Biologique Recherche Creme Placenta

Biologique Recherche Creme Placenta Biologique Recherche Creme Placenta ingredients explained: Water, Propylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Mineral Oil, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Triethanolamine, Lanolin Oil, Placental Protein, Yeast Extract, Fucus Vesiculosus Extract, Hydrocotyl Extract, Birch Bark Extract, Horsetail Extract, Ivy Extract, Niacinamide, Ascorbic Acid, Magnesium Chloride, Magnesium Nitrate, Ceteareth-33, Carbomer, Propyl-Chloride, Propylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ethylparaben Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Mineral Oil emollient, solvent 0, 0-2 Stearic Acid 0, 2-3 Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Triethanolamine buffering Lanolin Oil emollient 0, 0-1 Placental Protein moisturizer/​humectant Yeast Extract goodie Fucus Vesiculosus Extract emollient, soothing Hydrocotyl Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Birch Bark Extract antioxidant, soothing Horsetail Extract soothing, emollient Ivy Extract antimicrobial/​antibacterial, soothing Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Magnesium Chloride viscosity controlling Magnesium Nitrate Ceteareth-33 surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Carbomer 0, 1 Propyl-Chloride Propylparaben preservative, perfuming Phenoxyethanol preservative Methylparaben Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Ethylparaben 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'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 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. The famous or maybe rather infamous mineral oil. The clear oily liquid that is the "cheap by-product" of refining crude oil and the one that gets a lot of heat for its poor provenance. It is a very controversial ingredient with pros and cons and plenty of myths around it. So let us see them: The pros of mineral oil Trust us, if something is used for more than 100 years in cosmetic products, it has advantages. Chemically speaking, cosmetic grade mineral oil is a complex mixture of highly refined saturated hydrocarbons with C15-50 chain length. It is not merely a "by-product" but rather a specifically isolated part of petroleum that is very pure and inert. It is a great emollient and moisturizer working mainly by occlusivity. Occlusivity is one of the basic mechanisms of how moisturizers work and it means that mineral oil sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called trans-epidermal water loss, i.e water evaporating out of your skin. When compared to heavy-duty plant oil, extra virgin coconut oil, the two of them were equally efficient and safe as moisturizers in treating xerosis, a skin condition connected to very dry skin. The other thing that mineral oil is really good at is being non-irritating to the skin. The chemical composition of plant oils is more complex with many more possible allergens or irritating components, while mineral oil is simple, pure and sensitivity to it is extremely rare. If you check out the classic French pharmacy brands and their moisturizers for the most sensitive, allergy prone skin, they usually contain mineral oil. This is no coincidence. The cons of mineral oil The pros of mineral oil can be interpreted as cons if we look at them from another perspective. Not penetrating the ski what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | solvent skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant emollient | soothing soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing soothing | emollient antimicrobial/antibacterial | soothing cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying preservative | perfuming emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing