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Bota Age-Defying Hyaluronic Acid Serum + Manuka & Ginger Root

Bota Age-Defying Hyaluronic Acid Serum + Manuka & Ginger Root Bota Age-Defying Hyaluronic Acid Serum + Manuka & Ginger Root ingredients explained: Water, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Glycerin, Limnanthes Alba (Meado

Bota Age-Defying Hyaluronic Acid Serum + Manuka & Ginger Root Bota Age-Defying Hyaluronic Acid Serum + Manuka & Ginger Root ingredients explained: Water, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Glycerin, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Leptospermum Scoparium (Manuka) Branch/Leaf Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Cannabis Sativa (Hemp Aerial Parts) Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cetearyl Olivate, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Myristoyl Nonapeptide-3, Sorbitan Olivate, Echinacea Purpurea Extract, Tocopherol, Citrus Aurantifolia, Pentylene Glycol, Hibiscus Sabdariffa, Glyceryl Caprylate, Glyceryl Undecylenate, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Citrus Aurantium (Brazillan Orange) Oil, Xanthan Gum Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 goodie Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Leptospermum Scoparium (Manuka) Branch/Leaf Oil antimicrobial/​antibacterial, antioxidant Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil 0, 0-3 Rosa Canina Fruit Oil Cannabis Sativa (Hemp Aerial Parts) Extract Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract antioxidant, soothing Myristoyl Nonapeptide-3 cell-communicating ingredient Sorbitan Olivate Echinacea Purpurea Extract moisturizer/​humectant Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Citrus Aurantifolia surfactant/​cleansing, perfuming icky Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Hibiscus Sabdariffa Glyceryl Caprylate preservative Glyceryl Undecylenate Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Citrus Aurantium (Brazillan Orange) Oil Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling 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. The oil coming from the seeds of the yellow flowered safflower plant. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing and moisturizing fatty acids: it's a high linoleic acid oil (70%) and has only smaller amounts of oleic acid (11%) (this might be great for acne-prone skin). It also contains antioxidant vitamin E (44mg/100g alpha-tocopherol). A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. 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 The emollient plant oil coming from the seeds of the white flowering plant called meadowfoam. Meadowfoam Oil has a unique fatty acid composition with 95% of it being long chain fatty acids (eicosenoic acid C20:1 - 61%, docosenoic acid C22:1 - 16% and docosadienoic acid C22:2 - 18%) that make the oil extraordinarily stable. It also contains antioxidant components such as vitamin E as well as phytosterols. Apart from Meadowfoam Oil's crazy stability, the oil is described as non-greasy, rapidly absorbed and having a similar skin feel to more often used jojoba oil. The oil is ideal for products where a soft, smooth, silky feel is required whether it be on skin or hair. Glyceryl stearate citrate is similar to the super common skincare ingredient glyceryl stearate, and is similarly used to help combine waters and oils (emulsifier) and to make your skin feel nice and soft (emollient). The main difference between glyceryl stearate citrate and its cousin glyceryl stearate is that this one has a citric acid molecule also attached to its glycerin. This makes it what chemists call a diacylglycerol, which is a fancy word for two acids (in this case, citric acid and stearic acid) att what‑it‑does antioxidant | emollient irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | anti-acne antimicrobial/antibacterial | antioxidant antioxidant | soothing moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | perfuming solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant

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