Neemli Naturals Glycolic Acid & Apple Cider Vinegar Exfoliating Toner

Neemli Naturals Glycolic Acid & Apple Cider Vinegar Exfoliating Toner Neemli Naturals Glycolic Acid & Apple Cider Vinegar Exfoliating Toner ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycolic Acid, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice, Apple Cider Vinegar, Aquaxyl, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Peppermint Oil, Hyaluronic Acid, Niacinamide, Sodium Levulinate, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice, Turmeric Oil, Echinacea Extract, Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate, Niacinamide Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Cocamidopropyl Betaine surfactant/​cleansing Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Apple Cider Vinegar Xylitylglucoside Anhydroxylitol Xylitol Peppermint Oil perfuming icky Hyaluronic Acid Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Levulinate Potassium Sorbate preservative Phenoxyethanol Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice Turmeric Oil Echinacea Extract Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate skin brightening, anti-acne, soothing 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. It’s the most researched AHA with the most proven skin benefits It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It can help skin’s own collagen production that results in firmer, younger skin It can fade brown spots caused by sun damage or PIH Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) Slight stinging or burning with a stronger AHA product is normal If your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone choose rather a BHA or PHA product Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths. Number one reason for its popularity has to do with bubbles. Everyone loves bubbles. And cocamidopropyl betaine is great at stabilizing them. The other reason is that it’s mild and works very well combined with other cleansing agents and surfactants. The art of cleansing is usually to balance between properly cleansing but not over-cleansing and cocamidopropyl betaine is helpful in pulling off this balance right. Oh, and one more nice thing: even though it’s synthetic it’s highly biodegradable. More info on CAPB on Collins Beaty Pages. 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 It's a sweet tasting sugar substitute that helps your skin to hold onto water when used in cosmetic products. It also helps to thicken up products and give them a bit more slip. Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate what‑it‑does exfoliant | buffering surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant skin brightening | anti-acne | soothing