Ever Bilena AHA + Peptide Resurfacing Micro-peeling Serum

Ever Bilena AHA + Peptide Resurfacing Micro-peeling Serum Ever Bilena AHA + Peptide Resurfacing Micro-peeling Serum ingredients explained: Water, Lactic Acid, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Lactate, Glycolic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Gluconolactone, Disodium EDTA, 1,2-Hexanediol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Acetyl Octapeptide-3, Copper Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Tripeptide-1, Tripeptide-2, Tripeptide-3 Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Disodium EDTA chelating 1,2-Hexanediol Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Acetyl Octapeptide-3 Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Tripeptide-1 Tripeptide-2 Tripeptide-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) 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 Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. The sodium salt of lactic acid. It's a great skin moisturizer and also used to regulate the pH value of the cosmetic formula. It's a natural ingredient approved by both ECOCERT and COSMOS. It’s the most researched AHA with the most proven skin benefits It can help skin’s own collagen production that results in firmer, younger skin It can fade brown spots caused by sun damage or PIH Slight stinging or burning with a stronger AHA product is normal If your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone choose rather a BHA or PHA product It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good what‑it‑does exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent buffering | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | buffering exfoliant | chelating cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant