Scandinavian Biolabs Sea Mineral Spray

Scandinavian Biolabs Sea Mineral Spray Scandinavian Biolabs Sea Mineral Spray ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Sodium Chloride, Glycerin, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Polyitaconate, VP/VA Copolymer, Sorbitol, Xylitylglucoside, Butylene Glycol, Xylitol, Sodium Benzoate, Panthenol, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Anhydroxylitol, Potassium Sorbate, Glucose, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Magnesium Sulfate Sodium Polyitaconate VP/VA Copolymer Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant Xylitylglucoside goodie Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Xylitol Sodium Benzoate preservative Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract Anhydroxylitol Potassium Sorbate Glucose Citric Acid buffering 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. Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt. If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list. The reason for this is that salt acts as a fantastic thickener in cleansing formulas created with ionic cleansing agents (aka surfactants) such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate. A couple of percents (typically 1-3%) turns a runny surfactant solution into a nice gel texture. If you are into chemistry (if not, we understand, just skip this paragraph), the reason is that electrolytes (you know, the Na+ and Cl- ions) screen the electrostatic repulsion between the head groups of ionic surfactants and thus support the formation of long shaped micelles (instead of spherical ones) that entangle like spaghetti, and viola, a gel is formed. However, too much of it causes the phenomenon called "salting out", and the surfactant solution goes runny again. Other than that, salt also works as an emulsion stabilizer in water-in-oil emulsions, that is when water droplets are dispersed in the outer oil (or silicone) phase. And last but not least, when salt is right at the first spot of the ingredient list (and is not dissolved), the product is usually a body scrub where salt is the physical exfoliating agent. 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 A helper ingredient that is used as a bulking and viscosity controlling agent. It is also an emulsion stabilizer in water-in-oil emulsions, where water droplets are dispersed in the continuous oil phase and not the other way round. It can also be used as a heat generating agent in water-less formulas as it has an instant heat-generating chemical reaction with water. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A big polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule that works what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | moisturizer/humectant