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Endota Spa Vita-peptide Eye Cream

Endota Spa Vita-peptide Eye Cream Endota Spa Vita-peptide Eye Cream ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Silica, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride,

Endota Spa Vita-peptide Eye Cream Endota Spa Vita-peptide Eye Cream ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Silica, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Retinyl Palmitate, Sodium Gluconate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-51 Amide Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Dimethicone emollient 0, 1 Dimethicone Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer Silica PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone emulsifying Sodium Chloride Phenoxyethanol preservative Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant 0, 0 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Retinyl Palmitate cell-communicating ingredient 1-3, 1-3 Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Acetyl Hexapeptide-51 Amide 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 super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). A high-molecular-weight silicone elastomer (rubber-like elastic material) that is usually blended with a base silicone fluid (such as dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane) to give the formula a silky smooth feel and to act as a thickening agent. A white, elastomeric silicone powder that gives a nice silky and powdery feel to the products. It also has some oil and sebum absorption capabilities. A white powdery thing that's the major component of glass and sand. In cosmetics, it’s often in products that are supposed to keep your skin matte as it has great oil-absorbing abilities. It’s also used as a helper ingredient to thicken up products or suspend insoluble particles. A silicone emulsifier that helps to create water in silicone emulsions. Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt. If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is what‑it‑does emollient | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | emollient moisturizer/humectant | solvent chelating | moisturizer/humectant

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