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Clinical Skin Retinol + Peptide Refining Serum
Clinical Skin Retinol + Peptide Refining Serum Clinical Skin Retinol + Peptide Refining Serum ingredients explained: Isopentyldiol, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Ethoxydiglycol, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Retinol, Bakuchiol, Ascorbic Acid, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, T
Clinical Skin Retinol + Peptide Refining Serum Clinical Skin Retinol + Peptide Refining Serum ingredients explained: Isopentyldiol, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Ethoxydiglycol, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Retinol, Bakuchiol, Ascorbic Acid, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tocopherol, Purified Water, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Ceramide NP, Superoxide Dismutase, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Niacinamide, Ubiquinone, Allantoin, Macrocystis Pyrifera (Kelp) Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf/Flower Extract, Curcuma Longa (Tumeric) Root Extract, Lawsonia Inermis (Henna) Flower/Fruit/Leaf Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Ocimum Basilicum Flower/Leaf Extract, Bisabolol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Squalane, Cholesterol, Phytosphingosine, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Neem Flowers Amino Acids, Mica, Carbomer, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate Show all ingredients by function Isopentyldiol solvent, moisturizer/humectant, emollient Dimethyl Isosorbide solvent, viscosity controlling Ethoxydiglycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant, perfuming 0, 0 Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 goodie Retinol cell-communicating ingredient superstar Bakuchiol cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, antimicrobial/antibacterial Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Purified Water solvent Ceramide AP skin-identical ingredient Ceramide EOP Ceramide NP Superoxide Dismutase Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant Ubiquinone Allantoin soothing Macrocystis Pyrifera (Kelp) Extract Melia Azadirachta Leaf/Flower Extract Curcuma Longa (Tumeric) Root Extract antioxidant, soothing, skin brightening, perfuming Lawsonia Inermis (Henna) Flower/Fruit/Leaf Extract Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract Ocimum Basilicum Flower/Leaf Extract Bisabolol Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Cholesterol Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/antibacterial Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin Neem Flowers Amino Acids Mica colorant Carbomer viscosity controlling Glycerin Xanthan Gum Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate emulsifying A water-soluble, colorless, odorless humectant liquid that makes your skin nice and smooth (aka emollient) and gives a dry, non-tacky skin feel. It also has great instant and some longer-lasting moisturizing effect and works in synergy with fellow moisturizer, sorbitol. A little helper ingredient that can boost the performance and enhance the delivery of active ingredients in a formula. It can penetrate deep layers of the skin helping actives to do the same. It's especially useful to help active ingredients for self-tanning (DHA), anti-acne or skin-whitening to penetrate deeper and work better. A nice odorless liquid used mainly as a superior solubilizer and efficacy booster for cosmetic active ingredients such as skincare bigshot vitamin C, self-tanning active DHA or the anti-acne gold standard, benzoyl peroxide. Other than that it can also be used in hair care products where it gives a longer-lasting and more uniform coloring. According to a manufacturer, it might even prevent the formation of split ends. The emollient plant oil coming from the soybean. It is considered to be a nice, cost-effective base oil with moisturizing properties. As for its fatty acid profile, it contains 48-59% barrier-repairing linoleic acid, 17-30% nourishing oleic acid and also some (4.5-11%) potentially anti-inflammatory linolenic acid. Retinol (pure Vitamin A) is probably the most proven anti-aging ingredient available OTC It has to be converted in the skin to retinoic acid to work its magic Once converted, it has the same effect as all-trans-retinoic acid, aka tretinoin A generally accepted ballpark number is that retinol is 10-to-20 times less potent than retinoic acid It makes skin less wrinkled, smoother, firmer and tighter It might also be helpful for acne prone skin as it normalizes keratinization and makes the pores produce less sebum Possible side effects and irritation are also much less than with retinoic acid Do not use whilst pregnant At first glance, you could think that Bakuchiol is your average plant extract. It is derived from the seeds of Psoralea Corylifolia, aka Babchi, a plant important in Indian and Chinese medicine. The molecule was first isolated in 1973 and several anti-something properties are known about it: it has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-bacterial and hepatoprotective magical abilities like plenty of other Ayurvedic plant extracts. What makes Bakuchiol a special snowflake is the recent discovery that it behaves on the skin in a way very similar to well-known skincare superstar, retinol. While chemically, it has nothing to do with the vitamin-A family, aka retinoids, comparative gene expression profiling (a fancy way of saying that they compared how retinol and bakuchiol modify the way skin cells behave and produce important skin proteins such as collagen) shows that retinol and bakuchiol regulate skin cell behavior in a similar way. Expand to read more To be more specific, both Bakuchiol and retinol upregulate col what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant | perfuming irritancy, com. emollient | perfuming cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering antioxidant | skin brightening cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing | skin brightening | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial