AXIS-Y TXA 2.5% Intensive Brightening Cream
A Korean brightening moisturizer from Axis-Y for dark spots and tone that never quite evens out. Three brightening actives work at three different points in how pigment forms, which is why it reaches marks a single-active cream leaves behind.
The texture is balm-like and melts in with no silicone slip and no residue. Fragrance-free, silicone-free, vegan. 50ml.
- 2.5% Tranexamic Acid — Fades Existing Spots — blocks the signal that triggers pigment, so new spots stop forming and existing ones fade. More stable than vitamin C and gentler than kojic acid, at a concentration that actually does something.
- 2.5% Niacinamide — Evens Tone and Refines Pores — works on pigment through a different route than tranexamic acid, so the two together reach more than either alone. Also keeps oil and pore size in check.
- Glutathione — A Third Brightening Route — interrupts pigment at another stage and adds antioxidant defense against the free radical damage that drives discoloration in the first place.
- Ceramide NP — Keeps Skin From Drying Out — replaces the barrier lipids that daily brightening actives strip. This is what lets you use it twice a day without tightness.
- Shea Butter — Real Nourishment — the reason this feels like a balm rather than a treatment cream. Good on dry and compromised skin that most brightening products punish.
- Three Types of Hyaluronic Acid — hydration at three depths, so skin stays plump rather than flat while the actives work.
- Panthenol — Soothes and Holds Moisture — calms irritation and supports recovery alongside the ceramide.
- Centella — Calms Redness — the standard in Korean skincare for reactive skin. Offsets any sting from the brightening complex.
- Heartleaf — Settles Irritated Skin — a second calming layer, which matters when you're using three actives at once.
- No Silicones, No Fragrance — nothing to sit on the surface, nothing to trigger sensitive skin.
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Apply a pea-sized amount and gently press into the skin to help it absorb.
Water, Glycerin, Dicaprylyl Ether, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Stearyl Alcohol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Niacinamide, Tranexamic Acid (2.5%), Octyldodecanol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Behenyl Alcohol, Panthenol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Arachidyl Alcohol, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Citric Acid, Arachidyl Glucoside, Garcinia Cambogia Fruit Extract, Hydroxyacetophenone, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Ceramide NP, Carbomer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Glutathione, Butylene Glycol, Tocopherol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Houttuynia Cordata (Heartleaf) Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate.