SkintrActive Peptide Pro

SkintrActive Peptide Pro SkintrActive Peptide Pro ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Betaine, Pentylene Glycol, Copper Tripeptide-1, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Phytate, Arginine Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Hyaluronate Ethylhexylglycerin Sodium Phytate chelating 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. 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 sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. GHK-Cu is a copper-peptide complex found naturally in yucky bodily fluids (plasma, saliva, and urine) It has unique wound healing properties by stimulating the breakdown of unhealthy, too large collagen in scar tissue and stimulating nice and healthy collagen production afterwards It stimulates the production of several important skin-identical ingredients (e.g. collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans) It has significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect There are a few promising studies showing GHK-Cu can improve skin elasticity, clarity, firmness and reduce lines and wrinkles It can improve hair growth by enlarging hair follicles (and bigger follicles produce longer, thicker hair) There are some urban legends about possible overdosing or facial hair problems (read more in geeky details) A nice little helper ingredient that can thicken up cosmetic products and create beautiful gel formulas. It's derived from cellulose, the major component of the cell wall of what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant