Active ingredients with system.
Every skin has different care requirements. That's why LABOS relies on targeted, combinable active ingredients, each supporting a clearly defined area of action.
hydration
High hydration as the basis of healthy skin
Well-hydrated skin is more resilient, regenerates faster, and can absorb active ingredients much more efficiently. Modern hydration systems support the natural skin barrier, improve elasticity and firmness, and protect the skin from long-term moisture loss.
LABOS's hydration active ingredients provide targeted moisture to the skin on multiple levels and create the basis for healthy, balanced, and visibly radiant skin.
In my opinion, this second version is particularly well suited to LABOS's scientific and precise positioning.
Benefits for the Skin
Hyaluronic acid intensively moisturizes the skin, improves its elasticity, and provides a smoother, visibly plumper complexion.
Importance for Skin Health
As a natural component of the skin, hyaluronic acid binds large amounts of water and significantly contributes to maintaining the skin's moisture balance, firmness, and suppleness.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Intensive Moisturization – Binds many times its own weight in water and provides long-lasting moisture to the skin.
- Plumping Effect – Reduces dry lines and creates a plumper complexion.
- Supports Regeneration – Promotes a balanced moisture environment and supports natural skin renewal.
- Improves Elasticity – Increases the skin's firmness and suppleness.
- Anti-Aging Effect – Helps to visibly reduce the first signs of skin aging.
Benefits for the Skin
Aloe vera provides intensive moisture, soothes sensitive skin, and supports its natural regeneration.
Importance for Skin Health
The polysaccharide-rich components of aloe vera help to balance moisture levels, alleviate irritation, and strengthen the skin barrier in the long term.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Intensive Moisturizing – Provides the skin with long-lasting hydration.
- Soothing Effect – Alleviates redness and feelings of tightness.
- Supports Skin Regeneration – Promotes the natural recovery of stressed skin.
- Strengthens the Skin Barrier – Supports protection against moisture loss.
- Suitable for Sensitive Skin – Ideal for sensitive, dry, or irritated skin.
Benefits for the Skin
Glycerin is one of the most effective moisturizers in skincare. It attracts moisture, locks it into the skin, and supports its natural protective function.
Importance for Skin Health
As a natural moisturizing factor (NMF) of the skin, glycerin helps keep the skin supple, prevents dryness, and strengthens the skin barrier in the long term.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Long-lasting moisture – Attracts water and effectively locks it into the skin.
- Strengthens the skin barrier – Supports the natural protective function and reduces moisture loss.
- Improves skin elasticity – Ensures a supple and smooth skin feel.
- Supports regeneration – Promotes a healthy skin environment and the skin's natural recovery.
- Suitable for all skin types – Particularly ideal for dry, sensitive, and dehydrated skin.
Benefits for the Skin
Propanediol improves the skin's moisture absorption, aids in the distribution of active ingredients, and provides a pleasant, supple skin feel.
Importance for Skin Health
As a modern humectant, propanediol helps stabilize the skin's water content while improving the absorption of other active ingredients.
Properties & Targeted Effects- Supports moisture retention – Sustainably increases the skin's water content.
- Improves active ingredient absorption – Promotes the penetration of other active ingredients.
- Supple skin feel – Gives the skin a soft, smooth finish.
- Strengthens the skin barrier – Supports the maintenance of healthy skin function.
- Particularly skin-friendly – Suitable for sensitive skin and modern active ingredient formulations.
Benefits for the skin
The combination of high-, medium-, and low-molecular hyaluronic acid simultaneously provides moisture to different skin layers, ensuring a long-lasting hydrated complexion.
Importance for skin health
Thanks to the different molecular sizes, the skin is optimally supplied with moisture both on the surface and in deeper skin layers. This strengthens the skin structure and improves its resilience.
Properties & targeted effects- Multidimensional hydration – Provides moisture to multiple skin layers simultaneously.
- Instant plumping effect – Makes the skin appear smoother and fuller.
- Long-term moisture retention – Supports the natural water balance sustainably.
- Promotes elasticity & firmness – Visibly improves skin firmness.
- Optimal addition to anti-aging care – Reduces dryness wrinkles and supports youthful-looking skin.
BARRIER PROTECTION
A strong skin barrier protects what keeps the skin healthy.
The skin barrier is the first protective layer against external influences such as environmental pollution, moisture loss, and irritation. When intact, the skin remains resilient, balanced, and can effectively regenerate itself.
Barrier-strengthening active ingredients support the skin's natural protective mechanisms, stabilize its moisture balance, and promote healthy skin function. They create the foundation for resilient skin while increasing the tolerability of active ingredients.
Benefits for the Skin
Ceramides are skin-identical lipids that strengthen the skin barrier, lock in moisture, and protect the skin from external environmental factors.
Importance for Skin Health
Ceramides are among the most important components of the skin barrier. Sufficient ceramide levels help prevent moisture loss and keep the skin resilient, supple, and healthy.
Properties & Targeted Effects
• Strengthens the skin barrier – Supports the skin's natural protective function and reduces moisture loss.
• Intensive regeneration – Promotes the repair of a damaged skin barrier.
• Protects against external influences – Helps to better ward off environmental stress and irritants.
• Improves skin elasticity – Provides a smoother and more supple skin feeling.
• Anti-aging support – Protects the skin from premature loss of firmness and moisture.
Benefits for the Skin
Niacinamide strengthens the natural skin barrier, improves skin texture, and promotes an even complexion. At the same time, it helps to visibly reduce redness and moisture loss.
Importance for Skin Health
As a multifunctional active ingredient, niacinamide promotes the formation of the skin's own ceramides and lipids. This strengthens the skin's protective function and improves its resilience against external stressors.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Strengthens the skin barrier – Supports the formation of natural barrier lipids.
- Reduces moisture loss – Helps to keep the skin hydrated long-term.
- Soothes irritation – Alleviates redness and strengthens sensitive skin.
- Refines skin texture – Supports an even skin structure.
- Suitable for sensitive skin – Ideal for daily barrier strengthening.
Benefits for the skin
Lecithin intensively nourishes the skin, strengthens its natural protective barrier, and improves its suppleness and feel.
Importance for skin health
As a natural component of plant cell membranes, lecithin supports the maintenance of a healthy skin barrier, protects against moisture loss, and improves the tolerability of cosmetic formulations.
Properties & Targeted Effects
• Strengthens the skin barrier – Supports the skin's natural lipid film.
• Intensively nourishes – Improves the skin's suppleness and elasticity.
• Supports moisture balance – Helps to retain water in the skin.
• Promotes the skin microbiome – Supports a healthy skin balance.
• Improves active ingredient distribution – Ensures an even distribution of other active ingredients on the skin.
Benefits for the skin
Lactobacillus Ferment is part of the LABOS L104 complex and supports the skin's natural regeneration and resilience. The active ingredient promotes communication between skin cells and contributes to the stabilization of the skin barrier.
Importance for skin health
As a biotechnologically derived ferment, Lactobacillus Ferment supports the natural balance of the skin microbiome, strengthens the skin barrier, and improves the skin's ability to protect itself against external stressors.
Properties & targeted effects
- Supports the skin barrier – Promotes stable and resilient skin.
- Promotes cell communication – Supports natural regeneration processes.
- Strengthens the skin microbiome – Contributes to a balanced skin flora.
- Soothes sensitive skin – Helps to reduce irritation and stress reactions.
- Sustains long-term skin health – For resilient and balanced skin.
REGENERATION
Regeneration is key to healthy and resilient skin.
The skin continuously renews itself to maintain its protective function and counteract external stresses. With increasing age, UV radiation, or environmental influences, these natural renewal processes slow down.
Regenerating active ingredients support cell renewal, promote skin structure, and help to sustainably strengthen the skin barrier. The result is more resilient, smoother, and visibly more vital skin.
Skin Benefits
Biomimetic peptides support the skin's natural regeneration processes and promote the new formation of collagen and elastin. They help to strengthen the skin structure and visibly reduce the first signs of skin aging.
Importance for Skin Health
Peptides act as biological signaling molecules and stimulate the skin's own repair mechanisms. They support cell renewal, improve skin firmness, and promote a healthy, resilient skin structure.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Activates skin regeneration – Supports the skin's natural renewal processes.
- Promotes collagen & elastin – Improves firmness, elasticity, and tone.
- Smoothes fine lines – Contributes to a more even and youthful complexion.
- Strengthens skin structure – Promotes resilient and healthy skin.
- Long-term anti-aging effect – Helps the skin maintain its youthful radiance.
Benefits for the skin
Peptides support the skin's own collagen production and promote visibly firmer, smoother, and more resilient skin.
Importance for skin health
As small protein building blocks, peptides serve as signaling molecules for the skin. They stimulate natural regeneration processes and support the formation of structural proteins such as collagen and elastin.
Properties & Targeted Effects
• Promote collagen production – Support skin firmness and elasticity.
• Smooth fine lines – Visibly improve skin texture.
• Support regeneration – Promote the skin's natural renewal.
• Improve elasticity – Ensure a firmer complexion.
• Support cell communication – Activate the skin's natural repair processes.
Benefits for the Skin
Phospholipids support the formation of healthy cell membranes and promote the regeneration of skin structure.
