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Biologique Recherche Serum Erythros
Biologique Recherche Serum Erythros Biologique Recherche Serum Erythros ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Niacinamide, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Empetrum Nigrum Fruit Juice, Pentylene Glycol, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Cupressus Sempe
Biologique Recherche Serum Erythros Biologique Recherche Serum Erythros ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Niacinamide, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Empetrum Nigrum Fruit Juice, Pentylene Glycol, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Cupressus Sempervirens Seed Extract, Polygonatum Multiflorum Rhizome/Root Extract, Plankton Extract, Pueraria Lobata Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Rosmarinyl Glucoside, Caffeyl Glucoside, Gallyl Glucoside, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Propylene Glycol 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Empetrum Nigrum Fruit Juice Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Arnica Montana Flower Extract perfuming icky Cupressus Sempervirens Seed Extract Polygonatum Multiflorum Rhizome/Root Extract Plankton Extract Pueraria Lobata Root Extract moisturizer/humectant Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing goodie Rosmarinyl Glucoside Caffeyl Glucoside Gallyl Glucoside Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/humectant Sodium Benzoate preservative Phenoxyethanol Potassium Sorbate Citric Acid buffering 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 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 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. 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) 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 nice yellow flower living in the mountains. It what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing chelating | moisturizer/humectant