BIOSSANCE Squalane + BHA Pore-minimizing Toner

BIOSSANCE Squalane + BHA Pore-minimizing Toner BIOSSANCE Squalane + BHA Pore-minimizing Toner ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract, Glycerin, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Water, Squalane, Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer, Betaine Salicylate, Microcitrus Australasica Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Water, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Water, Sodium Hyaluronate, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Oil, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract, Ocimum Basilicum (Basil) Flower/Leaf Extract, Amber Powder, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Citronellol Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract soothing goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Water Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Betaine Salicylate exfoliant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Microcitrus Australasica Fruit Extract exfoliant Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Water Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Water Sodium Hyaluronate Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract Melissa Officinalis Leaf Oil antioxidant, perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial icky Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract antioxidant, soothing, skin brightening, perfuming Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract Ocimum Basilicum (Basil) Flower/Leaf Extract Amber Powder Corallina Officinalis Extract Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Citric Acid buffering Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate Pelargonium Graveolens Oil perfuming Citronellol 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. The extract coming from the bark of the White Willow, a big (25 m/80 ft.) tree that likes to live on riverbanks. It's famous for containing anti-inflammatory natural salicylates (this powder, for example, is standardized to contain 53-65%), a close chemical relative to famous exfoliant salicylic acid. Thanks to its salicin content, willow bark is often touted as a natural alternative to salicylic acid, though it's quite questionable how effective it is as a chemical exfoliant in the tiny amounts used in cosmetics. Apart from soothing salicin, it also contains flavonoids and phenolic acids that give willow bark tonic, astringent, and antiseptic properties. 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 >> The combination of famous exfoliant, salicylic acid and gentle moisturizer, betaine. It counts as a mild exfolia what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing exfoliant | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | soothing | skin brightening | perfuming chelating | moisturizer/humectant