001 skincare Active Marine Collagen Serum

001 skincare Active Marine Collagen Serum 001 skincare Active Marine Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Polysorbate 20, Carbomer, Glycerin, Himanthalia Elongata Extract, Methylsilanol Mannuronate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cucumis Sativus Extract, Propylene Glycol, Benzyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Triethanolamine, Citrus Grandis Peel Oil, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract, Rubus Idaeus Leaf Extract, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil, Ubiquinone, Tocopherol, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Himanthalia Elongata Extract Methylsilanol Mannuronate Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Cucumis Sativus Extract soothing, emollient Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Citrus Grandis Peel Oil perfuming icky Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract Rubus Idaeus Leaf Extract Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Potassium Sorbate Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil soothing, perfuming Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil Ubiquinone antioxidant Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Citronellol Geraniol Limonene perfuming, solvent Linalool 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. The extract coming from the juice containing leaves of the Aloe vera plant. It's usually a hydroglycolic extract (though oil extract for the lipid parts also exists) that has similar moisturizing, emollient and anti-inflammatory properties as the juice itself. We have written some more about aloe here. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations. 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients The active parts are called polyphenols, or more precisely catechins (EGCG being the most abundant and most active catechin) There can be huge quality differences between green tea extracts. The good ones contain 50-90% catechins (and often make the product brown and give it a distinctive smell) Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial Because of these awesome properties green tea is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin diseases including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis Cucumber is a nice, non-irritating plant extract that’s known for it’s soothing and emollient properties. It’s not something new to put it on our face: even Cleopatra used it to “preserve her skin”. It’s commonly believed that cucumber is the answer to puffy eyes, but there is no resear what‑it‑does soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing soothing | emollient moisturizer/humectant | solvent preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling antioxidant | anti-acne soothing | perfuming perfuming | solvent

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