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glamfox Black Snail Mucin Collagen Serum
glamfox Black Snail Mucin Collagen Serum glamfox Black Snail Mucin Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Aqua(Water), Snail Secretion Filtrate(107,800Ppm), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Panthenol, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, PEG-60 Hy
glamfox Black Snail Mucin Collagen Serum glamfox Black Snail Mucin Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Aqua(Water), Snail Secretion Filtrate(107,800Ppm), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Panthenol, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Carbomer, Arginine, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Sodium Polyacrylate, Zinc Pca, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Extract, Canola Oil, Propanediol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Perfume, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium PCA, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Adenosine, Hydrolyzed Collagen(300Ppm), Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Gluconate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Bud Extract, Camellia Japonica Flower Extract, Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate, Hydrolyzed Extensin, Ceramide NP, Benzyl Salicylate, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal Show all ingredients by function Aqua(Water) solvent Snail Secretion Filtrate(107,800Ppm) antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 1,2-Hexanediol Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant Panax Ginseng Root Extract antioxidant, emollient PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Carbomer viscosity controlling Arginine skin-identical ingredient Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil emollient Sodium Polyacrylate Zinc Pca anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/humectant Canola Oil Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil Perfume perfuming icky Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate emulsifying Xanthan Gum Sodium PCA Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Hydrolyzed Collagen(300Ppm) emollient, moisturizer/humectant Pentylene Glycol Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/humectant Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Bud Extract Camellia Japonica Flower Extract Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate Hydrolyzed Extensin Ceramide NP Benzyl Salicylate Limonene perfuming, solvent Hydroxycitronellal 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. If you are into the K-Beauty trend, you must have bumped into snail slime like a thousand times. Korean brands love the ingredient and tout it for its miraculous repair and hydration properties. It's claimed to be able to repair everything from dry patches, acne breakouts to signs of aging and we are happy to say that it might be just true. So snail slime is the yucky stuff that snails (in cosmetics the secretion of Cornu Aspersum, the garden snail is used) produce when they are in stress (it's not the same as the one they secret to be able to move nicely and smoothly). As the cosmetic chemists at the Beauty Brains blog write, "chemically speaking, snail slime is a complex mixture of proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycans, glycoprotein enzymes, hyaluronic acid, copper peptides, antimicrobial peptides and trace elements including copper, zinc, and iron." English translation equals it's loaded with a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. As for scientific proof that snail slime does something for the skin, we did find a couple of studies to go by. A Spanish radiation oncologist, Rafael Abad Iglesias MD discovered for the first time that snail mucin can be used to treat radiation dermatitis (skin irritation caused by radiotherapy, a form of cancer treatment). He did a clinical study with 100 patients and reported a "statistically significant clinical improvement in erythema, itching and burning pain" in the group treated with snail slime. A 2007 study examined the molecular basis for the great regeneration properties of the ingredient. It found that snail slime (SS) indeed does a bunch of positive things that could be the reason for its great repair abilities. First, it has serious antioxidant properties thanks to two great antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase and glutathione s-transferase. Second, SS induces fibroblast proliferation, that's particularly important during wound healing. Third SS was also found to downregulate MMP, an evil enzyme that's out there to destroy skin-firming collagen. These properties add up to give SS not only wound healing and regenerative properties but also serious anti-aging potential. Regarding anti-aging, a 2013 study in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology examined the effect of SS on photoaged skin. The 14-week, double-blind, 25 participant study found that "there was a s what‑it‑does antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant chelating | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying perfuming | solvent