Scandinavian Biolabs Hair Hydration Mask+

Scandinavian Biolabs Hair Hydration Mask+ Scandinavian Biolabs Hair Hydration Mask+ ingredients explained: Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Palmitate, Glycerin, Behentrimonium Chloride*, Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil/Phytosterol Esters, Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Phytosterols, Propanediol, Ceteareth-22, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, Tocopherol, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Pca, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Proline, Threonine, Isoleucine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Perfume Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Cetyl Palmitate emollient 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Behentrimonium Chloride* preservative Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil/Phytosterol Esters emulsifying Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate Ricinus Communis Seed Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 0-1 Phytosterols Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Ceteareth-22 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride viscosity controlling Hydrolyzed Quinoa Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium PCA Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Arginine skin-identical ingredient Aspartic Acid Pca Glycine Alanine Serine Valine Proline Threonine Isoleucine Histidine Phenylalanine 1,2-Hexanediol Sodium Benzoate Phenoxyethanol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Citric Acid buffering Perfume perfuming icky 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. 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 group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. A white, waxy emollient that gives "body" to skincare formulas. Comes from coconut or palm kernel oil. 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. Castor oil is sourced from the castor bean plant native to tropical areas in Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is an age-old ingredient (it’s over 4,000 years old!) with many uses including as a shoe polish, food additive and motor lubricant. You would be reasonable to think that putting shoe polish on your face wouldn’t be the best idea, but it turns out castor oil has some unique properties that make it a stalwart in thick and gloss-giving formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters). So what is so special about it? The answer is its main fatty acid, called ricinoleic acid (85-95%). Unlike other fatty acids, ricinoleic acid has an extra water-loving part (aka -OH group) on its fatty chain that gives Castor Oil several unique properties. First, it is thicker than other oils, then its solubility is different (e.g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), and it allows all kinds of chemical mod what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming solvent | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling antioxidant | emollient buffering | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient