Garden of Wisdom Progeline Peptide Wrinkle Repair Cream

Garden of Wisdom Progeline Peptide Wrinkle Repair Cream Garden of Wisdom Progeline Peptide Wrinkle Repair Cream ingredients explained: Water, Hyaluronic Acid, Aloe Vera, Sweet Almond Oil, Sugarmulse (Cetearyl Alcohol And Cetearyl Glucoside), Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Sorbitan Olivate, Panax Ginseng Extract, Emollient Esthers, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Galactoarabinan, Glycerin, Progeline, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Allantoin, Optiphen, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Retinyl Palmitate, Ceramide III Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Hyaluronic Acid skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Aloe Vera soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Sweet Almond Oil emollient 0, 1-3 Sugarmulse (Cetearyl Alcohol And Cetearyl Glucoside) Cetyl Palmitate 0, 0 Sorbitan Palmitate emulsifying Sorbitan Olivate Panax Ginseng Extract antioxidant Emollient Esthers Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Galactoarabinan Glycerin superstar Progeline cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 Allantoin soothing Phenoxyethanol preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Retinyl Palmitate 1-3, 1-3 Ceramide III skin-identical ingredient 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 naturally in our skin and behaves there like a sponge It can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water It is a big molecule from repeated subunits (polymer) so different molecular weight versions exist (unfortunately there is no way to determine MW from INCI list only) High-molecular-weight-HA (>500 kDa) is an excellent surface hydrator, skin protectant and can act as an osmotic pump helping water-soluble actives to penetrate deeper into the skin Low-molecular-weight-HA (< 500 kDa) can hydrate the skin somewhat deeper though it is still a big molecule and works mainly in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) Low-molecular-weight-HA might also help the skin to repair itself by increasing its self-defense (~ 200kDa used in the study) Ultra-low-molecular-weight-HA (<50kDa) is a controversial ingredient and might work as a pro-inflammatory signal molecule Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds. Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nourishing fatty acids (oleic acid - 55-86% and linoleic acid 7-35%) and contains several other skin goodies such as antioxidant vitamin E and vitamin B versions. It's a nice, basic oil that is often used due to its great smoothing, softening and moisturizing properties. It's also particularly good at treating dry brittle nails (source). This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?! A white, waxy emollient that gives "body" to skincare formulas. Comes from coconut or palm kernel oil. A creamy solid that helps water and oil to mix, aka emulsifier. Its solid, wax-like nature is useful for oil-based formulas where some rigidity is needed. An ester coming from sorbitol and the fatty acids of olive oil. It is part of the popular emulsifier trade named Olivem 10 what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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