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Image Skincare Ageless Total Retinol A Crème (Discontinued) Image Skincare Ageless Total Retinol A Crème ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycolic Acid, Retinol, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, (And)Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Glyceryl Stearate, Lactic Acid, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Oil, Ammonium Glycolate, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Xanthan Gum, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Polysorbate 20, Squalane, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Disodium EDTA Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Retinol cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 goodie (And)Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Sodium Hyaluronate Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Oil perfuming icky Ammonium Glycolate buffering Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil antioxidant, emollient Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil 0, 0-3 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Extract emollient, soothing Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil emollient 0, 1-3 Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) antioxidant Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Disodium EDTA chelating 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 most researched AHA with the most proven skin benefits It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It can help skin’s own collagen production that results in firmer, younger skin It can fade brown spots caused by sun damage or PIH 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) Slight stinging or burning with a stronger AHA product is normal If your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone choose rather a BHA or PHA product Retinol (pure Vitamin A) is probably the most proven anti-aging ingredient available OTC It has to be converted in the skin to retinoic acid to work its magic Once converted, it has the same effect as all-trans-retinoic acid, aka tretinoin A generally accepted ballpark number is that retinol is 10-to-20 times less potent than retinoic acid It makes skin less wrinkled, smoother, firmer and tighter It might also be helpful for acne prone skin as it normalizes keratinization and makes the pores produce less sebum Possible side effects and irritation are also much less than with retinoic acid Do not use whilst pregnant A really famous peptide that is part of Matrixyl 3000, the most sold peptide complex in the word. Before we go and find out what the big deal with Matrixyl 3000 is, let's just focus on Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 itself for a bit. It's a small three amino acid (they are the building blocks of all proteins) peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-histidine-lysine, or GHK. GHK is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration. The GHK part is the important one as it's a type I collagen fragment. When collagen naturally breaks down in the skin, the resulting peptide fragments signal to the skin that it should get to work and create some nice, new collagen. Adding in collagen fragment peptides, like GHK, might trick the skin into thinking that collagen has broken down and it's time to create some more. Therefore, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 is believed to be able to stimulate collagen production in the skin, and more collagen means fewer wrinkles and younger looking skin. In Matrixyl 3000, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 is coupled with Palmitoyl Tetrapeptid what‑it‑does exfoliant | buffering emollient | emulsifying irritancy, com. exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent antioxidant | emollient emollient | soothing soothing | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant

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