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DIME Luminosity Eye Serum With Cucumber + Peptides

DIME Luminosity Eye Serum With Cucumber + Peptides DIME Luminosity Eye Serum With Cucumber + Peptides ingredients explained: Water/Aqua, Organic Aloe Vera Juice, Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape Seed) Extract, Cucumis Sativus (

DIME Luminosity Eye Serum With Cucumber + Peptides DIME Luminosity Eye Serum With Cucumber + Peptides ingredients explained: Water/Aqua, Organic Aloe Vera Juice, Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape Seed) Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Extract, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Squalane, Camellia Seed Oil, DL-Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Carbomer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Acacia Senegal Gum, Caffeine, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Malus Domestica (Apple) Fruit Stem Cell Extract, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Sprout Stem Cell Extract, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C), Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Vitamin E Mixed Tocopherols, Sodium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua solvent Organic Aloe Vera Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit Extract Vitis Vinifera (Grape Seed) Extract antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Extract soothing, emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Camellia Seed Oil DL-Panthenol (Vitamin B5) Carbomer viscosity controlling Sodium Hyaluronate Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer Phenoxyethanol preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Acacia Senegal Gum Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient Malus Domestica (Apple) Fruit Stem Cell Extract Argania Spinosa (Argan) Sprout Stem Cell Extract Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C) antioxidant, skin brightening Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2 cell-communicating ingredient Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Vitamin E Mixed Tocopherols antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Sodium Hydroxide buffering 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. We wholeheartedly support the rise of seedless grapes as fruit snacks, but when it comes to skincare, we are big fans of the seeds. They contain the majority of the skin goodies that - similar to green tea - are mostly polyphenols (but not the same ones as in tea). The most abundant ones in grape are called proanthocyanidins, and 60-70% of them are found in the seeds (it's also often abbreviated as GSP - grape seed proanthocyanidins). In general, the darker the fruit, the more GSPs and other flavonoids it contains. So what's so special about GSPs? Well, they are super-potent antioxidants, much stronger than Vitamin C or Vitamin E. And if that's not enough, GSPs and other flavonoids in grape also show UV protecting and anti-cancer properties. It's definitely a goodie to spot on the INCI list. Cucumber is a nice, non-irritating plant extract that’s known for it’s soothing and emollient properties. It’s not something new to put it on our face: even Cleopatra used it to “preserve her skin”. It’s commonly believed that cucumber is the answer to puffy eyes, but there is no research confirming this. What research does confirm is that it contains amino acids and organic acids that’s helpful for the skin’s acid mantle. There is also an enzyme (called shikimate dehydrigenase) in the pulp that’s shown to have anti-inflammatory properties. 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 dr what‑it‑does soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | perfuming antioxidant | skin brightening cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant

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