First Aid Beauty KP Smoothing + Brightening Body Lotion With 10% AHA + Urea

First Aid Beauty KP Smoothing + Brightening Body Lotion With 10% AHA + Urea First Aid Beauty KP Smoothing + Brightening Body Lotion With 10% AHA + Urea ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Lactic Acid, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Propanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Silica, Sodium Hydroxide, Palmitic Acid, Dimethicone, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Glycerin, Urea, Ceramide NP, Prunus Persica (Peach) Fruit Extract, Colloidal Oatmeal, Allantoin, Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Bud Extract, Triacetin, Sodium PCA, Cetearyl Alcohol, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Sodium Phytate, Ethyl Hydroxypyrone, Butylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Gamma-Undecalactone, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Limonene, Linalool Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Silica viscosity controlling Sodium Hydroxide buffering Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Dimethicone 0, 1 Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Glyceryl Stearate SE emulsifying 2, 3 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Urea goodie Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Prunus Persica (Peach) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant Colloidal Oatmeal soothing, antioxidant, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Allantoin soothing Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Bud Extract perfuming Triacetin antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent Sodium PCA Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil icky Sodium Phytate chelating Ethyl Hydroxypyrone Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Xanthan Gum Gamma-Undecalactone Phenoxyethanol preservative Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Limonene perfuming, solvent Linalool 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 the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It also has amazing skin hydrating properties In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles 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) 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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. 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. The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless. A fatty acid that can be found natu what‑it‑does exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | emollient | abrasive/scrub antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent perfuming | solvent

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