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Anthony High Performance Anti-Wrinkle Glycolic Peptide Serum

Anthony High Performance Anti-Wrinkle Glycolic Peptide Serum Anthony High Performance Anti-Wrinkle Glycolic Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water, Eau), Glycolic Acid, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-19, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Pal

Anthony High Performance Anti-Wrinkle Glycolic Peptide Serum Anthony High Performance Anti-Wrinkle Glycolic Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water, Eau), Glycolic Acid, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-19, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Pullulan, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Biotin, Chrysin, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Butylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Steareth-20, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Ammonium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water, Eau) solvent Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-19 cell-communicating ingredient goodie Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12 Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Pullulan N-Hydroxysuccinimide Biotin Chrysin Chlorhexidine Digluconate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Steareth-20 1, 2 Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Sodium Benzoate preservative Phenoxyethanol Potassium Sorbate Tetrasodium EDTA chelating Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Ammonium Hydroxide 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. It’s the most researched AHA with the most proven skin benefits It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It can help skin’s own collagen production that results in firmer, younger skin It can fade brown spots caused by sun damage or PIH Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) Slight stinging or burning with a stronger AHA product is normal If your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone choose rather a BHA or PHA product 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 It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. A Botox-mimicking peptide (kind of like the famous Argireline) that is supposed to relax the mimic facial wrinkles such as crow's feet or thinker's wrinkles. It is obviously not as effective as real Botox, but according to the manufacturer's data, 5% of the BoNT-L peptide liquid (the diluted, sold version of the peptide) can reduce mimic wrinkles by 38% in 28 days (tested on 15 volunteers). A four amino acid peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-glutamine-proline-arginine. It is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration. It works by reducing the production of the signal molecule, interleukin-6 (IL-6) which promotes inflammation in the skin and less inflammation means slower degradation of important things (like collagen) that results in younger looking skin for a longer time. It works in synergy with its pal, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 in the famous Matrixyl 3000 complex. You can read some more about the famous duo here. A six amino acid peptide that is claimed to improve firmness and skin tone. Its ami what‑it‑does exfoliant | buffering skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative moisturizer/humectant | solvent solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing chelating | buffering

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