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Biologique Recherche Sérum Matriciel Visage Biologique Recherche Sérum Matriciel Visage ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Mannitol, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Hydrolyzed Manihot Escul

Biologique Recherche Sérum Matriciel Visage Biologique Recherche Sérum Matriciel Visage ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Mannitol, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Hydrolyzed Manihot Esculenta Tuber Extract, Sorbitan Laurate, Phenoxyethanol, Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Extract, Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract, Alteromonas Ferment Extract, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Rhizobian Gum, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester, Polygonum Aviculare Extract, Chlorphenesin, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hydroxide, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2 Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Polyacrylate viscosity controlling Mannitol moisturizer/​humectant goodie Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Manihot Esculenta Tuber Extract Sorbitan Laurate emulsifying 1-2, 1-2 Phenoxyethanol preservative Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Extract Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract Alteromonas Ferment Extract soothing Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract Rhizobian Gum Sodium Hyaluronate Hydroxyethylcellulose Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester cell-communicating ingredient, soothing Polygonum Aviculare Extract antioxidant, emollient Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Sodium Benzoate Ethylhexylglycerin Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Potassium Sorbate Sodium Hydroxide buffering Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11 Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2 cell-communicating ingredient 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 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 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. 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 superabsorbent polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that has crazy water binding abilities. Sometimes its referred to as "waterlock" and can absorb 100 to 1000 times its mass in water. As for its use in cosmetic products, it is a handy multi-tasker that thickens up water-based formulas and also has some emulsifying and emulsion stabilizing properties. A type of sugar molecule, that has water-binding properties and helps to keep your skin hydrated. A biotechnologically derived ingredient that is produced by the fermentation of a marine bacteria living in the cold Antarctic Ocean. According to the manufacturer's info, it seems to have two different sets of magic properties: The first set includes skin-protecting and anti-aging abilities: it can help to protect the skin from dryness and redness due to cold weather and what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing antioxidant | emollient preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative moisturizer/humectant | emollient