Beauty of Joseon Centella Asiatica Calming Mask

Beauty of Joseon Centella Asiatica Calming Mask Beauty of Joseon Centella Asiatica Calming Mask ingredients explained: Water, Centella Asiatica Extract, Glycereth-26, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Arginine, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Carrageenan, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate, Adenosine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Panthenol, Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract, Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract, Propanediol, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hyaluronic Acid Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Glycereth-26 moisturizer/​humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 0 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar 1,2-Hexanediol Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Arginine skin-identical ingredient Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Hydroxyethylcellulose Carrageenan Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate emulsifying Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Disodium EDTA chelating Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract antioxidant Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Panax Ginseng Root Extract antioxidant, emollient Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil soothing, perfuming Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Hyaluronic Acid 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. It's a nice glycerin-based humectant and emollient that gives skin a smooth and luxurious feel. 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 enthusiastica what‑it‑does soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative soothing | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant antioxidant | emollient antioxidant | soothing soothing | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant

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