Biologique Recherche Gel A.D.N Silkgen

Biologique Recherche Gel A.D.N Silkgen Biologique Recherche Gel A.D.N Silkgen ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Dna, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Hydrolyzed Silk, Diaminopropionoyl Tripeptide-33, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Disodium EDTA Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Dna Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract soothing goodie Hydrolyzed Silk moisturizer/​humectant Diaminopropionoyl Tripeptide-33 Butylene Glycol 0, 1 Carbomer viscosity controlling Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Disodium EDTA chelating 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 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. The extract derived from Prickly Pear, a cactus native to Mexico. It is well-known for its soothing and hydrating properties. Read our shiny explanation about Opuntia Ficus-Indica here >> 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. A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations. It’s a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It’s very alkaline (you know the opposite of being very acidic): a 1% solution has a pH of around 10. It does not have the very best safety what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient