Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta

Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta Biologique Recherche Serum Iso-Placenta ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Methylpropanediol, Alcohol Denat, Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Onopordum Acanthium Flower/Leaf/Stem 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, Butylene Glycol, Triethanolamine, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Benzoate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Methylpropanediol Alcohol Denat antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing goodie Onopordum Acanthium Flower/Leaf/Stem 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 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 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. It's a super common and super debated skincare ingredient It has several benefits: great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial It can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion (read more in geeky details tab) 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 plump and elastic. HA is famous for its crazy water holding capacity as it can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water. As far as skincare goes, sodium hyaluronate and hyaluronic acid are pretty what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling antioxidant | soothing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant | emollient