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Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta
Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Methylpropanediol, Butylene Glycol, Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cryptomeria Japonica B
Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Methylpropanediol, Butylene Glycol, Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cryptomeria Japonica Bud Extract, Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Hexapeptide-11, Oligopeptide-1, Oligopeptide-2, Oligopeptide-3, Acetyl Glutamine, Folic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Citric Acid, Lecithin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Triethanolamine, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Benzoate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Methylpropanediol Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing goodie Cryptomeria Japonica Bud Extract Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract Hexapeptide-11 Oligopeptide-1 Oligopeptide-2 Oligopeptide-3 Acetyl Glutamine Folic Acid Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 Citric Acid buffering Lecithin emollient, emulsifying 1,2-Hexanediol Triethanolamine 0, 2 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Sodium Benzoate 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. 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. It's a type of glycol that - according to the manufacturer - is an extremely good replacement for other glycols like propylene or butylene glycol. Its main job is to be a solvent, but it has also very good antimicrobial properties and acts as a true preservative booster. Also helps with skin hydration without stickiness or tacky feel. 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients The active parts are called polyphenols, or more precisely catechins (EGCG being the most abundant and most active catechin) There can be huge quality differences between green tea extracts. The good ones contain 50-90% catechins (and often make the product brown and give it a distinctive smell) Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial Because of these awesome properties green tea is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin diseases including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here. The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being pl what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. antioxidant | soothing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | emollient