Scientific name: Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Classification: Vegetable extract
Stimulating, soothing, antibacterial, refreshing.
Tales from nature
Licorice is a perennial Mediterranean plant, frost -resistant, with ancient beneficial virtues. It grows mainly in southern Europe. Belongs to the legume family. It has been known since ancient Egypt, widely used in India, China, in the Greek-Roman world. Only in the fifteenth century was it introduced by the Dominicans in Europe.
The licorice word means "sweet root" as it contains a very sweet substance. The roots are usually used, after a drying phase. Inside there are numerous active ingredients, including specific glycirectic acid for arid and dry skin.
Hair benefits
It stimulates hair growth, helping them to grow stronger and thicker and reducing their occasional fall. It has soothing, antibacterial, refreshing and emollient properties for the dry scalp, reducing irritations such as crusts and dandruff.
Skin benefits
In skincare products, licorice extract contributes to reducing irritations, healing and soaking the skin for a uniform and imperfections -free appearance.
