Alterra Peptid Tagescreme LSF 15

Alterra Peptid Tagescreme LSF 15 Alterra Peptid Tagescreme LSF 15 ingredients explained: Aqua, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Zinc Oxide, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Isoamyl Laurate, Pentylene Glycol, Betaine, Cetyl Alcohol, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein, Tocopherol, Stearic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Sclerotium Gum, Citric Acid, Lauryl Glucoside, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Alumina Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil emollient 0, 0 goodie Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Zinc Oxide sunscreen 0, 1 Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil 0, 1-3 Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant Isoamyl Laurate Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Betaine moisturizer/​humectant Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Cocos Nucifera Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 4 Ricinus Communis Seed Oil 0, 0-1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil 0, 1-2 Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Stearic Acid 0, 2-3 Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Sclerotium Gum Citric Acid buffering Lauryl Glucoside surfactant/​cleansing Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate emulsifying Polyhydroxystearic Acid Alumina viscosity controlling, abrasive/​scrub 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. 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. Leslie Bauman notes in Cosmetic Dermatology that one application of sunflower oil significantly speeds up the recovery of the skin barrier within an hour and sustains the results 5 hours after using it. It's also loaded with fatty acids (mostly linoleic (50-74%) and oleic (14-35%)). The unrefined version (be sure to use that on your skin!) is especially high in linoleic acid that is great even for acne-prone skin. Its comedogen index is 0, meaning that it's pretty much an all skin-type oil. Truth be told, there are many great plant oils and sunflower oil is definitely one of them. A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. When it comes to sunscreen agents, Zinc Oxide is pretty much in a league of its own. It's a physical (or inorganic) sunscreen that has a lot in common with fellow inorganic sunscreen Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) but a couple of things make it superior even to TiO2. If physical sunscreens don't tell you anything, go ahead and read about the basics here. Most of what we wrote about Titanium D what‑it‑does irritancy, com. sunscreen | colorant solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing viscosity controlling | abrasive/scrub