Nø Cosmetics All-in Barrier Cream

Nø Cosmetics All-in Barrier Cream Nø Cosmetics All-in Barrier Cream ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Panthenol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Dicaprylyl Ether, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, C13-15 Alkane, Propanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Cetearyl Olivate, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Diglycerin, Ectoin, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide NS, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AS, Ceramide AP, Cholesterol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Sucrose Distearate, Heterotheca Inuloides Flower Extract, Dipropylene Glycol, Sorbitan Olivate, Sea Water, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris (Chlorella) Extract, Saccharide Isomerate, Xanthan Gum, Hydroxyacetophenone, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient goodie Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 0, 0-2 Dicaprylyl Ether emollient, solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil 0, 1-2 C13-15 Alkane solvent, emollient Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Pentylene Glycol Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil antioxidant, emollient Diglycerin Ectoin antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Ceramide EOP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide NS Ceramide NP Ceramide AS Ceramide AP Cholesterol skin-identical ingredient, emollient Hydrogenated Lecithin Sucrose Distearate emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 2, 0 Heterotheca Inuloides Flower Extract Dipropylene Glycol Sorbitan Olivate Sea Water moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Laminaria Digitata Extract Chlorella Vulgaris (Chlorella) Extract Saccharide Isomerate moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Citric Acid 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. Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat. An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier. Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, preservatives or chemical sunscreens) in the product. Research also shows that it might be useful for wound healing as it promotes fibroblast (nice type of cells in our skin that produce skin-firming collagen) proliferation. If that wasn’t enough panthenol is also useful in nail and hair care products. A study shows that a nail treatment liquide with 2% panthenol could effectively get into the nail and significantly increase the hydration of it. As for the hair the hydration effect is also true there. Panthenol might make your hair softer, more elastic and helps to comb your hair more easily. 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 gr what‑it‑does soothing | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying solvent | emollient solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering