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Allies of Skin Retinal & Peptides Repair Night Cream

Allies of Skin Retinal & Peptides Repair Night Cream Allies of Skin Retinal & Peptides Repair Night Cream ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propanediol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Hydrolyz

Allies of Skin Retinal & Peptides Repair Night Cream Allies of Skin Retinal & Peptides Repair Night Cream ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propanediol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Hydrolyzed Candida Saitoana Extract, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Galactoarabinan, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3, Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide, Oxycoccus Palustris Seed Oil, Rubus Chamaemorus Seed Oil, Niacinamide, Withania Somnifera Root Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Callus Culture Extract, Retinal (Retinaldehyde), Ellagic Acid, Phenylethyl Resorcinol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Resveratrol Dimethyl Ether, Phenyl T-Butylnitrone, Ergothioneine, Glutathione, Mirabilis Jalapa Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Chrysin, Glutamylamidoethyl Imidazole, Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Lavandula Hybrida Oil, Pentylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Cy Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie Sodium Acrylates Copolymer viscosity controlling Hydrolyzed Candida Saitoana Extract Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract Dimethyl Isosorbide solvent, viscosity controlling Galactoarabinan antioxidant Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3 Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide Oxycoccus Palustris Seed Oil Rubus Chamaemorus Seed Oil Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Withania Somnifera Root Extract Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Callus Culture Extract Retinal (Retinaldehyde) Ellagic Acid Phenylethyl Resorcinol antioxidant, skin brightening Sodium Hyaluronate Resveratrol Dimethyl Ether Phenyl T-Butylnitrone Ergothioneine Glutathione Mirabilis Jalapa Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract N-Hydroxysuccinimide Chrysin Glutamylamidoethyl Imidazole Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract perfuming Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Lavandula Hybrida Oil Pentylene Glycol Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Cyclodextrin chelating Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Steareth-20 1, 2 Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Citric Acid buffering Xanthan Gum Dextran Acetyl Tributyl Citrate Calcium Gluconate moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Phenoxyethanol Limonene perfuming, solvent icky 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. 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. 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. 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%) what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant | emollient exfoliant | chelating moisturizer/humectant perfuming | solvent

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