First Aid Beauty 0.3% Retinol Complex Serum With Peptides

First Aid Beauty 0.3% Retinol Complex Serum With Peptides First Aid Beauty 0.3% Retinol Complex Serum With Peptides ingredients explained: Aqua (Water, Eau), Dimethicone, Glycerin, Retinyl Propionate, Retinol, Pentapeptide-34 Trifluoroacetate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Citric Acid, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethiconol, Disodium EDTA, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Laureth-4, Mica, Polysorbate 20, Polysorbate 60, Propanediol, Sodium Citrate, Sorbitan Isostearate, BHT, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide) Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water, Eau) solvent Dimethicone emollient 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Retinyl Propionate cell-communicating ingredient goodie Retinol Pentapeptide-34 Trifluoroacetate Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Citric Acid buffering Dimethicone Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Disodium EDTA chelating Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Isohexadecane emollient, solvent Laureth-4 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 4, 5 Mica colorant Polysorbate 20 Polysorbate 60 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 BHT Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Benzoate Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide) 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. 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 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 Retinyl Propionate (RP) is a less well-known, but pretty interesting member of the retinoids, aka the "royal family of skincare". You can read the who's who here but the TL;DR version is that tretinoin is the king himself (the FDA-proven anti-aging active molecule), retinol is like Prince George (two conversion steps needed to be active) and Retinyl Palmitate is like Prince Charlotte (George's little sister), 3 steps away from the throne. Similar to Retinyl Palmitate, Retinyl Propionate is also a retinol ester with retinol and propionic acid being attached together. This puts our molecule in the place of little Princess Charlotte on the family tree, quite far away from the throne. However, not all retinol ester molecules are made equal when it comes to being transformed and being effective on the skin. As Dr. Fulton (the scientist behind both Retin-A and RP) puts it in his patent paper, "Other esters of vita what‑it‑does irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative emollient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering

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