Beauty Bay Skinhit 0.2% Retinol Complex Serum With Retinol And Peptides

Beauty Bay Skinhit 0.2% Retinol Complex Serum With Retinol And Peptides Beauty Bay Skinhit 0.2% Retinol Complex Serum With Retinol And Peptides ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Propanediol, Polysorbate 20, Retinol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Disodium EDTA, 1,2-Hexanediol, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, BHT, BHA Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Retinol cell-communicating ingredient superstar Acetyl Hexapeptide-1 goodie Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Citric Acid buffering Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate Disodium EDTA chelating 1,2-Hexanediol Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient BHT antioxidant, preservative BHA icky 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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. Retinol (pure Vitamin A) is probably the most proven anti-aging ingredient available OTC It has to be converted in the skin to retinoic acid to work its magic Once converted, it has the same effect as all-trans-retinoic acid, aka tretinoin A generally accepted ballpark number is that retinol is 10-to-20 times less potent than retinoic acid It makes skin less wrinkled, smoother, firmer and tighter It might also be helpful for acne prone skin as it normalizes keratinization and makes the pores produce less sebum Possible side effects and irritation are also much less than with retinoic acid Do not use whilst pregnant Acetyl Hexapeptide-1 is a bit of a special snowflake among peptides as it's not a wrinkle-smoothing, anti-aging active like most of the other ones but it can stimulate pigmentation and melanin production (by interacting with a skin cell receptor called MC1R). As melanin not only gives the skin its nice tanned color but also works as a natural protection factor, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1, aka Melitane does the same. It not only boosts a natural or an artificial tan but gives extra protection against UV-induced DNA and free radical damage and protects the skin against UV-caused redness. A little helper ingredient that is used to adjust the pH of the product. It also helps to keep products stay nice longer by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (they usually come from water). 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 thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. chelating | buffering antioxidant | preservative

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