Avril Lifting Serum

Avril Lifting Serum Avril Lifting Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Diglycerin, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Galactoarabinan, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Xanthan Gum, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder*, Glyceryl Caprylate, Glyceryl Undecylenate, Sclerotium Gum, Sweet Almond Oil, Polyglyceryl-6 Esters, Lysolecithin, Ribose, Sodium Citrate, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Pullulan, Caffeine, Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Polygonum Fagopyrum (Buckweat) Seed Extract, Lavandula Stoechas Extract, Levulinic Acid, P-Anisic Acid, Sodium Levulinate, Potassium Hydroxide, Parfum (Fragrance), Tocopherol, Lecithin Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Diglycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate emulsifying Galactoarabinan antioxidant Glycerin 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder* soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Caprylate preservative Glyceryl Undecylenate emollient, emulsifying Sclerotium Gum Sweet Almond Oil 0, 1-3 Polyglyceryl-6 Esters Lysolecithin Ribose moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil 0, 3 Pullulan Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Polygonum Fagopyrum (Buckweat) Seed Extract Lavandula Stoechas Extract Levulinic Acid perfuming P-Anisic Acid Sodium Levulinate Potassium Hydroxide buffering Parfum (Fragrance) icky Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Lecithin 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. The big brother of glycerin. It's also a natural moisturizing factor that reduces water evaporation from the upper layer of the skin and helps to keep water in the skin so that it stays nicely hydrated. Compared to glycerin, it has a larger molecular structure (kind of a double glycerin). Thanks to this, it penetrates slower into the skin but gives longer lasting moisture and less sticky, better skin-feel. A water-loving emollient that is used as a solubilizer in water-based, toner-like formulas. Solubilizers are handy helper ingredients to dissolve small amounts of oil-loving materials (such as essential oils or fragrances) into watery liquids. Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate also has some emollient properties, making the skin feel nice and smooth. Galactoarabinan is a natural polysaccharide (a big carbohydrate molecule) that comes from the Larch trees. According to the manufacturer it can do all kinds of good in a formula: it can reduce trans-epidermal-water-loss (a fancy way of saying that it's moisturizing), improve the appearance of skin’s superficial fine lines, improve the uniformity and spreadability of a formulation and provides SPF enhancement. What's more it can also help to boost the efficacy of AHA exfoliants (while not boosting the irritation side effect). 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. It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other t what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering antioxidant | perfuming

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