Typology Sagging Skin Serum With a 3-Peptide Complex

Typology Sagging Skin Serum With a 3-Peptide Complex Typology Sagging Skin Serum With a 3-Peptide Complex ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), 1,2-Hexanediol, Mannitol, Alcohol, Glucomannan, Sodium Levulinate, Ectoin, Lecithin, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9, Cyclotetrapeptide-24 Aminocyclohexane Carboxylate, Sodium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent 1,2-Hexanediol Mannitol moisturizer/​humectant goodie Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Glucomannan Sodium Levulinate Ectoin antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Citric Acid buffering Potassium Sorbate preservative Acetyl Tetrapeptide-11 Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9 Cyclotetrapeptide-24 Aminocyclohexane Carboxylate antioxidant Sodium Hydroxide 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 really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients (for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products) and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products. And that is still not all: it can also boost the antimicrobial activity of preservatives. A type of sugar molecule, that has water-binding properties and helps to keep your skin hydrated. Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas. The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list. Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion. If you wanna know more, we wrote a more detailed explanation about what's the deal with alcohol in skincare products at alcohol denat. (it's also alcohol, but with some additives to make sure no one drinks it). Glucomannan is a polysaccharide (a big sugar molecule) coming from the Konjac plant. It has great water-absorbing capacity and is one of the key ingredients in the plumping and smoothing active called Ultra Filling Spheres by BASF. The magic filling spheres have two active parts: a kind of LMW hyaluronic acid (<40 kDa) and the konjac root powder or glucomannan. The latter one is a big molecule (> 200 kDa) that has outstanding water-absorbing capacities. These two combined form small spheres which after drying, are transformed into the active spheres. Thanks to their high hygroscopic properties, the spheres can expand rapidly in the presence of the skin’s water reserve and they can plump up the skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Ectoin is a surprisingly well-researched, multi-functional active that can do from pollution & light protection to skin hydration, soothing, and barrier repair, several things to your skin. It is an extremolyte, a small stres what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying