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Cos De BAHA EGF Peptide Cica Serum

Cos De BAHA EGF Peptide Cica Serum Cos De BAHA EGF Peptide Cica Serum ingredients explained: Centella Asiatica Extract, Propanediol, Water, Glycerin, Betaine, SH-Oligopeptide-1, Lecithin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, *Aloe Barbaden

Cos De BAHA EGF Peptide Cica Serum Cos De BAHA EGF Peptide Cica Serum ingredients explained: Centella Asiatica Extract, Propanediol, Water, Glycerin, Betaine, SH-Oligopeptide-1, Lecithin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, *Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Momordica Charantia Fruit Extract, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract, Leontopodium Alpinum Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Allantoin, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Sodium Polyacrylate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Tropolone, Xanthan Gum, Adenosine, Madecassoside Show all ingredients by function Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Betaine moisturizer/​humectant SH-Oligopeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Sodium Hyaluronate Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate *Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Momordica Charantia Fruit Extract Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract soothing Leontopodium Alpinum Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Allantoin Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer viscosity controlling Sodium Polyacrylate 1,2-Hexanediol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Tropolone preservative Xanthan Gum Adenosine Madecassoside Centella Asiatica - or sometimes also called Gotu Kola or Cica - has been used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It’s traditionally used to improve small wounds, burns and scratches and it’s also a well known anti-inflammatory agent for eczema. Recently science has taken an interest in Gotu Kola as well and it turns out it really has many active compounds with several benefits. Just for hard-core geeks, the main biologically active compounds are pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins called asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic and madecassic acid (also called centellosides). Expand to read more One of the biological activities of the centellosides is to be able to stimulate GAGs (glycosaminoglycans - polysaccharides that are part of the liquidy stuff between our skin cells), and especially hyaluronic acid synthesis in our skin. This is probably one of the reasons why Centella Asiatica Extract has nice skin moisturizing properties that was confirmed by a 25 people, four weeks study along with Centella's anti-inflammatory effects. Madecassoside can also help in burn wound healing through increasing antioxidant activity and enhancing collagen synthesis. Asiaticoside was shown to increase antioxidant levels on rats skin when applied at 0.2%. Centella Asiatica also often shows up in products that try to treat cellulite or striae. Of course, it cannot make a miracle but it might have some effect via regulating microcirculation and normalizing the metabolism in the cells of connective tissues. Bottom line: Gotu Kola is a great plant ingredient with proven wound healing, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Nice to spot on any ingredient list. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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. 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 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 what‑it‑does soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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