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Dr. Wonjin W. Repair Rx Up-Tension Peptide Care

Dr. Wonjin W. Repair Rx Up-Tension Peptide Care Dr. Wonjin W. Repair Rx Up-Tension Peptide Care ingredients explained: Water, Myristic Acid, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycol Distearate, Sorbitol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium H

Dr. Wonjin W. Repair Rx Up-Tension Peptide Care Dr. Wonjin W. Repair Rx Up-Tension Peptide Care ingredients explained: Water, Myristic Acid, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycol Distearate, Sorbitol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract, Royal Jelly Extract, Anemarrhena Asphodeloides Root Extract, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Disodium EDTA, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glyoxal, Fragrance Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Myristic Acid surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying, perfuming 0, 3 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Potassium Hydroxide buffering Glycol Distearate emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate goodie Hyaluronic Acid Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid Hydrolyzed Keratin Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrogenated Polyisobutene 2, 1 Xylitylglucoside Anhydroxylitol Xylitol Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract antimicrobial/​antibacterial, surfactant/​cleansing Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract Royal Jelly Extract Anemarrhena Asphodeloides Root Extract Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 1,2-Hexanediol Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Disodium EDTA chelating Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Glyoxal antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Fragrance perfuming icky 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 14 carbon length fatty acid that can be naturally found in nutmeg, palm kernel oil, coconut oil and butter fat. It's used as a foam building cleansing agent. Paula Begoun writes that it can be a bit drying to the skin. 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 common multi-tasker fatty acid. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), gives body to cream type products and helps to stabilize water and oil mixes (aka emulsions). It's a very alkaline stuff that helps to set the pH of the cosmetic formula to be just right. It's similar to the more often used sodium hydroxide and pretty much the same of what we wrote there applies here too. A so-called diester created from two stearic acid molecules and an ethylene glycol molecule. Its main thing is being an opacifier and pearling agent in cleansing products making them white and glossy. It can also give body to creams and emulsions. It's a sweet tasting sugar substitute that helps your skin to hold onto water when used in cosmetic products. It also helps to thicken up products and give them a bit more slip. It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here. The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being plump and elastic. HA is famous for its crazy water holding capacity as it can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water. As far as skincare goes, sodium hyaluronate and hyaluronic acid are pretty much the same and the two names are used interchangeably. As cosmetic chemist kindofstephen writes on reddit "sodium hyaluronate disassociates into hyaluronic acid molecule and a sodium atom in solution". In spite of this, if you search for "hyaluronic acid vs sodium hyalur what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying | perfuming irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing antimicrobial/antibacterial | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming