Azure Vitamin C & Collagen Face Mask

Azure Vitamin C & Collagen Face Mask Azure Vitamin C & Collagen Face Mask ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ascorbic Acid, Panthenol, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Allantoin, Soluble Collagen, Xanthan Gum, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Hydroxyacetophenone, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Zeolite, Fragrances Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant 1,2-Hexanediol Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Sodium Hyaluronate Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Panthenol PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Allantoin soothing Soluble Collagen moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract abrasive/​scrub Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Zeolite Fragrances perfuming 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 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. Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas. The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list. Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion. If you wanna know more, we wrote a more detailed explanation about what's the deal with alcohol in skincare products at alcohol denat. (it's also alcohol, but with some additives to make sure no one drinks it). A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis A really multi-functional helper ingredien what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering antioxidant | anti-acne antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant abrasive/scrub antioxidant | preservative

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