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APLB Collagen Egf Peptide Ampoule Serum
APLB Collagen Egf Peptide Ampoule Serum APLB Collagen Egf Peptide Ampoule Serum ingredients explained: Water, Centella Asiatica Extract (35.7%), Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Glycerin, Diethoxyethyl Succinate, Hydrolyzed Collagen (2,000Ppm), SH-Oligopeptide-1
APLB Collagen Egf Peptide Ampoule Serum APLB Collagen Egf Peptide Ampoule Serum ingredients explained: Water, Centella Asiatica Extract (35.7%), Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Glycerin, Diethoxyethyl Succinate, Hydrolyzed Collagen (2,000Ppm), SH-Oligopeptide-1 (1,000Ppt), Madecassic Acid, Asiaticoside, Asiatic Acid, Squalane, Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract, Beta-Glucan, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Extract, Artemisia Annua Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Saccharomyces Ferment, Dipropylene Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Cellulose Gum, Disodium EDTA, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Inulin, Cellulose, Glucose, Fructose, Panthenol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxyacetophenone, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, 1,2-Hexanediol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Centella Asiatica Extract (35.7%) soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant goodie Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Diethoxyethyl Succinate Hydrolyzed Collagen (2,000Ppm) emollient, moisturizer/humectant SH-Oligopeptide-1 (1,000Ppt) cell-communicating ingredient Madecassic Acid Asiaticoside antioxidant, perfuming Asiatic Acid Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Extract antimicrobial/antibacterial, perfuming Beta-Glucan soothing, moisturizer/humectant Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract Nelumbo Nucifera Extract Artemisia Annua Extract Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract abrasive/scrub Saccharomyces Ferment Dipropylene Glycol Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium Hyaluronate Allantoin soothing Cellulose Gum viscosity controlling Disodium EDTA chelating Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer moisturizer/humectant, viscosity controlling Citric Acid buffering Xanthan Gum Inulin Cellulose Glucose moisturizer/humectant Fructose Panthenol Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate 1,2-Hexanediol 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. Centella Asiatica - or sometimes also called Gotu Kola or Cica - has been used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It’s traditionally used to improve small wounds, burns and scratches and it’s also a well known anti-inflammatory agent for eczema. Recently science has taken an interest in Gotu Kola as well and it turns out it really has many active compounds with several benefits. Just for hard-core geeks, the main biologically active compounds are pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins called asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic and madecassic acid (also called centellosides). One of the biological activities of the centellosides is to be able to stimulate GAGs (glycosaminoglycans - polysaccharides that are part of the liquidy stuff between our skin cells), and especially hyaluronic acid synthesis in our skin. This is probably one of the reasons why Centella Asiatica Extract has nice skin moisturizing properties that was confirmed by a 25 people, four weeks study along with Centella's anti-inflammatory effects. Madecassoside can also help in burn wound healing through increasing antioxidant activity and enhancing collagen synthesis. Asiaticoside was shown to increase antioxidant levels on rats skin when applied at 0.2%. Centella Asiatica also often shows up in products that try to treat cellulite or striae. Of course, it cannot make a miracle but it might have some effect via regulating microcirculation and normalizing the metabolism in the cells of connective tissues. Bottom line: Gotu Kola is a great plant ingredient with proven wound healing, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Nice to spot on any ingredient list. 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative fo what‑it‑does soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | emollient antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming soothing | moisturizer/humectant abrasive/scrub chelating | buffering moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative