Epicuren Enzyme Concentrate Vitamin Protein Complex

Epicuren Enzyme Concentrate Vitamin Protein Complex Epicuren Enzyme Concentrate Vitamin Protein Complex ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Collagen Amino Acids, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Extract*, Propanediol, Polysorbate 20, Biotin, Niacin, Riboflavin, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Panthenol, Crocus Chrysanthus Bulb Extract, Acacia Senegal Gum, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Cinnamomum Cassia (Cinnamon) Bark Extract, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (Bearberry) Leaf Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Beta-Carotene, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Collagen Amino Acids skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Extract* soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Biotin Niacin Riboflavin colorant Hydrolyzed Elastin moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Crocus Chrysanthus Bulb Extract Acacia Senegal Gum Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract perfuming Cinnamomum Cassia (Cinnamon) Bark Extract Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (Bearberry) Leaf Extract antioxidant, skin brightening Fragrance (Parfum) icky Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil emollient 0, 1-2 Beta-Carotene Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin 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. Amino acids are important natural moisturizing factors (NMFs), that can be found naturally in the skin where they help the epidermis (upper layer of the skin) to stay nice and hydrated. Amino acids are also the building blocks of proteins, such as collagen, so when you thoroughly chop up a big collagen molecule, you end up with an amino acid mixture, like this guy we are writing about. Btw, if you chop it up less thoroughly, you get hydrolyzed collagen, a kind of peptide mixture with smallish chains of amino acids. Amino acids have low molecular weight (about 150 Da), so they can penetrate the upper layer of the skin where they help moisture retention and enhance the skin's suppleness and flexibility. In hair care, Collagen Amino Acids are able to improve shine, texture, and manageability of the hair. The extract coming from the juice containing leaves of the Aloe vera plant. It's usually a hydroglycolic extract (though oil extract for the lipid parts also exists) that has similar moisturizing, emollient and anti-inflammatory properties as the juice itself. We have written some more about aloe here. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. Also called vitamin H, biotin is the main component of many enzymes in our body. A nice ingredient to take as a supplement for stronger nails and hair. When you do not take it as a supplement its effects are a bit more questionable but according to manufacturer info it can smooth the skin and strengthen the hair. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial