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Allies of Skin 1A™ All-Day Pollution Repair Mask

Allies of Skin 1A™ All-Day Pollution Repair Mask Allies of Skin 1A™ All-Day Pollution Repair Mask ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isononyl Isononanoate, Caffeine, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Niacinamide, Lactobacillus Fe

Allies of Skin 1A™ All-Day Pollution Repair Mask Allies of Skin 1A™ All-Day Pollution Repair Mask ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isononyl Isononanoate, Caffeine, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Niacinamide, Lactobacillus Ferment, Cetearyl Olivate, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 60, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Marrubium (Horehound) Vulgare Extract, Plantago Lanceolata Leaf Extract, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-40, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8, Hydrolyzed Verbascum Thapsus Flower, Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract, Teprenone, Phospholipids, Hyaluronic Acid, Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Leaf Cell Culture Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate (L), Sphingolipids, Astaxanthin, Bisabolol (L-Alpha), Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) Fruit Oil, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil, Honey (Mel), Dimethyl Isosorbide, Ceramide Np, Phenyl T-Butylnitrone (Spin Trap), Tocopherol (D-Alpha), Glutathione (L), Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane, Tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane, Tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane, Ergothioneine (L), Xanth Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Isononyl Isononanoate Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming goodie C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Lactobacillus Ferment soothing, preservative Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Marrubium (Horehound) Vulgare Extract soothing Plantago Lanceolata Leaf Extract soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 cell-communicating ingredient Acetyl Tetrapeptide-40 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8 Hydrolyzed Verbascum Thapsus Flower antioxidant Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract Teprenone Phospholipids skin-identical ingredient, emollient Hyaluronic Acid Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Leaf Cell Culture Extract Sodium Hyaluronate (L) Sphingolipids Astaxanthin Bisabolol (L-Alpha) Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) Fruit Oil Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil Honey (Mel) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Dimethyl Isosorbide solvent, viscosity controlling Ceramide Np skin-identical ingredient Phenyl T-Butylnitrone (Spin Trap) Tocopherol (D-Alpha) 0-3, 0-3 Glutathione (L) Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane antioxidant, skin brightening, soothing Tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane Tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane Ergothioneine (L) Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Carbomer Sorbitan Olivate Benzimidazole Diamond Amidoethyl Urea Carbamoyl Propyl Polymethylsilsesquioxane colorant Mica Dextran Citric Acid buffering Sodium Hydroxide Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) sunscreen, colorant Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Isohexadecane emollient, solvent Maltodextrin Polysorbate 80 Acetyl Tributyl Citrate perfuming Tetrasodium Edta chelating Polysorbate 20 Phenoxyethanol O-Cymen- 5-Ol preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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 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 A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. An emollient ester with a rich and creamy but non-greasy skin feel. It makes skin supple and protects dry skin. Hello, our favorite molecule that helps us wake up in the morning and then keeps us going through the day. As a super well-known stimulant from coffee, tea and plenty of other soft drinks, Caffeine needs no introduction. So we will skip right to the part where we talk about what the hell it does in so-so many cosmetic products. Looking at the research, we were surprised to find how versatile Caffeine is. It is a small, water-loving molecule with pretty good skin penetration abilties. Once in the skin, it has nice antioxidant properties, meaning that it reduces the formation of evil free radicals and it might even be useful in preventing UV-induced skin cancers. A well-known thing about Caffeine is that it improves the microcirculation of the blood vessels. Though conventional wisdom and anecdotal evidence says that this property is helpful for dark under-eye circles and puffy eyes, we have to mention that the double-blind research we have found about a 3% caffeine gel concluded that "the overall efficacy of the selected caffeine gel in reducing puffy eyes was not significantly different from that of its gel base." But you know, the proof is in the pudding. Another thing Caffeine is used for in body care products is its anti-cellulite effects. In theory, it can speed up the lipolysis process (the "fat burning" by our cells) and stimulate the draining lymph system that might lead to the improvement of celluli what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. antioxidant | perfuming emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant soothing | preservative moisturizer/humectant | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | skin brightening soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant | antimicrobial/antibacterial solvent | viscosity controlling antioxidant | skin brightening | soothing moisturizer/humectant | emollient sunscreen | colorant emollient | solvent preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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