Allies of Skin Promise Keeper™ Blemish Facial (Discontinued)

Allies of Skin Promise Keeper™ Blemish Facial (Discontinued) Allies of Skin Promise Keeper™ Blemish Facial ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate, Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract, Niacinamide, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Octadecenedioic Acid, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Maltodextrin, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Fruit Oil, Colloidal Silver, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Propanediol, Mirabilis Jalapa Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Leaf Cell Culture Extract, Glycyrrhiza Inflata Root Extract, Manuka Honey (Umf 17+), Sodium Hyaluronate (L), Mandelic Acid (L), Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8, Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract, Azelaic Acid, Centella Asiatica (Gotu Kola) Leaf Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Phospholipids, Sphingolipids, Hyaluronic Acid, Caffeine, Rosmarinyl Glucoside, Caffeyl Glucoside, Gallyl Glucoside, Lactic Acid (L), Pyruvic Acid, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Sodium Gluconate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Dextran, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, O-Cymen-5-Ol Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate skin brightening, anti-acne, soothing goodie Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract exfoliant Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Octadecenedioic Acid skin brightening, emulsifying Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 viscosity controlling Maltodextrin Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Fruit Oil emollient Colloidal Silver antimicrobial/​antibacterial Dimethyl Isosorbide solvent, viscosity controlling Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Mirabilis Jalapa Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Leaf Cell Culture Extract Glycyrrhiza Inflata Root Extract Manuka Honey (Umf 17+) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sodium Hyaluronate (L) Mandelic Acid (L) exfoliant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8 soothing Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract Azelaic Acid anti-acne, soothing, buffering Centella Asiatica (Gotu Kola) Leaf Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract Phospholipids skin-identical ingredient, emollient Sphingolipids Hyaluronic Acid Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Rosmarinyl Glucoside antioxidant, soothing Caffeyl Glucoside Gallyl Glucoside Lactic Acid (L) exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Pyruvic Acid Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming icky Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Dextran Caprylhydroxamic Acid chelating Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling O-Cymen-5-Ol preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Phenoxyethanol 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. 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. 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 derivative of clinically proven, superstar ingredient Azelaic Acid and hydrating amino acid Glycine. Azelaic acid is an awesome ingredient with anti-inflammatory, skin lightening and anti-acne effects, but its insolubility (it's soluble neither in water nor in oil) makes it difficult to use it in a cosmetically elegant and versatile way. The solution is supposed to be Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate, at least according to the manufacturer. The derivative is very water soluble, easy to use in nice formulas and inherits all the lovely properties of Azelaic acid. It acts as a skin brightening agent via Tyrosinase (a famous enzyme needed to make melanin) inhibition and also has significant sebum normalizing activity. Regarding research, we could find two studies where Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate's name popped up. One study examined the management of rosacea and the other one researched the treatment of melasma. Both were successful (we mean people showed improvement :)) but our Azelaic acid derivative was combined with other actives so it's hard to know what to attribute to this guy only. Overall, a promising multi-function active that's worth checking out if you have pigmentation-prone, acne what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin brightening | anti-acne | soothing cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin brightening | emulsifying antimicrobial/antibacterial solvent | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant | antimicrobial/antibacterial exfoliant | antimicrobial/antibacterial anti-acne | soothing | buffering soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient antioxidant | perfuming antioxidant | soothing exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming chelating | moisturizer/humectant preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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