Allies of Skin Azelaic & Kojic Advanced Clarifying Serum

Allies of Skin Azelaic & Kojic Advanced Clarifying Serum Allies of Skin Azelaic & Kojic Advanced Clarifying Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Azelaic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Propanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Kojic Acid, Polysorbate 20, Glycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexylresorcinol, Ethyl Linoleate, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Dodecane, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Xanthan Gum, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Squalane, Bisabolol, Glyceryl Laurate, Glyceryl Undecylenate, Allantoin, Ribose, Sodium Acetate, Bakuchiol, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Cellulose, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Azelaic Acid anti-acne, soothing, buffering superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Kojic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Hexylresorcinol skin brightening, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Ethyl Linoleate emollient, perfuming Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Dodecane Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Bisabolol soothing Glyceryl Laurate emollient, emulsifying Glyceryl Undecylenate Allantoin Ribose moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Acetate buffering Bakuchiol cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Cellulose Phenoxyethanol preservative 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. Superstar ingredient with antibacterial, skin cell regulating, anti-inflammatory and skin-lightening magic properties It is especially useful for acne-prone or rosacea-prone skin types (in concentration 10% and up) It is a prescription drug in the US but can be freely purchased in the EU in an up to 10% concentration 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. Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. 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 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to what‑it‑does anti-acne | soothing | buffering moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. soothing | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient skin brightening | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | perfuming antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | skin brightening

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