Conscious Chemist The Defender Peptide Retinol Night Cream

Conscious Chemist The Defender Peptide Retinol Night Cream Conscious Chemist The Defender Peptide Retinol Night Cream ingredients explained: Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Isopropyl Myristate, Glyceryl Monostearate, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Cetostearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Sodium Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Lauryl Glucoside, Phenoxyethanol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Alcohol, Glycerol Monooleate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Allantoin, Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil, Retinol, Polysorbate 20, Butylated Hydroxy Anisole, Lecithin, Acetyl Glutamine, SH-Oligopeptide-1, SH-Oligopeptide-2, SH-Polypeptide-1, SH-Polypeptide-9, SH-Polypeptide-11, Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caprylyl Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Hexapeptide-11, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Bisabolol, Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Oil, Caffeine, Butylated Hydroxytoluene, Disodium EDTA, Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Isopropyl Myristate emollient, perfuming 3, 3-5 Glyceryl Monostearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying goodie Sorbitan Olivate Cetostearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Dimethicone emollient Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil 0, 4 Sodium Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Hydrogenated Polydecene emollient, perfuming, solvent Lauryl Glucoside surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol preservative Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Glycerol Monooleate emollient, emulsifying, perfuming Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening superstar Allantoin soothing Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil Retinol cell-communicating ingredient Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Butylated Hydroxy Anisole antioxidant, preservative Lecithin Acetyl Glutamine SH-Oligopeptide-1 SH-Oligopeptide-2 SH-Polypeptide-1 SH-Polypeptide-9 SH-Polypeptide-11 Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Butylene Glycol Hexapeptide-11 Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Bisabolol Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Oil Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Butylated Hydroxytoluene Disodium EDTA chelating Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Fruit Oil Ubiquinone 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. It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) A clear, colorless oil-like liquid that makes the skin feel smooth and nice (aka emollient) and it does so without it being greasy. What's more, it can even reduce the heavy, greasy feel in products with high oil content. It's also fast-spreading meaning that it gives the formula a good, nice slip. It absorbs quickly into the skin and helps other ingredients to penetrate quicker and deeper. Thanks to all this, it's one of the most commonly used emollients out there. There is just one little drawback: it has a high comedogenic index (5 out of 5...), so it might clog pores if you're prone to it. A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable. It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt". An ester that comes from Cetearyl alcohol and the fatty acids of olive oil. It often comes to the formula coupled with Sorbitan Olivate as the two together form the well-known, natural emulsifier trade named Olivem 1000. Other than helping oil and water to blend, the main thing of Olivem 1000 is generating liquid crystal structures that are similar to the lipid structures of the stratum corneum (the outermost layer of the skin). Thanks to this, Olivem 1000 doubles as an active ingredient with significant moisturizing, barrier-repairing and soothing properties. It also helps to deliver water-soluble actives such as caffeine more effectively, and can even boost SPF in sunscreen formulas. Its typical use level is 1-5% and has wide compatibility with other actives and oils. Overall, a real what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emollient | perfuming emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | perfuming | solvent surfactant/cleansing antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying | perfuming soothing | skin brightening emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative antioxidant | perfuming

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