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Beauty of Joseon Bubble Toner : Green Plum + AHA
Beauty of Joseon Bubble Toner : Green Plum + AHA Beauty of Joseon Bubble Toner : Green Plum + AHA ingredients explained: Water, Prunus Mume Fruit Water, Glycolic Acid, Dipropylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Portulaca
Beauty of Joseon Bubble Toner : Green Plum + AHA Beauty of Joseon Bubble Toner : Green Plum + AHA ingredients explained: Water, Prunus Mume Fruit Water, Glycolic Acid, Dipropylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Sugarcane Extract, Rice Bran Water, Honey Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Glycerin, Propanediol, Tromethamine, Sodium PCA, Glucose, C12-14 Pareth-12, Butylene Glycol, Fructooligosaccharides, Fructose, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Phytate, Tocopherol, Ethyl Hexanediol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Prunus Mume Fruit Water moisturizer/humectant Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Dipropylene Glycol 1,2-Hexanediol Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant goodie Chondrus Crispus Extract moisturizer/humectant, viscosity controlling Sugarcane Extract Rice Bran Water Honey Extract Panax Ginseng Root Extract antioxidant, emollient Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract antioxidant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 Propanediol Tromethamine buffering Sodium PCA Glucose C12-14 Pareth-12 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Fructooligosaccharides Fructose Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Sodium Phytate chelating Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Ethyl 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 clear, colorless liquid that works as a solvent and viscosity decreasing ingredient. It also has great skin-moisturizing abilities. A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients (for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products) and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products. And that is still not all: it can also boost the antimicrobial activity of preservatives. A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. Portulaca Oleracea is a nice succulent with bright yellow flowers and edible nutritious vegetables. It's a famous plant in Korean traditional medicine to treat infection and irritated skin. Modern research confirms that it's loaded with skin-goodies: it's the richest green plant source of omega-3 fatty acids (α-linolenic acid), contains NMFs (polysaccharides and amino acids), vitamins (β-carotene), minerals, and antioxidants (yellow betaxanthins and reddish betacyanins). Thanks to all its beneficial components, Purslane Extract has several magic properties: it's a great anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agent and also has wound healing abilities. The extract of red seaweed that has nice what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | buffering solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling antioxidant | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant | emollient