Elodie's Naturals Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Elodie's Naturals Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum Elodie's Naturals Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract (Organic Cucumber Exctract), Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Glycerin (Humectant), Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid (Preservative Used In Europe For Organic Skincare), Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid), Acidum Citricum (Ph Level) Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract (Organic Cucumber Exctract) soothing, emollient goodie Panthenol (Vitamin B5) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Glycerin (Humectant) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Dehydroacetic Acid (Preservative Used In Europe For Organic Skincare) preservative Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid) Acidum Citricum (Ph Level) buffering 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. Cucumber is a nice, non-irritating plant extract that’s known for it’s soothing and emollient properties. It’s not something new to put it on our face: even Cleopatra used it to “preserve her skin”. It’s commonly believed that cucumber is the answer to puffy eyes, but there is no research confirming this. What research does confirm is that it contains amino acids and organic acids that’s helpful for the skin’s acid mantle. There is also an enzyme (called shikimate dehydrigenase) in the pulp that’s shown to have anti-inflammatory properties. An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier. Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, preservatives or chemical sunscreens) in the product. Research also shows that it might be useful for wound healing as it promotes fibroblast (nice type of cells in our skin that produce skin-firming collagen) proliferation. If that wasn’t enough panthenol is also useful in nail and hair care products. A study shows that a nail treatment liquide with 2% panthenol could effectively get into the nail and significantly increase the hydration of it. As for the hair the hydration effect is also true there. Panthenol might make your hair softer, more elastic and helps to comb your hair more easily. 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 what‑it‑does soothing | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling

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