Grown Alchemist Age-repair Lip Treatment Tri-peptide, Violet Leaf Extract

Grown Alchemist Age-repair Lip Treatment Tri-peptide, Violet Leaf Extract Grown Alchemist Age-repair Lip Treatment Tri-peptide, Violet Leaf Extract ingredients explained: Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate (Plant), Octyldodecanol (Plant), Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate (Plant), Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Hydrogenated (Jojoba) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (African Butter Tree) Extract, Irvingia Gabonensis (Kernel Butter), Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides (Coconut), Tribehenin (Plant), Sorbitan Isostearate (Plant), Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Lactic Acid (Plant), Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Benzyl Alcohol (Plant), Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 (Tri-Peptide), Viola Tricolor (Violet) Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Plant), Citric Acid (Plant), Titanium Dioxide (Mineral) Show all ingredients by function Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil emollient 0, 0-2 goodie Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate (Plant) emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 0 Octyldodecanol (Plant) emollient, perfuming Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax perfuming, viscosity controlling Cera Alba (Beeswax) emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate (Plant) emulsifying 0, 4 Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax 0, 1 Hydrogenated (Jojoba) Oil abrasive/​scrub, emollient Butyrospermum Parkii (African Butter Tree) Extract emollient, soothing Irvingia Gabonensis (Kernel Butter) Ethylhexyl Palmitate 0, 2-4 Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate 0, 2 Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides (Coconut) Tribehenin (Plant) Sorbitan Isostearate (Plant) 0, 1-2 Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Lactic Acid (Plant) exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate Benzyl Alcohol (Plant) preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 (Tri-Peptide) cell-communicating ingredient Viola Tricolor (Violet) Extract Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Plant) Citric Acid (Plant) buffering Titanium Dioxide (Mineral) sunscreen, colorant Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil). At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it's not an oil but a wax ester (and calling it an oil is kind of sloppy). Expand to read more So what the heck is a wax ester and why is that important anyway? Well, to understand what a wax ester is, you first have to know that oils are chemically triglycerides: one glycerin + three fatty acids attached to it. The fatty acids attached to the glycerin vary and thus we have many kinds of oils, but they are all triglycerides. Mother Nature created triglycerides to be easily hydrolyzed (be broken down to a glycerin + 3 fatty acid molecules) and oxidized (the fatty acid is broken down into small parts) - this happens basically when we eat fats or oils and our body generates energy from it. Mother Nature also created wax esters but for a totally different purpose. Chemically, a wax ester is a fatty acid + a fatty alcohol, one long molecule. Wax esters are on the outer surface of several plant leaves to give them environmental protection. 25-30% of human sebum is also wax esters to give us people environmental protection. So being a wax ester results in a couple of unique properties: First, jojoba oil is extremely stable. Like crazy stable. Even if you heat it to 370 C (698 F) for 96 hours, it does not budge. (Many plant oils tend to go off pretty quickly). If you have some pure jojoba oil at home, you should be fine using it for years. Second, jojoba oil is the most similar to human sebum (both being wax esters), and the two are completely miscible. Acne.org has this not fully proven theory that thanks to this, jojoba might be able to "trick" the skin into thinking it has already produced enough sebum, so it might have "skin balancing" properties for oily skin. Third, jojoba oil moisturizes the skin through a unique dual action: on the one hand, it mixes with sebum and forms a thin, non-greasy, semi-occlusive layer; on the other hand, it absorbs into the skin through pores and hair follicles then diffuses into the intercellular spaces of the outer layer of the skin to make it soft and supple. On balance, the point is this: in contrast to real plant oils, wax esters were designed by Mother Nature to stay on the surface and form a protective, moisturizing barrier and jojoba oil being a wax ester is uniquely excellent at doing that. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A clear, slightly yellow, odorless oil that's a very common, medium-spreading emollient. It makes the skin feel nice and smooth and works in a wide range of formulas. It's the yellow, solid stuff that yo what‑it‑does irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | perfuming perfuming | viscosity controlling emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | perfuming abrasive/scrub | emollient emollient | soothing exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling sunscreen | colorant

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