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FOREO Faq™ Red Light Peptide Serum

FOREO Faq™ Red Light Peptide Serum FOREO Faq™ Red Light Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Panthenol, Dipropylene Glycol, Methylpropanediol, Xylitol, Pancratium Maritimum Extract, Acet

FOREO Faq™ Red Light Peptide Serum FOREO Faq™ Red Light Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Panthenol, Dipropylene Glycol, Methylpropanediol, Xylitol, Pancratium Maritimum Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Squalane, Choleth-24, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Betaine, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Xanthan Gum, Silica, 1,2-Hexanediol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Trehalose, Sodium PCA, Cyclodextrin, Glyceryl Glucoside, Centella Asiatica Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Serine, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans, Glucose, Benzyl Glycol, Saccharide Isomerate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Tocopherol, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Ceramide NP, PPG-13-Decylte Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Pentylene Glycol Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Dipropylene Glycol Methylpropanediol Xylitol moisturizer/​humectant Pancratium Maritimum Extract skin brightening Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 cell-communicating ingredient Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Choleth-24 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Chondrus Crispus Extract moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Betaine Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer viscosity controlling Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Xanthan Gum Silica 1,2-Hexanediol Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Adenosine Sodium Hyaluronate Trehalose Sodium PCA Cyclodextrin chelating Glyceryl Glucoside Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Biosaccharide Gum-1 Serine skin-identical ingredient Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans Glucose Benzyl Glycol Saccharide Isomerate Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Ceramide NP PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24 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. 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. 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 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, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy s what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | emollient soothing | antioxidant soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing emollient | emulsifying

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