The Pink Foundry Anti Wrinkle Dna Damage Repair Serum

The Pink Foundry Anti Wrinkle Dna Damage Repair Serum The Pink Foundry Anti Wrinkle Dna Damage Repair Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Methyl Gluceth-20, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Cellulose Gum, Disodium EDTA, Disodium Phosphate, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Saccharide Isomerate, Acetyl Octapeptide-3, Glyceryl Caprylate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Acetyl Hexapeptide-51 Amide, Fragrance Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Methyl Gluceth-20 moisturizer/​humectant goodie Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Sodium Hydroxide buffering PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol preservative Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Cellulose Gum 0, 0 Disodium EDTA chelating Disodium Phosphate Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Sodium Phosphate Xanthan Gum Saccharide Isomerate Acetyl Octapeptide-3 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Caprylate Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 Acetyl Hexapeptide-51 Amide Fragrance perfuming icky 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. A corn sugar derived, water-soluble, pale yellow syrup, that nicely moisturizes the skin. It has a light and smooth skin feel, it is non-tacky, and it can improve the after-feel of the formula. It is also mild and gentle, popular in sensitive skin formulas. A type of bucket or donut-shaped molecule with a water-loving outer side and an oil-loving inner side that is used mostly to encapsulate other actives in cosmetics. 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. The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless. A mildly viscous, amber-colored liquid with fatty odor, made from Castor Oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG). If it were a person, we’d say, it’s agile, diligent & multifunctional. It’s mostly used as an emulsifier and surfactant but mos what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant