Friction Free Shaving Hydrate & Nourish: Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Friction Free Shaving Hydrate & Nourish: Hyaluronic Acid Serum Friction Free Shaving Hydrate & Nourish: Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Betaine, Pentylene Glycol, Saccharide Isomerate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Phytate, Glycerin, Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Sodium Levulinate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Anisate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lactic Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Saccharide Isomerate Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Sodium Phytate chelating Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract perfuming Biosaccharide Gum-1 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sodium Levulinate Glyceryl Caprylate preservative Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium Anisate antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sodium Hyaluronate Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering 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 helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. 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. A 100% natural and plant-derived moisturizer that mimics the natural carbohydrate fraction found in the upper layer of the skin. Its special magic power is to bind to the skin stronger and longer than other moisturizer ingredients do so it can keep the skin hydrated longer than usual. It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range. Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules (glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. It’s approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry (E415). It’s one of those little helper ingredients that makes sure the product stays the same over time. No color change or anything like that. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial chelating | buffering antimicrobial/antibacterial exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering

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