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HydroPeptide Pre-Treatment Toner

HydroPeptide Pre-Treatment Toner HydroPeptide Pre-Treatment Toner ingredients explained: Water, Lactic Acid, Polysorbate 20, Glycerin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract (Orange Stem Cell), Xanthan Gum, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filt

HydroPeptide Pre-Treatment Toner HydroPeptide Pre-Treatment Toner ingredients explained: Water, Lactic Acid, Polysorbate 20, Glycerin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract (Orange Stem Cell), Xanthan Gum, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate (Raphanus Sativus Root Extract), Lactobacillus Ferment, Propanediol, Populus Tremuloides Bark Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-30, Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit/Leaf Extract, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Extract, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Menthyl Ethylamido Oxalate, Morus Alba (Mulberry) Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice Root) Extract, Camellia Oleifera (Japanese Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Geranium Maculatum Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Citrus Limon (Lemon) P Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering superstar Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract (Orange Stem Cell) Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate (Raphanus Sativus Root Extract) antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Lactobacillus Ferment soothing, preservative goodie Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Populus Tremuloides Bark Extract Acetyl Hexapeptide-30 Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit/Leaf Extract Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract moisturizer/​humectant Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract Citrus Limon (Lemon) Extract Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract antioxidant, skin brightening Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate skin brightening, antioxidant Hydrolyzed Soy Protein Menthyl Ethylamido Oxalate Morus Alba (Mulberry) Leaf Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice Root) Extract soothing, skin brightening Camellia Oleifera (Japanese Green Tea) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant Sodium Hyaluronate Allantoin soothing Geranium Maculatum Extract Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Extract Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Extract perfuming, viscosity controlling Gardenia Tahitensis Flower Extract Cucumber Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Limonene perfuming, solvent icky Citral perfuming 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. It’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It also has amazing skin hydrating properties In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range. Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules (glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. It’s approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry (E415). It's an alternative, natural preservative that comes from radishes fermented with Leuconostoc kimchii, a lactic acid bacteria that has been used to make traditional Korean dish, kimchi. During the fermentation process, a peptide is secreted from the bacteria that has significant antimicrobial properties. It is one of the more promising natural preservatives that can be used even alone (recommended at 2-4%), but it's not as effective as more common alternatives, like parabe what‑it‑does exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative soothing | preservative solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening skin brightening | antioxidant soothing | skin brightening antioxidant | soothing soothing | antioxidant perfuming | viscosity controlling soothing | emollient perfuming | solvent

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