Elemis Peptide4 Overnight Radiance Peel

Elemis Peptide4 Overnight Radiance Peel Elemis Peptide4 Overnight Radiance Peel ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Lactic Acid, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract, Sodium Hydroxide, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Glycerin, Squalane, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Fragrance (Parfum), Perilla Ocymoides Seed Oil, Echium Plantagineum Seed Oil, Disodium EDTA, Matthiola Longipetala (Night Scented Stock) Seed Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Magnesium Hydroxide, Benzyl Benzoate, Yeast Extract, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Linalool, Limonene, T-Butyl Alcohol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Potassium Sorbate, Soy Amino Acids, Xanthan Gum, Cananga Odorata Flower Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Myristica Fragrans (Nutmeg) Kernel Oil, Sodium Benzoate, Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein, Eugenol, Coumarin, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Leaf/Twig Oil, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Peel Oil, Coriandrum Sativum (Co Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract Sodium Hydroxide buffering Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Perilla Ocymoides Seed Oil Echium Plantagineum Seed Oil Disodium EDTA chelating Matthiola Longipetala (Night Scented Stock) Seed Oil emollient Ethylhexylglycerin Magnesium Hydroxide Benzyl Benzoate solvent, perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Yeast Extract moisturizer/​humectant Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate Linalool Limonene perfuming, solvent T-Butyl Alcohol Hexyl Cinnamal Potassium Sorbate Soy Amino Acids Xanthan Gum Cananga Odorata Flower Oil Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil Myristica Fragrans (Nutmeg) Kernel Oil Sodium Benzoate Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein Eugenol Coumarin Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Leaf/Twig Oil Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Peel Oil Coriandrum Sativum (Coriander) Fruit Oil Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 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’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It also has amazing skin hydrating properties In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) We don't have description for this ingredient yet. The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless. It's a helper ingredient that helps to thicken up formulas and form a nice gel texture. It leaves a rich, elegant feel with a velvety finish on the skin and works over a wide pH range. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10). It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol. This long-named, polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits) is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. It also acts as a thickening and what‑it‑does exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient solvent | perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing perfuming | solvent