Amara Beauty Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Amara Beauty Hyaluronic Acid Serum Amara Beauty Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Deionized Water, Aloe Vera Juice*, Witch Hazel, Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide (Botanical Hyaluronic Acid), Kosher Vegetable Glycerin, Dimethyl Sulfone (Msm), Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Jojoba Oil*, Geranium Essential Oil, Green Tea*, Gotu Kola Extract*, Horsetail Plant Extract, Wild Geranium Extract, Dandelion Extract*, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Carrageenan, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Deionized Water solvent Aloe Vera Juice* soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Witch Hazel soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide (Botanical Hyaluronic Acid) Kosher Vegetable Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Dimethyl Sulfone (Msm) Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C) antioxidant, anti-acne Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) antioxidant Jojoba Oil* emollient 0, 0-2 Geranium Essential Oil perfuming icky Green Tea* antioxidant, soothing Gotu Kola Extract* soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Horsetail Plant Extract soothing, emollient Wild Geranium Extract Dandelion Extract* Hydroxyethyl Cellulose viscosity controlling Carrageenan Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate Ethylhexylglycerin 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. 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. Witch hazel is a smallish tree (up to 5m) that's native to North-America, has nice yellow flowers and is similar to the hazelnut bush (hence the name). As for skincare, it's loaded with active components that have a bunch of magic properties, like astringent, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-bacterial. It's also a well-known vasoconstrictor (it makes the blood vessels narrower) and promotes the healing of broken skin by tightening up the skin proteins and thus creating a protective covering. The complication, however, is that different extracts and distillates can be made from different parts of the plant (bark, twigs, and leaves are typically used) and different extraction methods from different parts produce different results. So if you see only Witch Hazel Extract or Witch Hazel Water on the ingredient list, it's a bit hard to know what you're actually getting but we will try to summarize the possibilities to give an idea. The main biologically active components in Witch Hazel are hamamelitannin (a potent astringent and antioxidant), catechins (anti-inflammatory and antioxidant) and gallic acid (antibacterial). The bark extract contains by far the most hamamelitannin and it has the most gallic acid and catechins. The twigs contain fewer catechins, less gallic acid, and much less hamamelitannin (4.77% vs 0.18%). The leaves contain hardly any tannins (0.04%) or catechins and contain a medium amount of gallic acid (compared to the bark and twigs). Witch Hazel also contains tiny amounts of the essential oil and fragrance component eugenol, but the amount is so small that it's probably not significant for the skin. Apart from the differences in active components in different parts of the Witch Hazel bush, the extraction methods also var what‑it‑does soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. antioxidant | anti-acne antioxidant | soothing soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient

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