Riverstone Naturals Skin Boost+ Peptide And Stem Cell Gel

Riverstone Naturals Skin Boost+ Peptide And Stem Cell Gel Riverstone Naturals Skin Boost+ Peptide And Stem Cell Gel ingredients explained: Aqua, Propanediol, Glycerin, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract (Ceramide Complex), Tripeptide-29 (Gly-Pro-Hyp), Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract (Apple Stem Cell), Sunflower Lecithin, L-Carnosine (Dipeptide (Beta-Alanine-L-Hys)), Centella Asiatica, Astaxanthin, Hemisqualane (C13-15 Alkane), Cetyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid, L-Arginine Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract (Ceramide Complex) Tripeptide-29 (Gly-Pro-Hyp) cell-communicating ingredient goodie Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract (Apple Stem Cell) Sunflower Lecithin emollient, emulsifying L-Carnosine (Dipeptide (Beta-Alanine-L-Hys)) antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Centella Asiatica soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Astaxanthin antioxidant Hemisqualane (C13-15 Alkane) Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Sorbic Acid L-Arginine skin-identical ingredient 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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 small, three-amino acid peptide (Glycine-Proline-Hydroxyproline) found naturally in our collagen structure. The theory behind Tripeptide-29 is the following: Collagen is a long sequence of amino acids and breaking it down produces short amino acid sequences, aka peptides. These peptides "signal" to the skin that collagen was lost and that new collagen should be produced. So putting collagen-fragment-identical peptides on the skin might trick it into thinking that new collagen is needed. The unique thing about Tripeptide-29 is that it is not produced by traditional methods such as chemically chopping up collagen as it gives lots of random peptides, but it is produced via modern peptide synthesis (from non-animal and non-GMO sources) that gives it exceptional purity. So Tripeptide-29 is available as a pure powder, unlike most peptides that are available as diluted solutions, which makes it possible to use it in much higher concentrations. This sounds great but there is a catch: the efficacy data from the manufacturer contains only two tests, both in-vitro, aka done in test tubes, not on real people. Based on the lab test, 3% Tripeptide-29 can increase collagen type I synthesis by 400% after 48 hours. However, if anything happens when Tripeptide-29 is applied on real human skin is a good question with no answer (at least we could not find one). Overall, the theory is nice, but the proof is missing. If you are into peptides and experimenting, what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient