Summer Fridays CC ME Vitamin C Serum

Summer Fridays CC ME Vitamin C Serum Summer Fridays CC ME Vitamin C Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Niacinamide, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Ascorbyl Glucoside (Vitamin C), Butylene Glycol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Squalane, Diheptyl Succinate, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Hydroxide, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Orchis Mascula (Orchid) Flower Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Extract, Cucumis Melo Cantalupensis (Cantaloupe) Fruit Extract, Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Flower Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract, Rosa Gallica Flower Extract, Cinnamomum Cassia (Cinnamon) Bark Extract, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower/Leaf Extract, Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Leaf/Seed Extract, Camellia Sin Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) antioxidant, skin brightening goodie Ascorbyl Glucoside (Vitamin C) Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Xanthan Gum Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Diheptyl Succinate emollient Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium Hydroxide Carbomer Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Orchis Mascula (Orchid) Flower Extract soothing Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Extract perfuming Cucumis Melo Cantalupensis (Cantaloupe) Fruit Extract Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Flower Extract Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract Rosa Gallica Flower Extract Cinnamomum Cassia (Cinnamon) Bark Extract Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower/Leaf Extract moisturizer/​humectant, perfuming, soothing Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Leaf/Seed Extract Camellia Sinensis (Black Tea) Leaf Extract Tocopheryl (Vitamin E) Acetate antioxidant Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate chelating Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Amyl Cinnamal Cinnamyl Alcohol Eugenol icky Hydroxycitronellal 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 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 A very stable and promising form of the skincare superstar, Vitamin C. If you do not know why Vitamin C is such a big deal in skin care, you can catch up here. In short, Vitamin C has three proven magic abilities: antioxidant, collagen booster, and skin brightener. The problem, though, is that it's very unstable, turns brown and becomes ineffective in no time (after a few month) and the cosmetics industry is trying to come up with smart derivatives that are stable and have the magic properties of pure Vitamin C. Ethyl Ascorbic Acid or EAC for short is an "etherified derivative of ascorbic acid" that consists of vitamin C and an ethyl group bound to the third carbon position. This makes Vitamin C very stable and soluble in both water and oil. However, for a Vitamin C derivative to work it's not enough just to be stable, they also have to be absorbed into the skin and be converted there to pure Vitamin C. We have good news regarding the absorption: on top of manufacturer claims, there is some data (animal study) demonstrating in can get into the skin, and it seems to be better at it than Ascorbyl Glucoside, another vitamin C derivative. Regarding conversion, we can cite only a manufacturers claim saying that EAC is metabolized in the skin into pure ascorbic acid (and the ascorbic acid content of EAC is very high - 86,4% - compared to the usual 50-60% Vitamin C content of other derivatives). As for the three magic abilities of Vitamin C, we again mostly have only the manufacturer's claims, but at least those are very promising. EAC seems to have both an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect, and it's claimed to be able to boost the skin's collagen production. The strong point of EAC though is skin brightening. On top of manufacturer claims, there is also clinical in-vivo (tested on real people) data showing that 2% EAC can improve skin tone and whiten the skin. Overall, Ethyl A what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient chelating | buffering emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | soothing emollient | perfuming moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | perfuming | soothing