IDC Institute Hyaluronic Acid Serum

IDC Institute Hyaluronic Acid Serum IDC Institute Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, Betaine, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Allantoin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Benzoic Acid, Parfum (Fragrance), Xanthan Gum, D-Limonene, FD&C Blue No.1 Al Lake (Ci 42090) Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial goodie Hyaluronic Acid Betaine moisturizer/​humectant Biosaccharide Gum-1 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Allantoin soothing Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Benzoic Acid Parfum (Fragrance) perfuming icky Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling D-Limonene FD&C Blue No.1 Al Lake (Ci 42090) colorant 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 a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) 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 Witch hazel is a smallish tree (up to 5m) that's native to North-America, has nice yellow flowers and is similar to the hazelnut bush (hence the name). As for skincare, it's loaded with active components that have a bunch of magic properties, like astringent, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-bacterial. It's also a well-known vasoconstrictor (it makes the blood vessels narrower) and promotes the healing of broken skin by tightening up the skin proteins and thus creating a protective covering. The complication, however, is that different extracts and distillates can be made from different parts of the plant (bark, twigs, and leaves are typically used) and different extraction methods from different parts produce different results. So if you see only Witch Hazel Extract or Witch Hazel Water on the ingredient list, it's a bit hard to know what you're actually getting but we will try to summarize the possibilities to give an idea. The main biologically active components in Witch Hazel are hamamelitannin (a potent astringent and antioxidant), catechins (anti-inflammatory and antioxidant) and gallic acid (antibacterial). The bark extract contains by far the most hamamelitannin and it has the most gallic acid and catechins. The twigs contain fewer catechins, less gallic acid, and much less hamamelitannin (4.77% vs 0.18%). The leaves contain hardly any tannins (0.04%) or catechins and contain a medium amount of gallic acid (compared to the bark and twigs). Witch Hazel also contains tiny amounts of the essential oil and fra what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant

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