BIOSSANCE Squalane + 5% Niacinamide Brightening Eye Serum

BIOSSANCE Squalane + 5% Niacinamide Brightening Eye Serum BIOSSANCE Squalane + 5% Niacinamide Brightening Eye Serum ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Niacinamide, Squalane, Glycerin, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Caffeine, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Lecithin, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyglyceryl-3 Laurate, Pullulan, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil, Sodium Gluconate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Tin Oxide, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Cetyl Ethylhexanoate emollient Sodium Acrylates Copolymer viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Synthetic Fluorphlogopite Polyglyceryl-3 Laurate emulsifying Pullulan Ethylhexylglycerin Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil antioxidant, emollient Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Tin Oxide colorant, abrasive/​scrub, viscosity controlling Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) colorant 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 It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> 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 An odorless and colorless emollient ester (cetyl alcohol + ethylhexanoic acid) that gives a velvety and silky feel to the skin. It has great spreadability and a non-oily feel. It's a popular ingredient in makeup removers. A big molecule from repeated subunits that is used to form gel-like textures and create a film on the skin. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | perfuming antioxidant | skin brightening emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | emollient chelating | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient colorant | abrasive/scrub | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant