Biologique Recherche Complexe Cegaba + Bioproline

Biologique Recherche Complexe Cegaba + Bioproline Biologique Recherche Complexe Cegaba + Bioproline ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Pentylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Carboxyethyl Aminobutyric Acid, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-3, Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract, Punica Granatum Pericarp Extract, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Dextran, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Carboxyethyl Aminobutyric Acid Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Propylene Glycol Acetyl Tetrapeptide-3 cell-communicating ingredient goodie Trifolium Pratense (Clover) Flower Extract Punica Granatum Pericarp Extract Citric Acid buffering Potassium Sorbate preservative Dextran viscosity controlling Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Sodium Benzoate 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. A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40% High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) A relatively new, four amino acid peptide that promises to help combat hair loss alongside red clover extract as part of the trademarked technology Capixyl. The main thing of Acetyl Tetrapeptide-3 is to stimulate the synthesis of key Extra Cellular Matrix (aka ECM, the gooey stuff between cells that make up the framework of our skin) components in the scalp. According to the manufacturer’s lab studies, the expression of type III collagen increased by 65% and the expression what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | chelating