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Biologique Recherche Creme Verte Espoir A.R.

Biologique Recherche Creme Verte Espoir A.R. Biologique Recherche Creme Verte Espoir A.R. ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Propanediol, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, C12-16 Alcohols, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glyceryl Stea

Biologique Recherche Creme Verte Espoir A.R. Biologique Recherche Creme Verte Espoir A.R. ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Propanediol, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, C12-16 Alcohols, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Polyamide-5, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Cupressus Sempervirens Seed Extract, Polygonatum Multiflorum Rhizome/Root Extract, Schizandra Sphenanthera Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Ferulic Acid, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Ethyl Ferulate, Piperonyl Glucoside, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Palmitic Acid, Maltodextrin, Tocopherol, Sorbitan Isostearate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Triethanolamine, Polysorbate 60, Caprylyl Glycol Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Dicaprylyl Carbonate emollient Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Coco-Caprylate/Caprate Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent C12-16 Alcohols emollient, viscosity controlling 1,2-Hexanediol Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying Polyamide-5 Arnica Montana Flower Extract perfuming icky Cupressus Sempervirens Seed Extract Polygonatum Multiflorum Rhizome/Root Extract Schizandra Sphenanthera Fruit Extract antioxidant Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing goodie Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Ferulic Acid antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide Ethyl Ferulate Piperonyl Glucoside soothing Hydrogenated Lecithin Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Maltodextrin Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Triethanolamine buffering Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient 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 clear, colorless, almost odorless oil that spreads nicely and easily and gives a velvet dry skin feel. It is good friends with sunscreen agents and helps to solubilize them. Also, it makes sunscreens feel lighter and spread easier. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. A light emollient ester (C8-10 fatty acids connected to C12-18 fatty alcohols) that absorbs quickly and leaves a dry but silky finish on the skin. In terms of skin feel, it is similar to Dicaprylyl Carbonate, another commonly used light emollient. 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) We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients (for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products) and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products. And that is still not all: it can also boost the antimicrobial activity of preservatives. Glyceryl stearate citrate is similar to the super common skincare ingredient glyceryl stearate, and is similarly used to help combine waters and oils (emulsifier) and to make your skin feel nice and soft (e what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient