Clear Skin Collective Peptide Restore Calming Cream

Clear Skin Collective Peptide Restore Calming Cream Clear Skin Collective Peptide Restore Calming Cream ingredients explained: Water, Magnesium Aspartate, Zinc Gluconate, Copper Gluconate, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Glycerin, Tetrapeptide-17, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Xylitol, Copper Tripeptide-1, Inositol, Panthenol, Dimethicone, Allantoin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Pentylene Glycol, 1, 3-Propanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Magnesium Aspartate Zinc Gluconate anti-acne, soothing goodie Copper Gluconate soothing Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Tetrapeptide-17 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Sodium Hyaluronate Xylitol moisturizer/​humectant Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Inositol Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Dimethicone Allantoin Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant 1, 3-Propanediol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. If you are fighting acne and have looked into oral supplements, chances are that zinc gluconate sounds familiar to you. It is a zinc salt that has research proving it to be effective against inflammatory acne, though not quite as effective as the antibiotic minocycline (31.2% vs. 63.4% success rate). However, zinc supplements are easily available, have little-to-no side effects, so supplementing them with a 30mg per day dose can still be a good idea. As for smearing zinc gluconate all over your face, it is also not a bad idea. Zinc has multiple magic abilities: it is antibacterial (including evil, acne-causing P. acnes) and sebum-regulating (5α-reductase inhibitor), great for acne-prone skin types. It also stimulates antioxidant enzyme systems (mainly superoxide dismutase) and has nice wound healing abilities acting mainly in the first, proliferation phase. So great for skin types in need of healing and soothing. What about the gluconate part? It is there to promote the absorption and bioavailability of zinc and also plays a role in cellular regeneration (involved in the synthesis of ribose sugars, structural components of DNA and RNA). A copper salt (copper cation + gluconate anion) probably best known for promoting cellular regeneration and wound healing. It works mainly in the final healing phase that complements nicely with the wound healing abilities of its mineral salt sister, zinc gluconate. Other than that, copper is also involved in several enzyme systems: it is a cofactor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase and also a cofactor for the melanin stimulating enzyme, tyrosinase. This means that copper has some tan activating properties, though we think you should not be into tanning at all, as UV is so bad for the skin. The gluconate part is there to promote the bioavailability of copper and it also plays a role in cellular regeneration (involved in the synthesis of ribose sugars, structural components of DNA and RNA). The oil coming from the seeds of the yellow flowered safflower plant. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids: it's a high linoleic acid oil (70%) and has only smaller amounts of oleic acid (11%) (this might be great for acne-prone skin). It also contains antioxidant vita what‑it‑does anti-acne | soothing antioxidant | emollient irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant soothing | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient