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Biologique Recherche Sérum De Teint

Biologique Recherche Sérum De Teint Biologique Recherche Sérum De Teint ingredients explained: Water, Pentylene Glycol, Triheptanoin, Titanium Dioxide, Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Glycerin, Silica, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Cap

Biologique Recherche Sérum De Teint Biologique Recherche Sérum De Teint ingredients explained: Water, Pentylene Glycol, Triheptanoin, Titanium Dioxide, Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Glycerin, Silica, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydrogenated Polycyclopentadiene, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Lecithin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Biosaccharide Gum-4, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Alteromonas Ferment Filtrate, Vibrio Alginolyticus Ferment Filtrate, Caprylyl Glycol, Diaminopropionoyl Tripeptide-33, Ci 77492 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides), Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Triheptanoin emollient Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant goodie Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract sunscreen Coco-Caprylate/Caprate Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Silica viscosity controlling Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Hydrogenated Polycyclopentadiene Opuntia Ficus-Indica Seed Oil Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Sodium Acrylates Copolymer Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Biosaccharide Gum-4 Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Xanthan Gum Alteromonas Ferment Filtrate moisturizer/​humectant Vibrio Alginolyticus Ferment Filtrate abrasive/​scrub Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Diaminopropionoyl Tripeptide-33 Ci 77492 (Iron Oxides) colorant Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides) Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides) Phenoxyethanol 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 multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. A light, oily liquid (triglyceride of seven carbon length fatty acid, heptanoic acid) that works as a very high spreadability and low viscosity emollient making the skin nice and smooth. Titanium Dioxide is one of the two members of the elite sunscreen group called physical sunscreens (or inorganic sunscreens if you’re a science geek and want to be precise). Traditionally, UV-filters are categorized as either chemical or physical. The big difference is supposed to be that chemical agents absorb UV-light while physical agents reflect it like a bunch of mini umbrellas on top of the skin. While this categorization is easy and logical it turns out it's not true. A recent, 2016 study shows that inorganic sunscreens work mostly by absorption, just like chemical filters, and only a little bit by reflection (they do reflect the light in the visible spectrum, but mostly absorb in the UV spectrum). Anyway, it doesn't matter if it reflects or absorbs, Titanium Dioxide is a pretty awesome sunscreen agent for two main reasons: it gives a nice broad spectrum coverage and it's highly stable. Its protection is very good between 290 - 350 nm (UVB and UVA II range), and less good at 350-400 nm (UVA I) range. Regular sized Titanium Dioxide also has a great safety profile, it's non-irritating and is pretty much free from any health concerns (like estrogenic effect worries with some chemical filters). The disadvantage of Titanium Dioxide is that it's not cosmetically elegant, meaning it's a white, "unspreadable" mess. Sunscreens containing Titanium Dioxide are often hard to spread on the skin and they leave a disturbing whitish tint. The cosmetic industry is, of course, really trying to solve this problem and the best solution so far is using nanoparticles. The itsy-bitsy Nano-sized particles improve both spreadability and reduce the whitish tint a lot, but unfortunately, it also introduces new health concerns. The main concern with nanoparticles is that t what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant sunscreen | colorant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | emulsifying chelating | buffering moisturizer/humectant abrasive/scrub moisturizer/humectant | emollient