PLUM Cerasense™ Moisturizing Cream With Ceramides & Peptides

PLUM Cerasense™ Moisturizing Cream With Ceramides & Peptides PLUM Cerasense™ Moisturizing Cream With Ceramides & Peptides ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, C12-17 Alkane, Betaine, Xylitol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sorbitol, Cetyl Palmitate, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Saccharide Isomerate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Pca, Serine, Alanine, Glycine, Glutamic Acid, Lysine Hcl, Threonine, Arginine, Proline, Hexyldecanol, Bisabolol, Cetylhydroxyproline Palmitamide, Stearic Acid, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols, Euterpe Cuatrecasana Extract, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Behenic Acid, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar C12-17 Alkane Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Xylitol Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Sorbitol Cetyl Palmitate Cetyl Ethylhexanoate Saccharide Isomerate Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium PCA Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Pca Serine skin-identical ingredient Alanine Glycine Glutamic Acid Lysine Hcl Threonine Arginine Proline Hexyldecanol Bisabolol soothing Cetylhydroxyproline Palmitamide Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols Ceramide NP Ceramide AP Ceramide EOP Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cholesterol skin-identical ingredient, emollient Behenic Acid surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate emulsifying Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. A type of sugar that's part of a moisturizing trio called Aquaxyl. You can read more about its magic properties at xylitylglucoside. 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 and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. Glyceryl stearate citrate is similar to the super common skincare ingredient glyceryl stearate, and is similarly used to help combine waters and oils (emulsifier) and to make your skin feel nice and soft (emollient). The main difference between glyceryl stearate citrate and its cousin glyceryl stearate is that this one has a citric acid molecule also attached to its glycerin. This makes it what chemists call a diacylglycerol, which is a fancy word for two acids (in this case, citric acid and stearic acid) attached together with a glycerin bridge. But when it comes to cosmetics, all you need to what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying chelating | buffering buffering | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin-identical ingredient | emollient surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying