DOSE by VH Vitamin C Eye Cream

DOSE by VH Vitamin C Eye Cream DOSE by VH Vitamin C Eye Cream ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Propanediol, Glycerin, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, C14-22 Alcohols, Pentylene Glycol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Caffeine, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Ergothioneine, Sorbitan Isostearate, Nymphaea Caerulea (Blue Lotus) Flower Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Carbomer, Caprylyl Glycol, Glucose, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 20, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 60, Superoxide Dismutase, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Dextran Sulfate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 0-1 Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening goodie Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil emollient 0, 1-3 C14-22 Alcohols Pentylene Glycol Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein emulsifying Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrolyzed Rice Protein Ergothioneine antioxidant Sorbitan Isostearate 0, 1-2 Nymphaea Caerulea (Blue Lotus) Flower Extract Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract perfuming Carbomer 0, 1 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Glucose moisturizer/​humectant C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Coco-Caprylate/Caprate Xanthan Gum Polysorbate 20 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Polysorbate 60 Superoxide Dismutase Potassium Sorbate preservative Sodium Dextran Sulfate Phenoxyethanol Sodium Benzoate Sodium Hydroxide buffering Citric Acid 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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 Castor oil is sourced from the castor bean plant native to tropical areas in Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is an age-old ingredient (it’s over 4,000 years old!) with many uses including as a shoe polish, food additive and motor lubricant. You would be reasonable to think that putting shoe polish on your face wouldn’t be the best idea, but it turns out castor oil has some unique properties that make it a stalwart in thick and gloss-giving formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters). So what is so special about it? The answer is its main fatty acid, called ricinoleic acid (85-95%). Unlike other fatty acids, ricinoleic acid has an extra water-loving part (aka -OH group) on its fatty chain that gives Castor Oil several unique properties. First, it is thicker than other oils, then its solubility is different (e.g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), and it allows all kinds of chemical modifications other oils do not, hence the lots of Castor oil-derived ingredients. It is also more glossy than other oils, in fact, it creates the highest gloss of all natural oils when applied to the skin. Other than that, it is a very effective emollient and occlusive that reduces skin moisture loss so it is quite common in smaller amounts in moisturizers. While it is very unlikely (and this is true for pretty much every ingredient), cases of reactions to castor oil have been reported, so if your skin is sensitive, it never hurts to patch test. Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate is a stable, oil what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | perfuming antioxidant | skin brightening antioxidant | perfuming soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant | emollient moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent

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