BIOSSANCE Squalane + Ectoin Overnight Rescue

BIOSSANCE Squalane + Ectoin Overnight Rescue BIOSSANCE Squalane + Ectoin Overnight Rescue ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Squalane, Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, C12-16 Alcohols, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Ectoin, Jojoba Esters, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Magnesium Chloride, Palmitic Acid, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Lecithin, Sorbitan Isostearate, Tocopherol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Gluconate Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Shorea Stenoptera Seed Butter emollient Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride C12-16 Alcohols emollient, viscosity controlling Sodium Acrylates Copolymer viscosity controlling Ectoin antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Jojoba Esters soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Magnesium Chloride Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Lecithin Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Phenoxyethanol Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant 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 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 >> We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. A big molecule from repeated subunits that is used to form gel-like textures and create a film on the skin. Ectoin is a surprisingly well-researched, multi-functional active that can do from pollution & light protection to skin hydration, soothing, and barrier repair, several things to your skin. It is an extremolyte, a small stress-protection molecule that protects microorganisms living under extreme conditions such as salt lakes, hot springs, arctic ice, th what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | emollient chelating | moisturizer/humectant