Biologique Recherche Lotion P50t

Biologique Recherche Lotion P50t Biologique Recherche Lotion P50t ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Sodium Gluconate, Niacinamide, Propylene Glycol, Lactic Acid, Magnesium Chloride, Cochlearia Armoracia (Horseradish) Root Extract, Arctium Lappa Root Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Capsicum Frutescens Fruit Extract, Vinegar (Acetum), Serine, Urea, Allantoin, Citric Acid, Sodium Lactate, Sodium Salicylate, Sodium Benzoate, Tea-Lactate, Sorbitol, Sodium Bisulfite Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Magnesium Chloride viscosity controlling Cochlearia Armoracia (Horseradish) Root Extract Arctium Lappa Root Extract antioxidant, soothing goodie Arnica Montana Flower Extract perfuming icky Capsicum Frutescens Fruit Extract Vinegar (Acetum) Serine skin-identical ingredient Urea Allantoin soothing Citric Acid buffering Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Salicylate preservative Sodium Benzoate Tea-Lactate moisturizer/​humectant Sorbitol 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. 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 The neutralized form of gluconic acid. It's a great ingredient to neutralize metal (especially iron and copper) ions in a cosmetic product. This helps to prevent discoloration of the formula over time or rancidity of cosmetic oils. It can also be a pH regulator and a humectant (helps skin to cling onto water). It's also used in oral care products where it reduces the bitterness of other ingredients. And it's natural, both Ecocert and Cosmos approved. (source: manufacturer info) A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis 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) It’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It also has amazing skin hydrating properties In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) A kind of salt that's used as a thickener in cosmetic products. Horseradish seems to be a rarely used plant extract with little info about what it's doing in a cosme what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. chelating | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering antioxidant | soothing buffering | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative