routine, which has a dual function for both redness and dark spots.
- If the spots are dark, caused by the sun and photoaging of the skin : the antioxidant power of Vitamin C is ideal and can be enhanced by the soothing action of the Ecofermented Serum and the Peptide Complex with Sacha Inchi . These are in fact the most difficult spots to treat, but with the help of functional ingredients we can minimize them and prevent them from appearing in the future.
A complete sunspot routine could be constructed as follows:
- Uniformizing Serum + 2 drops of Vitamin C alternating with the Ecofermented Serum and the Peptide Complex with Sacha Inchi to complete the action.
- Anti-aging protective face cream SPF 30 during the day
- Pomegranate Anti-Aging and Antioxidant Night Face Cream
Here you can find a possible complete beauty routine for mature skin: Anti-Aging Beauty Routine Blog: How to use Pure Actives
8. What Pure Active can I use if I am 20 or 30 years old, to prevent wrinkles?
You can use Vegetable Collagen for an immediate lifting effect and Hyaluronic Acid to prevent wrinkles.
Here you will find a possible complete anti-aging routine: Anti-aging Beauty Routine Blog: How to use Pure Actives
9. I have combination skin. Which Pure Active should I use?
The reference Pure Active for combination skin is undoubtedly Niacinamide + Zinc , with strong sebum-regulating action. You can also combine it with the AHA Peeling and complete your routine with the Anti-Imperfection Serum if you have skin with blackheads or pimples.
The Pure Perfecting Actives Kit : all the pure actives contained in this kit combat imperfections and at the same time perform differentiated and targeted actions on the skin, also having an anti-aging action.
Other Pure Actives recommended for combination skin are the Ecofermented Serum for its unifying action and Phytoretinol for its regenerating action.
Here you will find a possible complete routine for combination skin: Anti-aging Beauty Routine Blog: How to use Pure Actives
10. I have mature skin. Which Pure Active is best suited?
For a 360° anti-aging action you can use all Pure Actives.
An essential Pure Active in this case will be Hyaluronic Acid , for its filling action, and Vitamin C for its anti-blemish and brightening action.
You can check out this blog to learn how to better structure your anti-aging beauty routine: Anti-aging Beauty Routine Blog: How to use Pure Actives
A few words about our packaging and how we make this world a better place
Our choices define us: that’s why, at La Saponaria, we do a great job when it comes to packaging! They have decided to eliminate virgin plastic from all packaging, which is being done progressively for all products. So, they are using glass bottles, recycled aluminium, recycled cardboard and 100% biodegradable and bioplastic, a plastic derived from sugar cane. Another super interesting material is the wonderful re-bottle plastic, that is, post-consumer recycled plastic made from used plastic waste.
What not everyone knows is that normal recycled plastic comes from industrial waste, but it is in fact new, having never been used. This is why post-consumer recycled plastic has an additional value compared to normal recycled plastic: not only does its creation not involve the creation of new materials, but it also gives life to those already used, preventing them from ending up in the sea or landfills.
All Ativos Puros bottles have UV protection to better preserve the integrity of the product.
Producing organic, health-friendly and environmentally friendly cosmetics is not enough for La Saponaria! Sustainable packaging has always been a priority and now more than ever.