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First Aid Beauty Firming Cream With Peptides, Niacinamide + Collagen

First Aid Beauty Firming Cream With Peptides, Niacinamide + Collagen First Aid Beauty Firming Cream With Peptides, Niacinamide + Collagen ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, Niacinamide, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyc

First Aid Beauty Firming Cream With Peptides, Niacinamide + Collagen First Aid Beauty Firming Cream With Peptides, Niacinamide + Collagen ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, Niacinamide, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Panthenol, Colloidal Oatmeal, Soluble Collagen, Pentapeptide-34 Trifluoroacetate, Squalane, Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Ceramide NP, Diamond Powder, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Allantoin, Caprylyl Glycol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Propanediol, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Benzoate, Tetrasodium EDTA Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Glyceryl Stearate SE emulsifying 2, 3 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Dimethicone Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Colloidal Oatmeal soothing, antioxidant, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Soluble Collagen moisturizer/​humectant Pentapeptide-34 Trifluoroacetate Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Diamond Powder abrasive/​scrub Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract emollient, soothing Allantoin soothing Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Polymethylsilsesquioxane Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Hydroxide buffering Disodium EDTA chelating Sodium Benzoate Tetrasodium EDTA 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 common multi-tasker fatty acid. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), gives body to cream type products and helps to stabilize water and oil mixes (aka emulsions). 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 multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis An often used emollient with a light and silky feel. It's very mild to both skin and eyes and spreads nicely and easily. It's often used in sunscreens as it's also an excellent solvent for sunscreen agents. 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. An oily kind of ingredient that can magically blend with water all by itself. This is called self-emulsifying and SE in its name stands for that. The difference between "normal" Glyceryl Stearate and this guy is that the SE grade contains a small amount of water-loving soap molecules, such as sodium stearate. This increases Glyceryl Stearate's affinity for water and gives it stronger emulsifying abilities. Other than that, it’s a nice emollient that gives a smooth and soft appearance to the skin. You can read some more at Glyceryl Stearate >> A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. Chemically speaking, it is what‑it‑does emollient | viscosity controlling irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | emollient | abrasive/scrub moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | skin brightening antioxidant | soothing abrasive/scrub emollient | soothing moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | moisturizer/humectant

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