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Dermaquest Retinol Peptide Youth Serum

Dermaquest Retinol Peptide Youth Serum Dermaquest Retinol Peptide Youth Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Hexyl Laurate, Polysorbate 20, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Retinol,

Dermaquest Retinol Peptide Youth Serum Dermaquest Retinol Peptide Youth Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Hexyl Laurate, Polysorbate 20, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Retinol, Butylene Glycol, Sorbitol, PPG-12/Smdi Copolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Extract, Carrageenan, Sorbitan Stearate, Polysorbate 60, Squalane, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Dimethicone, Sorbitan Olivate, Tetradecyl Aminobutyroylvalylaminobutyric Urea Trifluoroacetate, Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Cetearyl Olivate, Propylene Glycol, Ectoin, Cyclotetrapeptide-24 Aminocyclohexane Carboxylate, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Adenosine Triphosphate, Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Extract, Symphytum Officinale Rhizome/Root Extract, Plantago Ovata Seed Extract, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Glutamine, Proline, Leucine, Serine, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Tall Oil Sterol, Linoleic Ac Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Hexyl Laurate Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Retinol cell-communicating ingredient Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant PPG-12/Smdi Copolymer Sodium Hyaluronate goodie Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Extract skin brightening Carrageenan viscosity controlling Sorbitan Stearate emulsifying 1, 0 Polysorbate 60 Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Dimethicone Sorbitan Olivate Tetradecyl Aminobutyroylvalylaminobutyric Urea Trifluoroacetate Cetyl Palmitate Sorbitan Palmitate Cetearyl Olivate Propylene Glycol Ectoin antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Cyclotetrapeptide-24 Aminocyclohexane Carboxylate antioxidant Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Adenosine Triphosphate Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 Glycine Soja (Soybean) Extract Symphytum Officinale Rhizome/Root Extract Plantago Ovata Seed Extract Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Glutamine Proline skin-identical ingredient Leucine Serine Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline Tall Oil Sterol Linoleic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Ascorbate Mannitol Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Echinacea Purpurea Extract Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans Phenoxyethanol preservative Tocopheryl Acetate Centella Asiatica Meristem Cell Culture Buddleja Davidii Meristem Cell Culture antioxidant, soothing Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Cell Extract Lecithin Isomalt Tocopheryl Linoleate/Oleate Malva Sylvestris Extract emollient, soothing Hedera Helix Extract antimicrobial/​antibacterial, soothing Parietaria Officinalis Extract Sambucus Nigra Extract Arnica Montana Extract icky Cucumis Sativus Extract soothing, emollient Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Glycine Soja (Soybean) Sterols Phospholipids Di-PPG-2 Myreth-10 Adipate emollient, surfactant/​cleansing PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate Retinyl Palmitate 1-3, 1-3 Laureth-23 0, 3 Trideceth-6 Phosphate Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Ceramide 3 Xanthan Gum Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Yeast Polysaccharides Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract Primula Veris Extract Alchemilla Vulgaris Extract Veronica Officinalis Extract Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract Achillea Millefolium Extract soothing, surfactant/​cleansing Glucosamine Hcl Algae Extract emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Yeast Extract Urea Dithiaoctanediol Gluconic Acid chelating, perfuming Sutilains Beta-Carotene Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscos 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 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 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 fast spreading emollient ester (hexyl alcohol + lauric acid) that's used in water in oil emulsions or in water-free formulas. It gives a light skin feel. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. A common multi-tasker fatty acid. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), gives body to cream type products and helps to stabilize water and oil mixes (aka emulsions). 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". A very common water-loving surfactant and emulsifier that helps to keep water and oil mixed nicely together. It's often paired with glyceryl stearate - the two together form a super effective emulsifier duo that's salt and acid tolerant and works over a wide pH range. It also gives a "pleasing product aesthetics", so no wonder it's popular. A so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient antioxidant | skin brightening antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing emollient | soothing antimicrobial/antibacterial | soothing soothing | emollient emollient | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing soothing | surfactant/cleansing emollient | moisturizer/humectant chelating | perfuming antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering

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