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Elemis Peptide4 Antioxidant Hydra-Serum

Elemis Peptide4 Antioxidant Hydra-Serum Elemis Peptide4 Antioxidant Hydra-Serum ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Coco-Caprylate, Glycerin, Steareth-2, Cetearyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Phyllanthus Emblica (Indian Gooseberry) Fruit Ex

Elemis Peptide4 Antioxidant Hydra-Serum Elemis Peptide4 Antioxidant Hydra-Serum ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Coco-Caprylate, Glycerin, Steareth-2, Cetearyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Phyllanthus Emblica (Indian Gooseberry) Fruit Extract, Steareth-21, Propanediol, Diheptyl Succinate, Carbomer, Disodium EDTA, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Fragrance (Parfum), Xanthan Gum, Lunaria Annua (Honesty) Seed Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Verbascum Thapsus (Mullein) Flower, Myrothamnus Flabellifolia Leaf/Stem Extract, Crocus Sativus (Saffron) Flower Extract, Saccharide Hydrolysate, 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, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Tocopherol, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Nelumbo Nucifera (Lotus) Flower Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Ascorbic Acid, Hy Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Coco-Caprylate emollient Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Steareth-2 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 2, 2 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Phenoxyethanol preservative Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Phyllanthus Emblica (Indian Gooseberry) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant Steareth-21 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Diheptyl Succinate Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1 Disodium EDTA chelating Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Xanthan Gum Lunaria Annua (Honesty) Seed Oil Sodium Hydroxide buffering Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid goodie Hydrolyzed Verbascum Thapsus (Mullein) Flower antioxidant Myrothamnus Flabellifolia Leaf/Stem Extract Crocus Sativus (Saffron) Flower Extract Saccharide Hydrolysate 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 Citric Acid Sodium Benzoate Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate Nelumbo Nucifera (Lotus) Flower Extract Potassium Sorbate Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein Eugenol Linalool 1,2-Hexanediol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Leaf/Twig Oil Polianthes Tuberosa Flower Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Vetiveria Zizanoides Root 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. A clear, colorless to slightly yellowish oil that makes the skin nice and smooth (emollient), spreads easily on the skin and is marketed as a good alternative to volatile (does not absorb into the skin but rather evaporates from it) silicones like Cyclomethicone. 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 A waxy solid material that helps oil and water to mix together, aka emulsifier. It is derived from the fatty alcohol, stearyl alcohol by ethoxylating it and thus making the molecule a little water-soluble. This version has only a small amount of ethoxylation and thus the molecule is still largely oil soluble. It is often mixed with more water-soluble emulsifiers (such as Steareth-20) to create stable emulsion systems. 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. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. Other than having a good safety pr what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | preservative moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant perfuming | solvent antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | perfuming

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