Importance for Skin Health
As natural components of the skin, phospholipids help stabilize damaged skin structures and restore the natural barrier function.
Properties & Targeted Action
- Promotes cell regeneration – Supports the renewal of skin structure.
- Stabilizes cell membranes – Supports healthy skin cells.
- Improves active ingredient absorption – Increases the bioavailability of active ingredients.
- Strengthens the skin barrier – Promotes resilient skin.
- Sustains long-term skin health – For smooth and regenerated skin.
Benefits for the Skin
Bitter melon extract supports the natural regeneration of the skin while protecting it from oxidative stress.
Importance for Skin Health
The plant extract contains numerous bioactive substances such as vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, which promote skin renewal and make the skin more resilient against external stressors.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Supports regeneration – Promotes natural skin renewal.
- Antioxidant protection – Protects against free radicals.
- Soothes the skin – Supports balanced skin function.
- Strengthens the skin barrier – Promotes resilient skin.
- Supports vitality – For healthy and fresh-looking skin.
ANTI-AGING & INSTANT LIFTING
Visible firming meets long-term skin renewal.
As we age, the skin's natural regeneration processes slow down. Collagen and elastin fibers are produced more slowly, leading to a loss of firmness, elasticity, and resilience.
Modern anti-aging active ingredients can both create instantly visible firming effects and support the skin's own regeneration processes in the long term. The result is smoother, firmer, and visibly more vital skin.
Benefits for the skin
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid is a particularly stable form of Vitamin C. It supports an even complexion, protects the skin from oxidative stress and gives it new radiance.
Importance for skin health
Vitamin C contributes to collagen synthesis and protects the skin from free radicals caused by UV radiation and environmental pollution. This strengthens the skin structure in the long term.
Properties & targeted effects
- Antioxidant cell protection – Protects against free radicals.
- Promotes collagen formation – Supports firmness and elasticity.
- Provides new radiance – For a fresh and even complexion.
- Supports skin renewal – Promotes a healthy skin structure.
- Reduces first signs of skin aging – For a visibly vital complexion.
Benefits for the Skin
This biomimetic peptide supports the relaxation of mimic skin areas and helps to visibly smooth fine lines and expression wrinkles – entirely without invasive procedures.
Importance for Skin Health
As an intelligent signaling active ingredient, the peptide supports natural collagen and elastin production and sustainably improves skin structure and elasticity.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Smooths expression lines – Supports a visibly relaxed facial expression.
- Promotes collagen & elastin – Improves firmness and elasticity.
- Immediate firming effect – For smoother skin immediately after application.
- Supports skin regeneration – Promotes natural cell renewal.
- Long-term anti-aging effect – For a visibly younger skin structure.
Benefits for the Skin
Gleditschia triacanthos seed extract forms a fine, flexible film on the skin, immediately providing a smoother, firmer skin sensation. At the same time, it helps maintain skin moisture.
Importance for Skin Health
This plant-based active ingredient improves the skin surface, protects against moisture loss, and contributes to a supple, elastic skin structure. This makes it ideal for modern anti-aging and lifting formulations.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Immediate smoothing effect – Gives the skin a more even appearance.
- Supports skin tension – Promotes a firmer skin sensation.
- Preserves moisture – Supports the natural moisture balance.
- Improves skin elasticity – For more suppleness and resilience.
- Plant-based lifting active ingredient – Ideal for modern instant lifting concepts.
ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION
Antioxidant protection prevents premature skin aging.
Free radicals are generated daily by UV radiation, environmental pollution, and oxidative stress. They can damage skin cells, accelerate collagen breakdown, and impair the skin's natural regeneration.
Antioxidant active ingredients neutralize free radicals, support the skin's natural protective mechanisms, and help maintain its firmness, radiance, and resilience in the long term.
Skin Benefits
Epigallocatechin Gallatyl Glucoside is a modern antioxidant based on green tea. It protects the skin from oxidative stress, supports an even complexion, and helps to visibly reduce hyperpigmentation.
Significance for Skin Health
As a stabilized green tea derivative, EGCG neutralizes free radicals and protects the skin from environmentally induced cell damage. At the same time, it supports the natural balance of melanin production and contributes to healthy skin function.
Properties & Targeted Action
- Neutralizes free radicals – Protects the skin from oxidative stress.
- Supports an even complexion – Promotes radiant skin.
- Reduces hyperpigmentation – Supports balanced melanin production.
- Protects skin cells – Supports long-term skin health.
- Suitable for sensitive skin – Antioxidant protection with high skin tolerability.
Benefits for the skin
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid is a particularly stable form of Vitamin C. It supports an even complexion, protects the skin from oxidative stress and gives it new radiance.
Importance for skin health
Vitamin C contributes to collagen synthesis and protects the skin from free radicals caused by UV radiation and environmental pollution. This strengthens the skin structure in the long term.
Properties & targeted effects
- Antioxidant cell protection – Protects against free radicals.
- Promotes collagen formation – Supports firmness and elasticity.
- Gives new radiance – For a fresh and even complexion.
- Supports skin renewal – Promotes a healthy skin structure.
- Reduces first signs of skin aging – For a visibly vital skin appearance.
Skin Benefits
This biomimetic peptide helps relax facial muscles and visibly smooth fine lines and expression wrinkles – all without invasive procedures.
Importance for Skin Health
As an intelligent signaling active ingredient, the peptide supports the natural formation of collagen and elastin, improving skin structure and elasticity in the long term.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Smooths expression lines – Supports a visibly relaxed facial appearance.
- Promotes collagen & elastin – Improves firmness and elasticity.
- Immediate tightening effect – For smoother skin immediately after application.
- Supports skin regeneration – Promotes natural cell renewal.
- Long-term anti-aging effect – For a visibly younger skin structure.
Benefits for the Skin
Gleditschia triacanthos seed extract forms a fine, flexible film on the skin, immediately providing a smoother, firmer skin sensation. At the same time, it helps maintain skin moisture.
Significance for Skin Health
The plant-based active ingredient improves the skin surface, protects against moisture loss, and contributes to a supple, elastic skin structure. This makes it ideal for modern anti-aging and lifting formulations.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Immediate smoothing effect – Gives the skin a more even appearance.
- Supports skin tension – Promotes a firmer skin sensation.
- Preserves moisture – Supports the natural moisture balance.
- Improves skin elasticity – For more suppleness and resilience.
- Plant-based lifting active ingredient – Ideal for modern instant-lifting concepts.
SANFTE REINIGUNG & BERUHIGUNG
Gentle cleansing preserves the skin's natural balance.
Effective skin care begins with gentle cleansing. Dirt, excess sebum, and environmental residues are removed without compromising the natural skin barrier. At the same time, soothing active ingredients help to reduce irritation and maintain the skin's moisture balance.
The selected active ingredients from LABOS cleanse particularly gently, support the skin's natural balance, and create the optimal foundation for subsequent care.
Benefits for the Skin
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate is a particularly mild, amino acid-derived cleansing surfactant. It gently removes dirt and excess sebum without drying out the skin.
Importance for Skin Health
Unlike aggressive surfactants, this active ingredient preserves the skin's natural acid mantle and helps maintain the skin barrier even during cleansing.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Gentle cleansing – Gently removes dirt and excess sebum.
- Preserves the skin barrier – Protects the natural acid mantle.
- Does not dry out the skin – Supports the natural moisture balance.
- Particularly skin-friendly – Ideal for sensitive skin.
- Suitable for daily cleansing – Cleans effectively yet gently.
Benefits for the skin
Rice starch absorbs excess sebum, leaves the skin feeling pleasantly soft, and supports a particularly mild cleansing.
Importance for skin health
As a natural plant-based active ingredient, rice starch helps to soothe the skin, refine its surface, and maintain a pleasant skin feel.
Properties & targeted effects
- Absorbs excess sebum – Supports a fresh skin feeling.
- Soothes the skin – Reduces feelings of tightness after cleansing.
- Refines the skin surface – For a supple complexion.
- Supports gentle cleansing – Without drying out the skin.
- Natural plant-based active ingredient – Particularly skin-friendly.
Gleditsia triacanthos seed extract immediately soothes the skin after cleansing, leaving it feeling smooth, pleasantly soft and cared for.
Importance for skin health
The plant extract forms a fine, flexible protective film on the skin. This prevents the skin from losing moisture and supports its natural suppleness.
Properties & targeted effects
- Soothes the skin – Supports a balanced skin feeling.
- Supports the skin barrier – Reduces moisture loss.
- Provides suppleness – For a soft skin feeling.
- Protects the skin surface – Supports natural skin function.
- Plant-based active ingredient – Ideal for sensitive skin.
Benefits for the Skin
Pentylene Glycol moisturizes the skin even during cleansing and simultaneously improves the tolerability of the formulation.
Importance for Skin Health
This multifunctional active ingredient helps to stabilize the skin's moisture balance and supports gentle cleansing without a feeling of tightness.
Properties & Targeted Effects
- Supports moisture balance – Helps to retain moisture in the skin.
- Improves skin tolerability – For a pleasant skin feeling.
- Reduces feelings of tightness – Supports the skin after cleansing.
- Supports formulation stability – Contributes to balanced care.
- Suitable for sensitive skin – Particularly mild and skin-friendly.
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