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Afrodita 3 Peptides Eye Cream
Afrodita 3 Peptides Eye Cream Afrodita 3 Peptides Eye Cream ingredients explained: Aqua, Pentylene Glycol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Dicaprylyl Ether, Cetearyl Alcohol, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Arachidy
Afrodita 3 Peptides Eye Cream Afrodita 3 Peptides Eye Cream ingredients explained: Aqua, Pentylene Glycol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Dicaprylyl Ether, Cetearyl Alcohol, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Arachidyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Carnosine, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Cecropia Obtusa Bark Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract, Cetearyl Glucoside, Behenyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Parfum, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Lactate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Crosspolymer, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Glucose, Maltodextrin, Silica, BHT, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Sulfite Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/humectant Dicaprylyl Ether emollient, solvent Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing 1, 2 Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter emollient 0, 4 Rosa Canina Fruit Oil Arachidyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling Propylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 0 Carnosine antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Cecropia Obtusa Bark Extract Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract soothing Cetearyl Glucoside emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Behenyl Alcohol Arachidyl Glucoside Coco-Glucoside surfactant/cleansing Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant superstar Parfum perfuming icky Butylene Glycol 0, 1 Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/humectant Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Dehydroacetic Acid preservative Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Carbomer Glucose moisturizer/humectant Maltodextrin Silica BHT antioxidant, preservative Ascorbyl Palmitate antioxidant 0, 2 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Citric Acid buffering Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Sodium Sulfite 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, 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. When it comes to cosmetic oils and hype, argan oil is for sure leading the way. Dubbed as the "liquid gold of Morocco", we have to admit we have some trouble determining why this oil enjoys such a special miracle status. Not that it's not good, it is good, even great but reading the research about argan and a bunch of other plant oils we just do not see the big, unique differentiating factor (though that might be our fault not reading enough, obvs.) So, argan oil comes from the kernel of the argan fruit that comes from the argan tree that grows only in Morocco. The tree is slow growing and getting the oil is a hard job. The traditional process is that the ripe argan fruits fall from the tree, then goats eat them up and poop out the seeds. The seeds are collected and smashed with a stone to get the kernels inside. This part is the hard one as the seeds have extremely hard shells. Once the kernels are obtained, the oil is pressed out from them (the kernels contain about 50% oil). As for skincare, argan oil is loaded with lots of skin goodies (but so are many other plant oils): it contains 80% nourishing and moisturizing unsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic (38-50%), linoleic (28-38%) and palmitic (10-18%). It also contains a relatively large amount of antioxidant vitamin E (600-900 mg/kg, about twice as much as olive), small amounts of antioxidant phenols (including caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and epicatechin), as well as some rare sterols with soothing and anti-inflammatory properties. Thanks to all the above goodness in argan oil, it can greatly nourish and moisturize the skin and hair. It's also claimed to be able to neutralize collagen-damaging free radicals, help reduce scars, and revitalize and improve skin elasticity. You can even read that argan might help acne-prone skin, but being a high oleic oil, we would be careful with that. All in all, argan oil is a real goodie but we do not fully understand the special miracle status it what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | solvent antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant buffering | moisturizer/humectant preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative emollient | emulsifying