Nø Cosmetics 120h Mattifying Moisturizer

Nø Cosmetics 120h Mattifying Moisturizer Nø Cosmetics 120h Mattifying Moisturizer ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Sorbitan Stearate, Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides, Rhus Verniciflua Peel Wax, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Undecane, Panthenol, Isopropyl Myristate, Amylopectin, Lithothamnion Calcareum Extract, Agastache Mexicana Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Sodium Hyaluronate, Xanthan Gum, Tridecane, Sucrose Cocoate, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Pentylene Glycol, Lactic Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil emollient 0, 0-2 goodie Sorbitan Stearate emulsifying 1, 0 Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides Rhus Verniciflua Peel Wax Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil 0, 1-3 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Undecane Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Isopropyl Myristate emollient, perfuming 3, 3-5 Amylopectin viscosity controlling Lithothamnion Calcareum Extract Agastache Mexicana Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract Microcrystalline Cellulose Sodium Hyaluronate Xanthan Gum Tridecane perfuming Sucrose Cocoate Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Pentylene Glycol Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering 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 Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil). At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it's not an oil but a wax ester (and calling it an oil is kind of sloppy). So what the heck is a wax ester and why is that important anyway? Well, to understand what a wax ester is, you first have to know that oils are chemically triglycerides: one glycerin + three fatty acids attached to it. The fatty acids attached to the glycerin vary and thus we have many kinds of oils, but they are all triglycerides. Mother Nature created triglycerides to be easily hydrolyzed (be broken down to a glycerin + 3 fatty acid molecules) and oxidized (the fatty acid is broken down into small parts) - this happens basically when we eat fats or oils and our body generates energy from it. Mother Nature also created wax esters but for a totally different purpose. Chemically, a wax ester is a fatty acid + a fatty alcohol, one long molecule. Wax esters are on the outer surface of several plant leaves to give them environmental protection. 25-30% of human sebum is also wax esters to give us people environmental protection. So being a wax ester results in a couple of unique properties: First, jojoba oil is extremely stable. Like crazy stable. Even if you heat it to 370 C (698 F) for 96 hours, it does not budge. (Many plant oils tend to go off pretty quickly). If you have some pure jojoba oil at home, you should be fine using it for years. Second, jojoba oil is the most similar to what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering