Biologique Recherche Serum 3R

Biologique Recherche Serum 3R Biologique Recherche Serum 3R ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium Lactate, Gluconolactone, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Opuntia Ficus-Indica Flower Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-2, Pichia Anomala Extract, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Juglans Regia (Walnut) Seed Extract, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Vaccinium Oxycoccos Fruit Extract, Terminalia Catappa Leaf Extract, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract, Diaminopropionoyl Tripeptide-33, Lactobionic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Salicylate, Sodium Gluconate, PVP, Tannic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Metabisulfite, Caprylyl Glycol, Potassium Sorbate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating superstar Salix Alba Bark Extract soothing Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Hydrolyzed Opuntia Ficus-Indica Flower Extract abrasive/​scrub Biosaccharide Gum-2 Pichia Anomala Extract Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide Juglans Regia (Walnut) Seed Extract Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract Vaccinium Oxycoccos Fruit Extract Terminalia Catappa Leaf Extract Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract Diaminopropionoyl Tripeptide-33 Lactobionic Acid exfoliant, buffering Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Salicylate Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant PVP viscosity controlling Tannic Acid Ethylhexylglycerin Sodium Metabisulfite antioxidant, preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient 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. The sodium salt of lactic acid. It's a great skin moisturizer and also used to regulate the pH value of the cosmetic formula. It's a natural ingredient approved by both ECOCERT and COSMOS. It’s a polyhydroxy acid (PHA), that is often referred to as next generation AHA It gently lifts off dead skin cells form the skin surface making skin smooth and even In the long term it provides anti-aging benefits, like increased skin thickness and decreased wrinkles (though a tad less than even more proven superstar AHAs) It’s a great moisturizer and even helps to repair impaired skin barrier It’s antioxidant, and does not make your skin more sensitive to the sun It can be used even if your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone or if you are post cosmetic procedure The extract coming from the bark of the White Willow, a big (25 m/80 ft.) tree that likes to live on riverbanks. It's famous for containing anti-inflammatory natural salicylates (this powder, for example, is standardized to contain 53-65%), a close chemical relative to famous exfoliant salicylic acid. Thanks to its salicin content, willow bark is often touted as a natural alternative to salicylic acid, though it's quite questionable how effective it is as a chemical exfoliant in the tiny amounts used in cosmetics. Apart from soothing salicin, it also contains flavonoids and phenolic acids that give willow bark tonic, astringent, and antiseptic properties. 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. An interesting polysaccharide (a big sugar molecule) obtained by bac what‑it‑does buffering | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | chelating skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent abrasive/scrub exfoliant | buffering chelating | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative moisturizer/humectant | emollient