CDF Licorice Active Complex™

A high-potency botanical brightening complex standardized for glabridin and glycyrrhizin to support radiant, even-looking, and calmer-looking skin.

INCI: Water (and) Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract

Standardization:

• Glabridin: 2%
• Glycyrrhizin: 5%

Appearance: Amber botanical liquid.

Solubility: Water-soluble and suitable for aqueous, gel, serum, toner, and emulsion-based formulations.

Typical Use Level: 5–10%

CDF Licorice Active Complex™ is a premium cosmetic extract developed for brightening-support, soothing, antioxidant, and skin-comfort formulations. Standardized for glabridin and glycyrrhizin, two of Licorice Root’s most valued active compounds, this complex gives formulators a stronger ingredient story than ordinary licorice extracts with no active-content disclosure.

Ideal for modern skincare products targeting dullness, uneven-looking tone, visible redness, environmental stress, and sensitive skin concepts, this easy-to-use liquid active brings together botanical performance, clean product positioning, and broad formulation compatibility.

CDF Licorice Active Complex™ is an excellent choice for advanced skincare brands, indie formulators, and DIY makers seeking a professional botanical active for targeted brightening and sensitive-skin support. It works beautifully in serums, toners, gels, creams, lotions, masks, eye treatments, and post-acne tone-support products.

• Standardized to 2% glabridin and 5% glycyrrhizin.
• Supports a brighter, more even-looking complexion.
• Helps improve the look of dullness and uneven skin tone.
• Supports calmer-looking skin and sensitive-skin formulations.
• Provides antioxidant support for environmental defense products.
• Ideal for post-acne tone-support and radiance-focused products.
• Water-soluble and easy to incorporate into modern cosmetic systems.
• Compatible with clean-label, vegan, botanical, and conventional formulations.
• Excellent for premium brightening, soothing, and healthy-aging concepts.

• 5% for daily brightening-support and soothing products.
• 5–7% for serums, toners, gels, and creams.
• 7–10% for intensive tone-support and skin-comfort formulations.

• Brightening serums and spot-support formulas
• Soothing toners and calming gels
• Uneven tone and post-acne care products
• Anti-aging creams and eye-area treatments
• Barrier-support and sensitive-skin formulations
• Radiance-support lotions and creams
• Botanical essences and treatment masks
• Premium natural and clean beauty formulations

• Add to the water phase or cool-down phase, ideally below 40°C.
• Compatible with serums, gels, emulsions, creams, lotions, toners, and micellar systems.
• Works well with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, panthenol, alpha arbutin, vitamin C derivatives, green tea extract, allantoin, beta-glucan, peptides, and botanical antioxidants.
• Recommended pH range: 4.5–6.5.
• May contribute a natural amber tint to finished formulations.
• For best natural-positioned preservation, maintain final pH around 5.0–5.5.

A standardized Licorice Root active designed for formulators who want real brightening and soothing positioning, not another vague botanical extract smiling politely from the ingredient list.

Certificate of Analysis (COA)

Safety Data Sheet (SDS)