Biologique Recherche Réparation U.v.

Biologique Recherche Réparation U.v. Biologique Recherche Réparation U.v. ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Squalane, C10-18 Triglycerides, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, C14-22 Alcohols, Pentylene Glycol, Xylitylglucoside, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Pueraria Lobata Root Extract, Mirabilis Jalapa Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Sophora Japonica Flower Extract, Anhydroxylitol, Biosaccharide Gum-2, Yeast Extract, Xylitol, Carnosine, Phytic Acid, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Cellulose Gum, Sorbitan Isostearate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 60, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie C10-18 Triglycerides emollient, solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant C14-22 Alcohols Pentylene Glycol Xylitylglucoside moisturizer/​humectant Microcrystalline Cellulose viscosity controlling Pueraria Lobata Root Extract Mirabilis Jalapa Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Sophora Japonica Flower Extract Anhydroxylitol Biosaccharide Gum-2 Yeast Extract Xylitol Carnosine antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Phytic Acid chelating C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Cellulose Gum 0, 0 Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 1,2-Hexanediol Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Isohexadecane Polysorbate 60 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate 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 seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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. 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 100% vegetable origin emulsifier that usually comes to the formula with its buddy called C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside. The duo is trade-named Montanov L and works as an effective oil in water emulsifier. It creates ultra-soft, light texture, has excellent dermo-compatibility and what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | emollient irritancy, com. emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant | solvent solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient