PLUM Cerasense™ Milky Toner With Ceramides & Peptides

PLUM Cerasense™ Milky Toner With Ceramides & Peptides PLUM Cerasense™ Milky Toner With Ceramides & Peptides ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Squalane, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Betaine, Xylitol, Propylene Glycol, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, 1,2-Hexanediol, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, Sorbitol, Copper Tripeptide-1, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Behenic Acid, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Pca, Acai Extract (Euterpe Cuatrecasana), Serine, Alanine, Glycine, Glutamic Acid, Lysine Hcl, Threonine, Arginine, Proline, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cyclodextrin, Saccharide Isomerate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Butylene Glycol, Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Folic Acid, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Sodium Gluconate, Panthenol, Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Triethyl Citrate, Sodium Levulinate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate emulsifying Betaine moisturizer/​humectant Xylitol Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling 1,2-Hexanediol Pvm/Ma Copolymer viscosity controlling Sorbitol Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide AP Ceramide EOP Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cholesterol Behenic Acid surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Sodium PCA Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Pca Acai Extract (Euterpe Cuatrecasana) Serine Alanine Glycine Glutamic Acid Lysine Hcl Threonine Arginine Proline Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Cyclodextrin chelating Saccharide Isomerate Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Butylene Glycol Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract Folic Acid Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Allantoin soothing Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Panthenol Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate surfactant/​cleansing Triethyl Citrate perfuming Sodium Levulinate Potassium Sorbate Sodium Hydroxide 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 It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> A vegetable-based, PEG-free ingredient whose job is to help water and oil to mix nicely together (emulsifier). It is created by attaching ten water-loving glycerin molecules with the oil-loving fatty acid, stearic acid. The result is a partly water- and partly oil-loving molecule that creates stable and smooth emulsions that are also cosmetically elegant. It also has some moisturizing and softening benefits for skin and hair. A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing buffering | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering soothing | moisturizer/humectant chelating | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing