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Derma E Deep Wrinkle Peptide Moisturizer

Derma E Deep Wrinkle Peptide Moisturizer Derma E Deep Wrinkle Peptide Moisturizer ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 (Argireline), Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Matrixyl), Stear

Derma E Deep Wrinkle Peptide Moisturizer Derma E Deep Wrinkle Peptide Moisturizer ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 (Argireline), Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Matrixyl), Stearic Acid, Organic Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil* (.1%), Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Polysorbate, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Ascorbyl Palmitate (C-Ester), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Pinus Pinaster (Pycnogenol) Bark Extract, Organic Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract* (.1%), Panthenol, Xanthan Gum, Ammonium Acrylate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Palmitoyl Oligopeptide cell-communicating ingredient goodie Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 (Argireline) cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Matrixyl) Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Organic Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil* (.1%) 0, 0-2 Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Polysorbate Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) antioxidant Ascorbyl Palmitate (C-Ester) 0, 2 icky Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) 1-3, 1-3 Pinus Pinaster (Pycnogenol) Bark Extract Organic Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract* (.1%) antioxidant, soothing Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Ammonium Acrylate 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 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 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. 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%. 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 would anyone use still Botox?). The manufacturer did several studies to prove that Argireline really works and it does (just not as well as Botox). In-vivo (made on real people) tests showed that using 10% Argireline solution around the eyes for 15 days decreased wrinkles depth by 17%, while a 5% Argireline formula applied for 28 days did almost the same with a decrease in wrinkle depth by 16.26%. A Spanish University also did some research and found that Argireline increased the level of skin moisturization and decreased both th what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | soothing soothing | moisturizer/humectant

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