Amazon Basics Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Amazon Basics Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum Amazon Basics Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethicone, Sodium Hyaluronate, Alcohol Denat, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Squalane, Polysorbate 60, Panthenol, Carbomer, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Cholesterol, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Isopropyl Myristate, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Phytosphingosine, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate emollient Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Dimethicone Sodium Hyaluronate goodie Alcohol Denat antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Behentrimonium Methosulfate surfactant/​cleansing Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Carbomer Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide AP Ceramide EOP Cholesterol Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate emulsifying Xanthan Gum Isopropyl Myristate emollient, perfuming 3, 3-5 Disodium EDTA chelating Citric Acid buffering Phenoxyethanol preservative Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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. 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 synthetic emollient oil that leaves a soft non-greasy, non-sticky feel on the skin, absorbs fast and can be emulsified (mixed with water) very easily. A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable. It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt". Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, gee what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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