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Coxir Intensive EGF Peptide Serum

Coxir Intensive EGF Peptide Serum Coxir Intensive EGF Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Betaine, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, PEG/PPG-18

Coxir Intensive EGF Peptide Serum Coxir Intensive EGF Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Betaine, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, PEG/PPG-18/4 Copolymer, Allantoin, Triethanolamine, Adenosine, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Fruit Extract, Lilium Tigrinum Extract, Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Extract, Chrysanthemum Indicum Flower Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, SH-Oligopeptide-1, Copper Tripeptide-1, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Acanthopanax Senticosus (Eleuthero) Root Extract, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract, Carbomer, Leontopodium Alpinum Extract, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Extract, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower Extract, Bambusa Vulgaris Leaf/Stem Extract, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Propylene Glycol Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant 1,2-Hexanediol Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Pvm/Ma Copolymer viscosity controlling PEG/PPG-18/4 Copolymer Allantoin soothing Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Fruit Extract antioxidant Lilium Tigrinum Extract Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Extract Chrysanthemum Indicum Flower Extract Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying SH-Oligopeptide-1 Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Acanthopanax Senticosus (Eleuthero) Root Extract Punica Granatum Fruit Extract Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract Carbomer Leontopodium Alpinum Extract Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Extract perfuming Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower Extract Bambusa Vulgaris Leaf/Stem Extract Snail Secretion Filtrate antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Parfum 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 Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas. The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list. Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion. If you wanna know more, we wrote a more detailed explanation about what's the deal with alcohol in skincare products at alcohol denat. (it's also alcohol, but with some additives to make sure no one drinks it). 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 multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades bro what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant

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