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First Aid Beauty Ingrown Hair Pads With BHA And AHA
First Aid Beauty Ingrown Hair Pads With BHA And AHA First Aid Beauty Ingrown Hair Pads With BHA And AHA ingredients explained: Aqua (Water, Eau), Polysorbate 20, Glycerin, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Hydroxid
First Aid Beauty Ingrown Hair Pads With BHA And AHA First Aid Beauty Ingrown Hair Pads With BHA And AHA ingredients explained: Aqua (Water, Eau), Polysorbate 20, Glycerin, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sodium PCA, Bisabolol, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Benzoic Acid, Tetrasodium EDTA, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water, Eau) solvent Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant superstar Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing goodie Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Sodium Hydroxide buffering Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/humectant Sodium PCA Bisabolol Phenoxyethanol preservative Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Benzoic Acid Tetrasodium EDTA chelating Citric Acid 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. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. 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 The distillate created from different parts of the hazelnut-bush-like magic tree, commonly called Witch Hazel. Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a bit of a sloppy ingredient name as the leaves, the twigs and the bark can be used to create extracts or distillates and the different parts contain different amounts of biologically active components. But what you are getting is probably a nice water with astringent, soothing, antioxidant and antibacterial magic properties. We went into great detail about Witch Hazel in cosmetics here, detailing the main biologically active components and how they are different in different parts of the plant. Click here and read more >> It’s the most researched AHA with the most proven skin benefits It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It can help skin’s own collagen production that results in firmer, younger skin It can fade brown spots caused by sun damage or PIH Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) Slight stinging or burning with a stronger AHA product is normal If your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone choose rather a BHA or PHA product It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in sma what‑it‑does emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | buffering exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative antioxidant | soothing soothing | skin brightening soothing | moisturizer/humectant