Dr. G Black Snail Toner

Dr. G Black Snail Toner Dr. G Black Snail Toner ingredients explained: Water, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Licorice) Root Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Phellinus Linteus Extract, Dioscorea Japonica Root Extract, Ecklonia Cava Extract, Laminaria Japonica Extract, Undaria Pinnatifida Extract, Codium Fragile Extract, Hizikia Fusiforme Extract, Betaine, Panthenol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Glyceryl Glucoside, C12-13 Alketh-9, Carbomer, Adenosine, Disodium EDTA, Hydrolyzed Corn Starch, Beta-Glucan, Sucrose, Fragrance, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Snail Secretion Filtrate antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant 1,2-Hexanediol Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Licorice) Root Extract Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Phellinus Linteus Extract Dioscorea Japonica Root Extract Ecklonia Cava Extract Laminaria Japonica Extract Undaria Pinnatifida Extract Codium Fragile Extract Hizikia Fusiforme Extract Betaine moisturizer/​humectant Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer viscosity controlling Glyceryl Glucoside C12-13 Alketh-9 Carbomer Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Disodium EDTA chelating Hydrolyzed Corn Starch moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Beta-Glucan Sucrose moisturizer/​humectant, soothing Fragrance perfuming icky Ethylhexylglycerin preservative 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. If you are into the K-Beauty trend, you must have bumped into snail slime like a thousand times. Korean brands love the ingredient and tout it for its miraculous repair and hydration properties. It's claimed to be able to repair everything from dry patches, acne breakouts to signs of aging and we are happy to say that it might be just true. So snail slime is the yucky stuff that snails (in cosmetics the secretion of Cornu Aspersum, the garden snail is used) produce when they are in stress (it's not the same as the one they secret to be able to move nicely and smoothly). As the cosmetic chemists at the Beauty Brains blog write, "chemically speaking, snail slime is a complex mixture of proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycans, glycoprotein enzymes, hyaluronic acid, copper peptides, antimicrobial peptides and trace elements including copper, zinc, and iron." English translation equals it's loaded with a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. As for scientific proof that snail slime does something for the skin, we did find a couple of studies to go by. A Spanish radiation oncologist, Rafael Abad Iglesias MD discovered for the first time that snail mucin can be used to treat radiation dermatitis (skin irritation caused by radiotherapy, a form of cancer treatment). He did a clinical study with 100 patients and reported a "statistically significant clinical improvement in erythema, itching and burning pain" in the group treated with snail slime. A 2007 study examined the molecular basis for the great regeneration properties of the ingredient. It found that snail slime (SS) indeed does a bunch of positive things that could be the reason for its great repair abilities. First, it has serious antioxidant properties thanks to two great antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase and glutathione s-transferase. Second, SS induces fibroblast proliferation, that's particularly important during wound healing. Third SS was also found to downregulate MMP, an evil enzyme that's out there to destroy skin-firming collagen. These properties add up to give SS not only wound healing and regenerative properties but also serious anti-aging potential. Regarding anti-aging, a 2013 study in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology examined the effect of SS on photoaged skin. The 14-week, double-blind, 25 participant study found that "there was a s what‑it‑does antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | soothing

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