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HydroPeptide Uplift Eye Firming Gel

HydroPeptide Uplift Eye Firming Gel HydroPeptide Uplift Eye Firming Gel ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propanediol, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Honey, Cetearyl Alcohol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Extract, Sodium Lactate, Ca

HydroPeptide Uplift Eye Firming Gel HydroPeptide Uplift Eye Firming Gel ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propanediol, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Honey, Cetearyl Alcohol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Extract, Sodium Lactate, Carbomer, PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Stearate, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Gluconolactone, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Panthenol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polysorbate 60, Cetearyl Olivate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sorbitan Olivate, Allantoin, Bisabolol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Fruit Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Limonene, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Glutathione, Phytic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sodium Isostearate, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Alcoh Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Dimethicone Honey soothing, moisturizer/​humectant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial goodie Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Argania Spinosa Kernel Extract Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Carbomer viscosity controlling PPG-2 Myristyl Ether Propionate 2, 3 Xanthan Gum Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil soothing, emollient Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Ethylhexyl Stearate Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Benzoate Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate surfactant/​cleansing Sorbitan Olivate Allantoin soothing Bisabolol Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Fruit Extract perfuming Ethylhexylglycerin Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Limonene perfuming, solvent icky Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant, perfuming Glutathione Phytic Acid chelating Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Isostearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling Citral Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Myristoyl Tripeptide-31 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 super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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 safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | moisturizer/humectant | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing buffering | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying soothing | emollient exfoliant | chelating antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial perfuming | solvent soothing | antioxidant | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant

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