BIOSSANCE Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Cleanser

BIOSSANCE Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Cleanser BIOSSANCE Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Cleanser ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Disodium Coco-Glucoside Citrate, Squalane, Cocoyl Proline, Moringa Oleifera Leaf Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Salvia Sclarea (Clary) Oil, Hydrolyzed Pea Protein, Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Extract, Sodium Levulinate, Caramel, Magnesium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Gluconate, Citric Acid, Citral, Citronellol, Linalool Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate surfactant/​cleansing Disodium Coco-Glucoside Citrate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Cocoyl Proline Moringa Oleifera Leaf Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial icky Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil Pelargonium Graveolens Oil perfuming Salvia Sclarea (Clary) Oil Hydrolyzed Pea Protein emollient Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Extract Sodium Levulinate Caramel colorant Magnesium Chloride viscosity controlling Potassium Sorbate preservative Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Citric Acid buffering Citral Citronellol Linalool 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. Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. A thickening and foam-boasting co-surfactant with amphoteric structure meaning that its head contains both a positively and a negatively charged part (surfactants are most commonly anionic meaning their head has a negative charge). It's very mild and gentle, comes from coconut oil and is readily biodegradable. 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 A cleansing agent that's claimed to be so gentle on the skin that it hardly impacts the skin barrier. It also gives a rich, creamy foam, it's based on vegetable fatty acids and is readily biodegradable. It's an especially important and popular ingredient in "syndet bars" (or soapless soaps). Dr. Leslie Baumann says in her great Cosmetic Dermatology book that thanks to the unique molecular characteristic of Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, it "has defined a new dimension in the mildness of cleansing bars". A cleansing agent that's a combination of citric acid and coco-glucoside. It's almost natural ("nearly natural substance" according to Ecocert standards), readily biodegradable, and very mild and non-irritating to the skin. 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 wi what‑it‑does soothing | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. surfactant/cleansing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial chelating | moisturizer/humectant