BIOSSANCE Squalane + Omega Repair Cream

BIOSSANCE Squalane + Omega Repair Cream BIOSSANCE Squalane + Omega Repair Cream ingredients explained: Water, Squalane, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isoamyl Laurate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Sorbitan Olivate, Cetearyl Olivate, Ceramide Np, Jojoba Esters, Sodium Hyaluronate, Euterpe Oleracea Sterols, Linoleic Acid, Oleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Ethyl Linoleate, Tocopherol, Isoamyl Cocoate, Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Carbomer, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Gluconate Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Isoamyl Laurate Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Sorbitan Olivate emulsifying Cetearyl Olivate Ceramide Np skin-identical ingredient Jojoba Esters soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Euterpe Oleracea Sterols Linoleic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Oleic Acid emollient, emulsifying Linolenic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing, perfuming Ethyl Linoleate emollient, perfuming Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Isoamyl Cocoate Cetyl Palmitate Sorbitan Palmitate Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Carbomer viscosity controlling Sodium Hydroxide buffering 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. 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 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 naturally derived (Ecocert approved) colorless to yellowish oily liquid that's touted as a natural silicone alternative. It's claimed to have great sensorial properties: light but caring, velvety, silky and non-sticky. It's also great at dissolving UV-filters in sunscreens or dispersing pigments in makeup products. You can also bump into Isoamyl Laurate in hair care products as a hair conditioner that makes combing easier without build up. Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | emollient irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing | perfuming emollient | perfuming emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing chelating | moisturizer/humectant