Product and ingredient reference
DB designer Brands Nourishing Moisturiser Peptide Complex
DB designer Brands Nourishing Moisturiser Peptide Complex DB designer Brands Nourishing Moisturiser Peptide Complex ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol,
DB designer Brands Nourishing Moisturiser Peptide Complex DB designer Brands Nourishing Moisturiser Peptide Complex ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hyaluronic Acid, Panthenol (Provitamin B5), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) Extract, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Squalane, Phospholipids (Ceramides), Sphingolipids (Ceramides), Caprylyl Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Ceteareth-20, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/humectant goodie Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Propylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 0 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing 1, 2 Dimethicone 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant superstar Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying Sorbitan Olivate Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 0, 0-2 Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein moisturizer/humectant Hyaluronic Acid Panthenol (Provitamin B5) Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) antioxidant Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) Extract emollient, soothing Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract antioxidant, emollient Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/antibacterial Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Phospholipids (Ceramides) Sphingolipids (Ceramides) Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Ethylhexyl Olivate Ceteareth-20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing 3, 2 Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Parfum (Fragrance) perfuming icky Sodium Benzoate preservative Phenoxyethanol 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. Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. 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) An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and what‑it‑does soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant emollient | soothing antioxidant | emollient antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | emollient moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing