Arcona Peptide Hydrating Complex

Arcona Peptide Hydrating Complex Arcona Peptide Hydrating Complex ingredients explained: Aqua, Squalane, Hexadecyl D-Glucoside, Octadecyl D-Glucoside, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycosaminoglycans, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycerin, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Glyceryl Stearate, Acacia Gum, L-Carnosine, Vaccinium Myrtillus Extract, Menthyl Lactate, Rosa Rubiginosa Seed Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia, (Tea Tree) Ho Leaf Oil, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, D-Beta Fructan, D-Beta Glucosamine, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, D-Alpha Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Retinol, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Allantoin, Lecithin, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Benzyl Alcohol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Hexadecyl D-Glucoside Octadecyl D-Glucoside Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Glycosaminoglycans Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein emulsifying Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Glycerin superstar Palmitoyl Oligopeptide cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Acacia Gum L-Carnosine antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Vaccinium Myrtillus Extract Menthyl Lactate icky Rosa Rubiginosa Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient Melaleuca Alternifolia soothing, anti-acne, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming (Tea Tree) Ho Leaf Oil Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil perfuming D-Beta Fructan D-Beta Glucosamine Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil 0, 0-2 D-Alpha Tocopherol (Vitamin E) antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Retinol Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil 0, 1-3 Allantoin soothing Lecithin Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Extract Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract soothing, perfuming Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling 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. It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?! 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here. The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being plump and elastic. HA is famous for its crazy water holding capacity as it can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water. As far as skincare goes, sodium hyaluronate and hyaluronic acid are pretty much the same and the two names are used interchangeably. As cosmetic chemist kindofstephen writes on reddit "sodium hyaluronate disassociates into hyaluronic acid molecule and a sodium atom in solution". In spite of this, if you search for "hyaluronic acid vs sodium hyaluronate" you will find on multiple places that sodium hyaluro what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | emollient irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient antioxidant | emollient soothing | anti-acne | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | perfuming preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling