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Secret Key Syn-Ake Anti Wrinkle & Whitening Ampoule

Secret Key Syn-Ake Anti Wrinkle & Whitening Ampoule Secret Key Syn-Ake Anti Wrinkle & Whitening Ampoule ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Alcohol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cyclohex

Secret Key Syn-Ake Anti Wrinkle & Whitening Ampoule Secret Key Syn-Ake Anti Wrinkle & Whitening Ampoule ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Alcohol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Peg-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Potassium Hydroxide, Xanthan Gum, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Dimethicone, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Water, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, Viscum Album Leaf Extract, Citrus Paradisi Fruit Extract, Adenosine, Disodium Edta, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Fragrance Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate cell-communicating ingredient goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Sodium Hyaluronate Cyclohexasiloxane emollient, solvent Peg-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Potassium Hydroxide buffering Xanthan Gum Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Dimethicone emollient Punica Granatum Fruit Extract Anthemis Nobilis Flower Water Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract moisturizer/​humectant Viscum Album Leaf Extract soothing Citrus Paradisi Fruit Extract Adenosine Disodium Edta chelating Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient 1,2-Hexanediol Fragrance perfuming 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. Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. This awfully long named ingredient is, in fact, a pretty small molecule. It's a tripeptide (a three amino acid peptide) with molecular weight less than 500 Da, meaning that it's small enough to penetrate nicely and easily into the skin. It belongs to the "Botox in a jar" type of peptides (similar to Argireline or Leuphasyl) targeting wrinkles caused by facial movements, like laughter lines or crow’s feet. According to the manufacturer's in-vivo (made on real people) studies, 4% Syn-Ake used for 28 days resulted in 21% smoother and 15-20% less wrinkled skin with max values up to 52%. The smoothing effect was measurable on 80% of the volunteers, while the wrinkle reduction effect was evident on 73%. 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 multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredi what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling emollient | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying soothing | antioxidant soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient