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Clinicians Complex Peptide Serum
Clinicians Complex Peptide Serum Clinicians Complex Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water, Methyl Gluceth-20, Glycerine, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium PCA,
Clinicians Complex Peptide Serum Clinicians Complex Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water, Methyl Gluceth-20, Glycerine, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium PCA, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract (Japanese Green Tea), Sodium Hyaluronate, Polysorbate 20, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Algae Extract, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Extract, Hedera Helix (Ivy) Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Parietaria Officinalis Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Tetrasodium EDTA, Carbomer Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Methyl Gluceth-20 moisturizer/humectant goodie Glycerine skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Palmitoyl Oligopeptide cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract viscosity controlling Hydroxyethylcellulose Sodium PCA Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract (Japanese Green Tea) antioxidant, soothing Sodium Hyaluronate Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/humectant Algae Extract emollient, moisturizer/humectant Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Extract emollient, soothing Hedera Helix (Ivy) Extract antimicrobial/antibacterial, soothing Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract soothing Arnica Montana Flower Extract perfuming icky Parietaria Officinalis Extract Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract soothing, antimicrobial/antibacterial Tetrasodium EDTA chelating Carbomer 0, 1 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. A corn sugar derived, water-soluble, pale yellow syrup, that nicely moisturizes the skin. It has a light and smooth skin feel, it is non-tacky, and it can improve the after-feel of the formula. It is also mild and gentle, popular in sensitive skin formulas. 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 six amino acid peptide that is claimed to improve firmness and skin tone. Its amino acid sequence is Val-Gly-Val-Ala-Pro-Gly that is also called the "spring fragment" and is repeated six times in the important skin protein, elastin molecule. The manufacturer made a double-blind, one-month long clinical study on 10 women and found that twice a day application of 4% Biopeptide El improved skin firmness by 33% and skin tone by 20%. A four amino acid peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-glutamine-proline-arginine. It is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration. It works by reducing the production of the signal molecule, interleukin-6 (IL-6) which promotes inflammation in the skin and less inflammation means slower degradation of important things (like collagen) that results in younger looking skin for a longer time. It works in synergy with its pal, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 in the famous Matrixyl 3000 complex. You can read some more about the famous duo here. If you see a cosmetic product that claims that it has "Botox-like effect" then two things are almost certain: one, the product overpromises and two, it contains Argireline. So this one is the famous peptide that's marketed by its manufacturer as the "Botox in a jar". The basis for this claim is that it targets the same wrinkle forming mechanism (wrinkles caused by facial muscle movement) as Botox, but the way it works is very different. In addition, the extent to which it can prevent muscles from contracting (and to smooth wrinkles) is very different (otherwise why w what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | soothing antimicrobial/antibacterial | soothing soothing | emollient soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial