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HydroPeptide Firma-fix Nectar

HydroPeptide Firma-fix Nectar HydroPeptide Firma-fix Nectar ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer, Alcohol Denat, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Arginine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Coptis

HydroPeptide Firma-fix Nectar HydroPeptide Firma-fix Nectar ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer, Alcohol Denat, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Arginine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Coptis Japonica Root Extract, Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Polysorbate 20, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Allantoin, Trehalose, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Disodium EDTA, Fragrance, Panthenol, Beta-Glucan, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Acetyl Hexapeptide-22, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Oligopeptide-28, SH-Octapeptide-4, SH-Pentapeptide-19, Caffeoyl Tripeptide-1, SH-Decapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Grifola Frondosa Extract, Cordyceps Sinensis Extract, Poria Cocos Extract, Agaricus Blazei (Mushroom) Extract, Phellinus Linteus Extract, Ganoderma Lu Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar PEG/PPG-17/6 Copolymer emollient, solvent Alcohol Denat antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane emollient, moisturizer/​humectant, surfactant/​cleansing 1,2-Hexanediol Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Carbomer viscosity controlling Arginine skin-identical ingredient goodie Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Coptis Japonica Root Extract soothing, antioxidant Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit Extract perfuming Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil Allantoin soothing Trehalose moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Biosaccharide Gum-1 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Disodium EDTA chelating Fragrance Panthenol Beta-Glucan Cellulose Gum Xanthan Gum Acetyl Hexapeptide-22 antioxidant Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Oligopeptide-28 antioxidant, chelating SH-Octapeptide-4 cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, chelating SH-Pentapeptide-19 Caffeoyl Tripeptide-1 SH-Decapeptide-7 cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, buffering, chelating Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Grifola Frondosa Extract Cordyceps Sinensis Extract antioxidant, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Poria Cocos Extract antioxidant, soothing Agaricus Blazei (Mushroom) Extract Phellinus Linteus Extract Ganoderma Lucidum (Mushroom) Extract Tremella Fuciformis (Mushroom) Extract 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 water-loving emollient and humectant that gives a nice skin feel and slip to the product. It works well with facial toners. It's a super common and super debated skincare ingredient It has several benefits: great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial It can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion (read more in geeky details tab) Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane is a silicone that is water dispersible (as opposed to most other silicones that are usually oil dispersible). It makes the skin smooth and nice (emollient), moisturizes, helps to reduce tackiness, and also has some foam boosting properties. It is often used in light, watery formulas to give them an extra silky feel. 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 as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients (for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products) and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products. And that is still not all: it can also boost the antimicrobial activity of preservatives. 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 safet what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | solvent antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling emollient | moisturizer/humectant | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | antioxidant soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | chelating cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | chelating cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | buffering | chelating antioxidant | emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing

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