Biologique Recherche Creme Amnios

Biologique Recherche Creme Amnios Biologique Recherche Creme Amnios ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Amniotic Fluid, Propylene Glycol, Stearic Acid, Polysorbate 40, Glycerin, Palmitic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Pentylene Glycol, PEG-2 Stearate, TEA-Stearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Alcohol Denat, Sodium Dehydroacetate, P-Anisic Acid Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Amniotic Fluid moisturizer/​humectant Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Polysorbate 40 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant PEG-2 Stearate emulsifying TEA-Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying 2, 3 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Alcohol Denat antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Sodium Dehydroacetate preservative P-Anisic Acid 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 common multi-tasker fatty acid. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), gives body to cream type products and helps to stabilize water and oil mixes (aka emulsions). 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 A fatty acid that can be found naturally in the skin. In fact, it's the most common saturated fatty acid found in animals and plants. As for skincare, it can make the skin feel nice and smooth in moisturizers (emollient) or it can act as a foam building cleansing agent in cleansers. It's also a very popular ingredient in shaving foams. A so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier). Can be derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. 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. It’s a handy multi-tasking ingredient that gives the skin a nice, soft feel. At the same time, it also boosts the effectiveness of other preservatives, such as the nowadays super commonly used phenoxyethanol. The blend of these two (caprylyl glycol + phenoxyethanol) is called Optiphen, which not only helps to ke what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying solvent | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | emollient antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling