Actives in Beauty & Personal Care

An active is the ingredient in a product addressing whatever skin concern it's meant to target. An active ingredient has been proven in a lab by research to change the skin in some way; it's an ingredient that has data behind it. In essence, active ingredients are what make a skincare product effective. And the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requires that these active ingredients be specifically called out on the packaging of a skincare product that would be considered as a drug since the active ingredients are drug ingredients.