Jung Beauty Firming Microdart Eye Patch With Bakuchiol, Niacinamide And Peptides

Jung Beauty Firming Microdart Eye Patch With Bakuchiol, Niacinamide And Peptides Jung Beauty Firming Microdart Eye Patch With Bakuchiol, Niacinamide And Peptides ingredients explained: Sodium Hyaluronate, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Niacinamide, Water, Kojic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Allantoin, Butylene Glycol, Bakuchiol, Acetyl Octapeptide-3, Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide Show all ingredients by function Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 goodie Ascorbyl Glucoside antioxidant, skin brightening Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Water solvent Kojic Acid Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Allantoin soothing Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Bakuchiol cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Acetyl Octapeptide-3 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide 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". Expand to read more In spite of this, if you search for "hyaluronic acid vs sodium hyaluronate" you will find on multiple places that sodium hyaluronate is smaller and can penetrate the skin better. Chemically, this is definitely not true, as the two forms are almost the same, both are polymers and the subunits can be repeated in both forms as much as you like. (We also checked Prospector for sodium hyaluronate versions actually used in cosmetic products and found that the most common molecular weight was 1.5-1.8 million Da that absolutely counts as high molecular weight). What seems to be a true difference, though, is that the salt form is more stable, easier to formulate and cheaper so it pops up more often on the ingredient lists. If you wanna become a real HA-and-the-skin expert you can read way more about the topic at hyaluronic acid (including penetration-questions, differences between high and low molecular weight versions and a bunch of references to scientific literature). A form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. If you do not know why vitamin C is such a big deal in skincare, we have a really detailed, geeky description that's good to read. :) So now you know that because pure vitamin C is such a diva (very unstable and hard to formulate) the cosmetic industry is trying to come up with some derivatives that have the badass anti-aging properties of vitamin C (antioxidant protection + collagen boosting + fading hyperpigmentation) but without the disadvantages. This is a hard task, and there is not yet a derivative that is really proven to be better in every aspect, but Ascorbyl Glucoside is one of the best options when it comes to vitamin C derivatives. Let's see why: First, it's really stable and easy to formulate, so the problems that come with pure vitamin C are solved here. Second, in vitro (meaning made in the lab, not on real humans) studies show that ascorbyl glucoside can penetrate the skin. This is kind of important for an anti-aging ingredient to do the job, so this is good news, though in-vivo (made on real humans) studies are still needed. Third, in-vitro studies show that after ascorbyl glucoside is absorbed into the skin it is converted to pure vitamin C (though the rate of conversion is still what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. antioxidant | skin brightening cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering moisturizer/humectant | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant