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Biologique Recherche Creme Biofixine

Biologique Recherche Creme Biofixine Biologique Recherche Creme Biofixine ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Stearic Acid, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Palmitic Acid, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Polysorbate 40, Pentylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Helianthus

Biologique Recherche Creme Biofixine Biologique Recherche Creme Biofixine ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Stearic Acid, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Palmitic Acid, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Polysorbate 40, Pentylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Butylene Glycol, TEA-Stearate, PEG-2 Stearate, Perfluorodecalin, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Polyperfluoromethylisopropyl Ether, Juglans Regia (Walnut) Seed Extract, Leontopodium Alpinum Flower/Leaf Extract, Nasturtium Officinale Extract, Pimpinella Anisum (Anise) Fruit Extract, Tocopherol, Sodium Benzoate, Caprylyl Glycol, P-Anisic Acid, Poloxamer 188, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Metabisulfite Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie Polysorbate 40 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient Butylene Glycol 0, 1 TEA-Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying 2, 3 PEG-2 Stearate emulsifying Perfluorodecalin Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Polyperfluoromethylisopropyl Ether Juglans Regia (Walnut) Seed Extract Leontopodium Alpinum Flower/Leaf Extract Nasturtium Officinale Extract perfuming Pimpinella Anisum (Anise) Fruit Extract Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Sodium Benzoate preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient P-Anisic Acid Poloxamer 188 Phenoxyethanol Sodium Metabisulfite antioxidant, preservative 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 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). 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 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 goodie plant oil coming from the polyphenol-rich seeds of the grape. It's a light emollient oil that makes your skin feel smooth and nice and also contains a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. It's a great source of antioxidant polyphenols, barrier repair fatty acid linoleic acid (about 55-77%, while oleic acid is about 12-27%) and antioxidant, skin-protectant vitamin E. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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. 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 what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | preservative