L4 Leave In Molecular Peptides

L4 Leave In Molecular Peptides L4 Leave In Molecular Peptides ingredients explained: Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Glycerol, Isopropyl Palmitate, Behentrimonium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Shea Butter, Dimethiconol, Sunflower Seed Oil, Amodimethicone, Fragrance, Trideceth-12, Stearamidopropyl, Cetrimonium Methosulfate, Citric Acid, Isopropyl Alcohol, Butylhydroxytoluene, Disodium Edetate, Benzyl Salicylate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Coumarin Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Cetrimonium Chloride antimicrobial/​antibacterial, emulsifying, preservative, surfactant/​cleansing Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Glycerol skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Isopropyl Palmitate emollient 1, 3-4 Behentrimonium Chloride preservative Phenoxyethanol Shea Butter goodie Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Sunflower Seed Oil Amodimethicone Fragrance perfuming icky Trideceth-12 Stearamidopropyl Cetrimonium Methosulfate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Citric Acid buffering Isopropyl Alcohol solvent, viscosity controlling, perfuming Butylhydroxytoluene antioxidant, preservative Disodium Edetate chelating Benzyl Salicylate Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone Coumarin 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. An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. A so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier). Can be derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. 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 A clear, colorless emollient ester (oily liquid from isopropyl alcohol + palmitic acid) that makes the skin nice and smooth. It has very good spreading properties and gives a silky touch to the products. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. antimicrobial/antibacterial | emulsifying | preservative | surfactant/cleansing emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | viscosity controlling | perfuming antioxidant | preservative