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First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Purifying Mask With Red Clay

First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Purifying Mask With Red Clay First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Purifying Mask With Red Clay ingredients explained: Water, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Illite, Lactobacillus Ferment, Glycereth-26, Polysorbate 20, PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Et

First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Purifying Mask With Red Clay First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Purifying Mask With Red Clay ingredients explained: Water, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Illite, Lactobacillus Ferment, Glycereth-26, Polysorbate 20, PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Ether, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Allantoin, Bisabolol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Montmorillonite, Sodium Hydroxide, Mica, Phenoxyethanol, Iron Oxides (Ci 77491) Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Polyvinyl Alcohol viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Illite abrasive/​scrub Lactobacillus Ferment soothing, preservative goodie Glycereth-26 moisturizer/​humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Ether Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial icky Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Allantoin soothing Bisabolol Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Montmorillonite Sodium Hydroxide buffering Mica colorant Phenoxyethanol preservative Iron Oxides (Ci 77491) 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 Lactobacillus ferment is an interesting probiotic ingredient with some promising properties. First, according to a 2009 Estee Lauder patent, it’s a DNA repair enzyme and it can help to protect the skin against environmental aggressors. Second, still according to Estee Lauder research but now from 2012 the ingredient has anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties and holds promise in the treatment of acne and rosacea. For the former one 5% was needed to show effectiveness, but for reducing skin sensitivity already 1% showed results. The anti-acne effect is confirmed also by US manufacturer, Barnet, that says that Lactobacillus ferment is helpful in killing harmful bacteria and creating a healthy balanced microflora. Compared to well-known anti-acne and anti-inflammatory salicylic acid the probiotic worked faster at reducing the size and redness of acne lesions. It also goes by the trade name Leucidal Liquid SF and can serve in the formula as a natural preservative. Bottom line: It’s not the most proven ingredient (yet) but definitely a very promising one especially if you have sensitive skin, acne or rosacea. It's a nice glycerin-based humectant and emollient that gives skin a smooth and luxurious feel. 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. The essential oil coming from the leafs of the lovely herb, rosemary. It contains several fragrant components, including the well-known irritant, camphor (around 15%). It has a nice smell, is a potent antioxidant and it's also an antimicrobial agent. If your skin is sensitive, it's probably a good idea to avoid it. Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients The active parts are called poly what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. abrasive/scrub soothing | preservative moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | soothing soothing | skin brightening antioxidant | anti-acne

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