Conscious Chemist Anti-aging Serum | 1% Encapsulated Retinol, Peptides & Probiotics

Conscious Chemist Anti-aging Serum | 1% Encapsulated Retinol, Peptides & Probiotics Conscious Chemist Anti-aging Serum | 1% Encapsulated Retinol, Peptides & Probiotics ingredients explained: Aqua, Centella Asiatica, Water, Glycerin, Isoamyl Laurate, Olive Squalane, Olive Oil Polyglyceryl-6 Esters, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerol, Butanediol, Carbomer, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Encapsulated Retinol, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide -7, L-Arginine, Valine, Phenylalanine, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Vitamin B5, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Copper Peptides, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Polysorbate 20, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Levulinate, Phytic Acid, Sodium Gluconate Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Centella Asiatica soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Water Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Isoamyl Laurate emollient Olive Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Olive Oil Polyglyceryl-6 Esters emollient, emulsifying Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate emulsifying Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Glycerol Butanediol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Carbomer viscosity controlling Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Encapsulated Retinol Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide -7 L-Arginine skin-identical ingredient Valine Phenylalanine D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Vitamin B5 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Keratin moisturizer/​humectant Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Bifida Ferment Lysate Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil antioxidant, emollient Copper Peptides cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Sodium Hyaluronate Allantoin soothing Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Benzoate preservative Sodium Levulinate Phytic Acid chelating 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. Centella Asiatica - or sometimes also called Gotu Kola or Cica - has been used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It’s traditionally used to improve small wounds, burns and scratches and it’s also a well known anti-inflammatory agent for eczema. Recently science has taken an interest in Gotu Kola as well and it turns out it really has many active compounds with several benefits. Just for hard-core geeks, the main biologically active compounds are pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins called asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic and madecassic acid (also called centellosides). One of the biological activities of the centellosides is to be able to stimulate GAGs (glycosaminoglycans - polysaccharides that are part of the liquidy stuff between our skin cells), and especially hyaluronic acid synthesis in our skin. This is probably one of the reasons why Centella Asiatica Extract has nice skin moisturizing properties that was confirmed by a 25 people, four weeks study along with Centella's anti-inflammatory effects. Madecassoside can also help in burn wound healing through increasing antioxidant activity and enhancing collagen synthesis. Asiaticoside was shown to increase antioxidant levels on rats skin when applied at 0.2%. Centella Asiatica also often shows up in products that try to treat cellulite or striae. Of course, it cannot make a miracle but it might have some effect via regulating microcirculation and normalizing the metabolism in the cells of connective tissues. Bottom line: Gotu Kola is a great plant ingredient with proven wound healing, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Nice to spot on any ingredient list. 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 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, s what‑it‑does soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing chelating | moisturizer/humectant