Beauty of Joseon Green Plum Refreshing Toner : AHA + BHA

Beauty of Joseon Green Plum Refreshing Toner : AHA + BHA Beauty of Joseon Green Plum Refreshing Toner : AHA + BHA ingredients explained: Water, Prunus Mume Fruit Water, Dipropylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Tromethamine, Glycolic Acid, Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Water, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Salicylic Acid, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Fructose, Tocopherol, Glucose, Sodium PCA, Triethylhexanoin, Diphenyl Dimethicone, C12-14 Pareth-12, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate, Tetrasodium EDTA Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Prunus Mume Fruit Water moisturizer/​humectant Dipropylene Glycol 1,2-Hexanediol Tromethamine buffering Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Extract Panax Ginseng Root Extract antioxidant, emollient goodie Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Water Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract Fructose Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Glucose Sodium PCA Triethylhexanoin emollient, perfuming Diphenyl Dimethicone emollient, emulsifying C12-14 Pareth-12 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Hydrogenated Lecithin Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate Tetrasodium EDTA chelating 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. 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. It's a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of the products to be right. It has an alkaline pH and can neutralize acidic ingredients. 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 traditional Korean medicine used for more than 2000 years. Regarding skin care, its main thing seems to be enhancing skin nutrition and metabolism as a result of improving blood circulation. It also contains biologically active components referred to as ginseng saponins (ginsenosides) that have potent antioxidant properties. 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-inflammat what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | buffering antioxidant | emollient soothing | antioxidant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative emollient | perfuming emollient | emulsifying emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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