First Aid Beauty Skin Lab Resurfacing Liquid 10% Aha

First Aid Beauty Skin Lab Resurfacing Liquid 10% Aha First Aid Beauty Skin Lab Resurfacing Liquid 10% Aha ingredients explained: Water, Polysorbate 80, Glycolic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Hydroxide, Malic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Lactic Acid, Citrus Limon/Lemon Peel Extract, Colloidal Oatmeal, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Papain, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Soluble Collagen, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Triolein, Ceramide Np, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Morus Alba Bark Extract, Phytosteryl Canola Glycerides, Allantoin, Lecithin, Lysolecithin, Oleic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Maltodextrin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Tocopherol, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Linoleic Acid, Sclerotium Gum, Xanthan Gum, Pullulan, Mica, Stearic Acid, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Disodium Edta Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Polysorbate 80 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Sodium Hydroxide buffering Malic Acid goodie Tartaric Acid buffering, exfoliant Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Citrus Limon/Lemon Peel Extract Colloidal Oatmeal soothing, antioxidant, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate skin brightening, antioxidant Hydrolyzed Elastin moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Papain Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Soluble Collagen Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract antioxidant, soothing, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Triolein Ceramide Np skin-identical ingredient Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Morus Alba Bark Extract Phytosteryl Canola Glycerides Allantoin soothing Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Lysolecithin emulsifying Oleic Acid Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Maltodextrin Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Caprylyl Glycol Linoleic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Sclerotium Gum viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum Pullulan Mica colorant Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Silica Phenoxyethanol preservative Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Disodium Edta chelating 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 little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. The number at the end refers to the oil-loving part and the bigger the number the more emulsifying power it has. 20 is a weak emulsifier, rather called solubilizer used commonly in toners while 60 and 80 are more common in serums and creams. 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 Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. 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. 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. C what‑it‑does emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. exfoliant | buffering moisturizer/humectant | solvent buffering | exfoliant exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering soothing | antioxidant | emollient | abrasive/scrub skin brightening | antioxidant moisturizer/humectant | emollient moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing | emollient | abrasive/scrub soothing | emollient soothing | skin brightening emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | emollient | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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