Skincervation Beginners Ultra-sensitive 0.025% Retinal Antioxidant Peptide Cerum

Skincervation Beginners Ultra-sensitive 0.025% Retinal Antioxidant Peptide Cerum Skincervation Beginners Ultra-sensitive 0.025% Retinal Antioxidant Peptide Cerum ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cetearyl Alcohol, Niacinamide, Cetearyl Olivate, Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sorbitan Olivate, Betaine, Caprylyl Glycol, Phyllanthus Emblica Fruit Extract, Saccharide Isomerate, Thioctic Acid, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Leontopodium Alpinum Extract, Panthenol, Xanthan Gum, Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon) Seed Oil, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Geranylgeranylisopropanol, Retinal, Phospholipids, Lecithin, Tripeptide-10 Citrulline, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Triethanolamine, Ascorbic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Pantolactone, Carbomer Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract soothing Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Sorbitan Olivate Betaine moisturizer/​humectant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Phyllanthus Emblica Fruit Extract Saccharide Isomerate Thioctic Acid antioxidant Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer viscosity controlling Leontopodium Alpinum Extract Panthenol Xanthan Gum Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon) Seed Oil Caprylhydroxamic Acid chelating Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Potassium Sorbate preservative Geranylgeranylisopropanol Retinal cell-communicating ingredient Phospholipids skin-identical ingredient, emollient Lecithin Tripeptide-10 Citrulline Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Triethanolamine 0, 2 Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Phenoxyethanol Pantolactone Carbomer 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 A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable. It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt". 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. 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-solu what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | emollient chelating | buffering antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering