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Helia-D Cell Concept Peptide Filler

Helia-D Cell Concept Peptide Filler Helia-D Cell Concept Peptide Filler ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, Tetrapeptide-30, Phenoxyethanol, Xanthan Gum, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Citric Acid,

Helia-D Cell Concept Peptide Filler Helia-D Cell Concept Peptide Filler ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, Tetrapeptide-30, Phenoxyethanol, Xanthan Gum, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Tetrapeptide-30 skin brightening Phenoxyethanol preservative Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Hydroxyethylcellulose Citric Acid buffering Ethylhexylglycerin Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient 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 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. If you see a cosmetic product that claims that it has "Botox-like effect" then two things are almost certain: one, the product overpromises and two, it contains Argireline. So this one is the famous peptide that's marketed by its manufacturer as the "Botox in a jar". The basis for this claim is that it targets the same wrinkle forming mechanism (wrinkles caused by facial muscle movement) as Botox, but the way it works is very different. In addition, the extent to which it can prevent muscles from contracting (and to smooth wrinkles) is very different (otherwise why would anyone use still Botox?). The manufacturer did several studies to prove that Argireline really works and it does (just not as well as Botox). In-vivo (made on real people) tests showed that using 10% Argireline solution around the eyes for 15 days decreased wrinkles depth by 17%, while a 5% Argireline formula applied for 28 days did almost the same with a decrease in wrinkle depth by 16.26%. A Spanish University also did some research and found that Argireline increased the level of skin moisturization and decreased both the depth and width of wrinkles "significantly". This means, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 does have some ability what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant moisturizer/humectant | emollient