Supplier of: skin actives, cosmetic ingredients, cosmeceuticals, active ingredients, and skin care ingredients,  for DIY skin care and cosmetics, and homemade skin care products. 

BulkActives are DIY skin care suppliers of skin actives, cosmetic ingredients, cosmeceuticals, active ingredients, and standardized botanical extracts for diy skin care products and homemade cosmetics.

 New & Updates

Attention: BulkActives is a part-time business.
Orders are processed on Saturdays and mailed on Mondays at the latest, usually earlier.

Last website update:

 Social Media

White Willow - bark extract 25%

Product details

 

Assay: 25%

Botanical source: Salix alba

Part used: Bark

Color: light beige

Solubility: water

Suggested percentage: No data available - up to customers discretion

Irritation: White Willow bark extract (Salicin), is an acid. Like aspirin, it is a chemical derivative of salicylic acid. it may irritate. Start of with small amounts. A slight tingling/burning feeling upon application is common, this should go away after a few minutes. If not, remove from face and use a smaller percentage.


Storage: Cool, dry place. Do not freeze. Keep away from light and moisture!
Country of origin: China

 

About Salicylic acid

 

"Also known as 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (one of several beta hydroxy acids (compare to AHA), salicylic acid is the key additive in many skin-care products for the treatment of acne, psoriasis, calluses, corns, keratosis pilaris and warts. It treats acne by causing skin cells to slough off more readily, preventing pores from clogging up. This effect on skin cells also makes salicylic acid an active ingredient in several shampoos meant to treat dandruff. Use of straight salicylic solution may cause hyperpigmentation on unpretreated skin for those with darker skin types (Fitzpatrick phototypes IV, V, VI), as well as with the lack of use of a broad spectrum sunblock." Read more

salix alba white willow bark extract for DIY skin care

White Willow Bark extract is a natural alternative to salicylic acid (BHA). Not as effective as Salicylic acid, but suitable for those who prefer natural products only.

White Willow Bark Extract is a natural product that provides anti-acne properties, sebum control, and can be used as an exfoliant. Most often you will find it used in exfoliating creams, and in oil control lotions.

DISCLAIMER:Any statements about products sold by BulkActives have not been evaluated by the FDA.  Products sold by BulkActives are not intended to be used as nutritional supplements. Products sold by BulkActives are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

BulkActives: ingredients for DIY skin care and cosmetics
White Willow - bark extract





White Willow Bark  extract in skin care:

 

  • anti-acne
  • oil/sebum control
  • exfoliating
  • beige color

About White Willow bark extract

 

"Hippocrates wrote in the 5th century BC about a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pains and reduce fevers. This remedy is also mentioned in texts from ancient Egypt, Sumer, and Assyria. Native American Indians used it for headaches, fever, sore muscles, rheumatism, and chills. The Reverend Edward Stone, a vicar from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire England, noted in 1763 that the bark of the willow was effective in reducing a fever.

 

The active extract of the bark, called salicin, after the Latin name for the White Willow (Salix alba), was isolated to its crystalline form in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state. Salicin, like aspirin, is a chemical derivative of salicylic acid.  Read more