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Image Skincare CLEAR CELL Clarifying Salicylic Tonic

Image Skincare CLEAR CELL Clarifying Salicylic Tonic Image Skincare CLEAR CELL Clarifying Salicylic Tonic ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Alcohol Denat, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Glycolic Acid, Propylene Glycol,

Image Skincare CLEAR CELL Clarifying Salicylic Tonic Image Skincare CLEAR CELL Clarifying Salicylic Tonic ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Alcohol Denat, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Glycolic Acid, Propylene Glycol, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Sodium Phytate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Cinnamomum Camphora (Camphor) Bark Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Limonene, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract, Maltodextrin, Butylene Glycol, Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Boswellia Serrata Extract, Mel Extract (Honey Extract), Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Oligopeptide-10 Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Alcohol Denat antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing goodie Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Sodium Hydroxide buffering Alcohol Phenoxyethanol preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Sodium Phytate chelating Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Arnica Montana Flower Extract perfuming Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cinnamomum Camphora (Camphor) Bark Oil Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil soothing, anti-acne, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Limonene perfuming, solvent Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract soothing, perfuming Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract antioxidant, emollient Maltodextrin Butylene Glycol 0, 1 Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Boswellia Serrata Extract Mel Extract (Honey Extract) moisturizer/​humectant Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract Oligopeptide-10 antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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 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) 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 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. The distillate created from different parts of the hazelnut-bush-like magic tree, commonly called Witch Hazel. Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a bit of a sloppy ingredient name as the leaves, the twigs and the bark can be used to create extracts or distillates and the different parts contain different amounts of biologically active components. But what you are getting is probably a nice water with astringent, soothing, antioxidant and antibacterial magic properties. We went into great detail about Witch Hazel in cosmetics here, detailing the main biologically active components and how they are different in different parts of the plant. Click here and read more >> 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 what‑it‑does antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing exfoliant | buffering moisturizer/humectant | solvent exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | soothing perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | anti-acne | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming perfuming | solvent soothing | perfuming antioxidant | emollient moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial

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