Biologique Recherche Hair Lotion Keractive

Biologique Recherche Hair Lotion Keractive Biologique Recherche Hair Lotion Keractive ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Alcohol Denat, Propylene Glycol, Vinegar (Acetum), Betula Alba Bark Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Yeast Extract, Calcium Pantothenate, Salicylic Acid, Lactic Acid, Sodium Lactate, Allantoin, Serine, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Tea-Lactate, Urea, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Bisulfite Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Alcohol Denat antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Vinegar (Acetum) Betula Alba Bark Extract antioxidant, soothing goodie Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract soothing Equisetum Arvense Extract soothing, emollient Yeast Extract moisturizer/​humectant Calcium Pantothenate Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative superstar Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Allantoin Serine skin-identical ingredient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Sorbitol Tea-Lactate Urea Sodium Benzoate preservative Sodium Bisulfite 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. It's a super common and super debated skincare ingredient It has several benefits: great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial It can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion (read more in geeky details tab) 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) The thing that you put on your salad with some olive oil. But in a more scientific sense vinegar is usually a 5% solution of acetic acid. It's used in cosmetic products to adjust pH. Larg amounts of vinegar on the skin could be irritating and drying. It's the extract from the silver-white bark of the Birch tree that grows on moors in North and Middle Europe and in North America. It contains tannins and triterpenes that give the extract antioxidant, anti-irritant and astringent magic properties. There is also research showing that birch bark extract can improve the skin barrier, increase skin hydration and reduce trans-epidermal water loss. Can be a useful ingredient both for dry and oily skin. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. You probably know yeast from the kitchen where you put it into milk with a little sugar and then after a couple of minutes brownish bubbles form. That is the fungi fermenting the sugar. As for skin care, yeast contains beta-glucan that is a great soothing ingredient and also a mild antioxidant. The yeast extract itself is a silky clear liquid that has some great moisturizing, skin protecting and film-forming properties on the skin. It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid It’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells what‑it‑does antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. antioxidant | soothing soothing | emollient moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering buffering | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative