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Breylee Retinol Lifting Serum
Breylee Retinol Lifting Serum Breylee Retinol Lifting Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Betaine, Erythritol, Trehalose, Hydroxyethyl Urea, PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Panthenol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Phenoxyethanol, Methylpa
Breylee Retinol Lifting Serum Breylee Retinol Lifting Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Betaine, Erythritol, Trehalose, Hydroxyethyl Urea, PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Panthenol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Allantoin, Carbomer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Triethanolamine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Chlorphenesin, Dimethicone, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ethylhexyl Cocoate, Dimethiconol, Tocopherol, Glycine, Soja (Soybean) Oil, Retinol, Dimethylmethoxy Chromanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Beta-Glucan Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Betaine moisturizer/humectant goodie Erythritol Trehalose Hydroxyethyl Urea PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer emollient, solvent Propylene Glycol Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant 1,2-Hexanediol Phenoxyethanol preservative Methylparaben Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate Allantoin soothing Carbomer viscosity controlling Hydroxyethylcellulose Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/humectant Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/antibacterial Dimethicone emollient Disodium EDTA chelating Sodium Hyaluronate Ethylhexyl Cocoate Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/humectant Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Glycine skin-identical ingredient Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Retinol cell-communicating ingredient Dimethylmethoxy Chromanol Ethylhexylglycerin Beta-Glucan 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. 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 enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. 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 A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A type of sugar that has water-binding properties and helps to keep your skin hydrated. A derivative of Urea, that works as a strong moisturizer and humectant meaning that it helps the skin to cling onto water and thus to make it hydrated and elastic. According to manufacturer's data, Hydroxyethyl Urea has a similar moisturizing ability to glycerin (measured at 5%), but it feels nicer on the skin as it is non-sticky and non-tacky and gives a lubricous and moist feeling to the skin. A water-loving emollient and humectant that gives a nice skin feel and slip to the product. It works well with facial toners. It's a helper ingredient that improves the f what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming