001 skincare Zinc & Protein A+ Clarifying Comfort Cream

001 skincare Zinc & Protein A+ Clarifying Comfort Cream 001 skincare Zinc & Protein A+ Clarifying Comfort Cream ingredients explained: Aqua, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerine (Veg), Olea Europaea Oil, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Zinc Oxide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Α-Tocopherol, Santalum Album Oil, Avena Sativa Meal Extract, Allantoin, Cucumis Melo Fruit Extract, Fragaria Vesca Fruit Extract, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Citrus Medica Limonum Peel Oil, Ocimum Basilicum Oil, Cymbopogon Martini Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Peel Oil, Stearic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Citral, Citronellol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil emollient 0, 1-2 goodie Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil 0, 0 Glycerine (Veg) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Olea Europaea Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Cocos Nucifera Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 4 Butyrospermum Parkii Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Zinc Oxide sunscreen 0, 1 Sodium Hyaluronate Α-Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Santalum Album Oil Avena Sativa Meal Extract soothing Allantoin Cucumis Melo Fruit Extract Fragaria Vesca Fruit Extract Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil soothing, anti-acne, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Citrus Medica Limonum Peel Oil Ocimum Basilicum Oil Cymbopogon Martini Oil Pelargonium Graveolens perfuming icky Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Peel Oil Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Citral Citronellol Farnesol Geraniol Limonene perfuming, solvent Linalool Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. The emollient plant oil coming from the kernel (the seed of the seed) of the delicious apricot fruit. Like other plant oils, it contains antioxidant vitamin E and nourishing fatty acids (mostly oleic acid 54-74%, linoleic acid 12-35%). It's a nice general purpose emollient, has nourishing and moisturizing properties (as a high oleic oil it's ideal for dry skin types) and is quite easily absorbed into the skin. An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. A common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. Sunflower does not need a big intro as you probably use it in the kitchen as cooking oil, or you munch on the seeds as a healthy snack or you adore its big, beautiful yellow flower during the summer - or you do all of these and probably even more. And by even more we mean putting it all over your face as sunflower oil is one of the most commonly used plant oils in skincare. It’s a real oldie: expressed directly from the seeds, the oil is used not for hundreds but thousands of years. According to The National Sunflower Association, there is evidence that both the plant and its oil were used by American Indians in the area of Arizona and New Mexico about 3000 BC. Do the math: it's more than 5000 years – definitely an oldie. Our intro did get pretty big after all (sorry for that), so let's get to the point finally: sunflower oil - similar to other plant oils - is a great emollient that makes the skin smooth and nice and helps to keep it hydrated. It also protects the surface of the skin and enhances the damaged or irritated skin barrier. Lesli what‑it‑does irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient emollient | perfuming soothing | anti-acne | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming emollient | viscosity controlling perfuming | solvent