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Elemis Peptide4 Adaptive Day Cream

Elemis Peptide4 Adaptive Day Cream Elemis Peptide4 Adaptive Day Cream ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Mica, Dicaprylyl Ether, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Silica,

Elemis Peptide4 Adaptive Day Cream Elemis Peptide4 Adaptive Day Cream ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Mica, Dicaprylyl Ether, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Silica, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Lunaria Annua (Honesty) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Chlorphenesin, Lecithin, Glycerin, Fragrance (Parfum), Capsanthin/Capsorubin, Limonene, Cananga Odorata Flower Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Bud Oil, Juniperus Mexicana Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Buddleja Davidii (Butterfly Bush) Leaf Extract, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Flower/Leaf Extract, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein, Eugenol, Linalool, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Leaf/Twig Oil, Polianthes Tuberosa Flower Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil, Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Mica colorant Dicaprylyl Ether emollient, solvent Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter 0, 4 goodie Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate viscosity controlling Silica Sodium Acrylates Copolymer Phenoxyethanol preservative Lunaria Annua (Honesty) Seed Oil Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Capsanthin/Capsorubin Limonene perfuming, solvent Cananga Odorata Flower Oil Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Bud Oil Juniperus Mexicana Oil Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Buddleja Davidii (Butterfly Bush) Leaf Extract Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Flower/Leaf Extract Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein Eugenol Linalool Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Leaf/Twig Oil Polianthes Tuberosa Flower Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil Sodium Benzoate Sodium Hydroxide buffering Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Citric Acid Potassium Sorbate Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil soothing, perfuming Citrus Aurantium Flower Oil Cymbopogon Nardus (Citronella) Oil Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower Extract Jasminum Sambac (Jasmine) Flower Extract Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil Myrocarpus Fastigiatus Oil Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Flower Oil 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. An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. A super versatile and common mineral powder that comes in different particle sizes. It is a multi-tasker used to improve skin feel, increase product slip, give the product light-reflecting properties, enhance skin adhesion or serve as an anti-caking agent. It is also the most commonly used "base" material for layered composite pigments such as pearl-effect pigments. In this case, mica is coated with one or more metal oxides (most commonly titanium dioxide) to achieve pearl effect via the physical phenomenon known as interference. A clear, colorless and odorless oily liquid that works as a fast-spreading emollient with a dry skin feel. 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. Theobroma means "food of the gods" in Greek though probably "treat of the people" would be more spot on. The cacao fruits and especially the seeds in it need no introduction as everyone knows them as the magical raw material of the magical sweet treat, chocolate (the flavour is composed of more than 1200(!) substances, and the exact chemical nature of it is not really understood, so it's indeed magic. :)). As for skincare, cocoa butter counts as a rich emollient that can moisturize and nourish even the driest skin (think chapped hands or lips). It's solid at room temperature and melts nicely when yo what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. emollient | solvent preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant perfuming | solvent antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | perfuming

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