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Fundamentals Skincare Peptides Moisturiser

Fundamentals Skincare Peptides Moisturiser Fundamentals Skincare Peptides Moisturiser ingredients explained: Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Glycereth-26, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Propanediol, Hyaluronic Acid Crosspolymer, Sq

Fundamentals Skincare Peptides Moisturiser Fundamentals Skincare Peptides Moisturiser ingredients explained: Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Glycereth-26, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Propanediol, Hyaluronic Acid Crosspolymer, Squalane, Copper Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1, Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer, Saccharide Isomerate, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Isohexadecane, Arginine, Panthenol, Glyceryl Stearate, Glucosamine, PEG-100 Stearate, Allantoin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Dimethicone emollient Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides Glycereth-26 moisturizer/​humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 0 Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Hyaluronic Acid Crosspolymer Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Acetyl Hexapeptide-1 Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Saccharide Isomerate moisturizer/​humectant Dimethicone Crosspolymer Isohexadecane emollient, solvent Arginine skin-identical ingredient Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Stearate Glucosamine PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Allantoin soothing Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate 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. 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. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). 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. It's a nice glycerin-based humectant and emollient that gives skin a smooth and luxurious feel. A goodie plant oil coming from the polyphenol-rich seeds of the grape. It's a light emollient oil that makes your skin feel smooth and nice and also contains a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. It's a great source of antioxidant polyphenols, barrier repair fatty acid linoleic acid (about 55-77%, while oleic acid is about 12-27%) and antioxidant, ski what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling antioxidant | emollient solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent soothing | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying

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