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G.M. Collin 4d Visible Lifting Serum

G.M. Collin 4d Visible Lifting Serum G.M. Collin 4d Visible Lifting Serum ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Niacinamide, Butylene Glycol, Isononyl Isononanoate, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ethoxydiglyc

G.M. Collin 4d Visible Lifting Serum G.M. Collin 4d Visible Lifting Serum ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Niacinamide, Butylene Glycol, Isononyl Isononanoate, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ethoxydiglycol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Methylpropanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract, Hydrolyzed Manihot Esculenta Tuber Extract, Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract, Leontopodium Alpinum Callus Culture Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Extract, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Extract, Hydrolyzed Soy Flour, Sodium Hyaluronate, Anigozanthos Flavidus Extract, Geranylgeranylisopropanol, Sodium PCA, Acer Rubrum Bark Extract, Methylglucoside Phosphate, Copper Lysinate/Prolinate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Tocopherol, Dimethyl Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Isononyl Isononanoate Polymethylsilsesquioxane 1,2-Hexanediol Ethoxydiglycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant, perfuming Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Methylpropanediol Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract antioxidant goodie Hydrolyzed Manihot Esculenta Tuber Extract Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant Leontopodium Alpinum Callus Culture Extract antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract Tocopheryl Acetate Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Extract Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Extract soothing Hydrolyzed Soy Flour Sodium Hyaluronate Anigozanthos Flavidus Extract Geranylgeranylisopropanol Sodium PCA Acer Rubrum Bark Extract Methylglucoside Phosphate cell-communicating ingredient Copper Lysinate/Prolinate Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Phenoxyethanol Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Dimethyl Isosorbide solvent, viscosity controlling Fragrance/Parfum perfuming icky Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Rhamnose Xanthan Gum Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Disodium EDTA chelating Sclerotium Gum Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Carbomer Pullulan Citric Acid buffering Polysorbate 20 Silanetriol Silica Dextran 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 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 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. A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis 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. An emollient ester with a rich and creamy but non-greasy skin feel. It makes skin supple and protects dry skin. A spherical texturizing powder that's used as a texture enhancer and soft focus agent. It's claimed to give silicone type softness to the formula and also works as a (temporary) wrinkle filler. A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act a what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent solvent | moisturizer/humectant | perfuming antioxidant | preservative moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant solvent | viscosity controlling buffering | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying

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