Dr. Schatz Blue Copper Peptide Emulsion

Dr. Schatz Blue Copper Peptide Emulsion Dr. Schatz Blue Copper Peptide Emulsion ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Paraffinum Liquidum, Propylene Glycol, Jojoba Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Arachidyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Isopropyl Myristate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Propylene Glycol, 1-2 Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Niacinamide, Hydroxyphenyl Propamidobenzoic Acid, Glycereth-26, Cetearyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Copper Tripeptide -1 Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Paraffinum Liquidum emollient, solvent 0, 0-2 Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Jojoba Seed Oil emollient goodie Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Dimethicone 0, 1 Arachidyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling Behenyl Alcohol Arachidyl Glucoside emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Isopropyl Myristate emollient, perfuming 3, 3-5 Caprylhydroxamic Acid chelating Ethylhexylglycerin preservative 1-2 Hexanediol Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate viscosity controlling Isohexadecane Polysorbate 60 Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Hydroxyphenyl Propamidobenzoic Acid soothing Glycereth-26 moisturizer/​humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Carbomer Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil soothing, perfuming Copper Tripeptide -1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant 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 The famous or maybe rather infamous mineral oil. The clear oily liquid that is the "cheap by-product" of refining crude oil and the one that gets a lot of heat for its poor provenance. It is a very controversial ingredient with pros and cons and plenty of myths around it. So let us see them: The pros of mineral oil Trust us, if something is used for more than 100 years in cosmetic products, it has advantages. Chemically speaking, cosmetic grade mineral oil is a complex mixture of highly refined saturated hydrocarbons with C15-50 chain length. It is not merely a "by-product" but rather a specifically isolated part of petroleum that is very pure and inert. It is a great emollient and moisturizer working mainly by occlusivity. Occlusivity is one of the basic mechanisms of how moisturizers work and it means that mineral oil sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called trans-epidermal water loss, i.e water evaporating out of your skin. When compared to heavy-duty plant oil, extra virgin coconut oil, the two of them were equally efficient and safe as moisturizers in treating xerosis, a skin condition connected to very dry skin. The other thing that mineral oil is really good at is being non-irritating to the skin. The chemical composition of plant oils is more complex with many more possible allergens or irritating components, while mineral oil is simple, pure and sensitivity to it is extremely rare. If you check out the classic French pharmacy brands and their moisturizers for the most sensitive, allergy prone skin, they usually contain mineral oil. This is no coincidence. The cons of mineral oil The pros of mineral oil can be interpreted as cons if we look at them from another perspective. Not penetrating the skin but mostly just sitting on top of it and not containing biologically active components, like nice fatty acids and what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying emollient | emulsifying emollient | perfuming antioxidant | preservative cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | perfuming cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant

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