Image Skincare Clear Cell Restoring Serum

Image Skincare Clear Cell Restoring Serum Image Skincare Clear Cell Restoring Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water/Eau), Glycerin, Oligopeptide-10, Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf, Sodium Hydroxide, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (Organic), Boswellia Serrata Extract, Honey Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Pyridoxine Cyclic Phosphate, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender), Hexylene Glycol, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Butylene Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water/Eau) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Oligopeptide-10 antimicrobial/​antibacterial Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate soothing Camellia Sinensis Leaf perfuming Sodium Hydroxide buffering Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (Organic) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Boswellia Serrata Extract Honey Extract moisturizer/​humectant Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Pyridoxine Cyclic Phosphate Hydroxyethyl Urea Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Silica viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Allantoin Xanthan Gum Disodium EDTA chelating Ethylhexylglycerin 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless. Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. The extract coming from the Indian Frankincense, a medium-sized tree native to India. Mostly the gum-resin is used that is obtained from an incision made on the trunk of the tree. It contains about 30-60% resin, 5-10% fragrant essential oil, and the rest is made up of polysaccharides (mostly arabinose, galactose, xylose). The biologically most active components of the resin are boswellic acids that have anti-inflammatory properties. According to manufacturer info, the boswellic acids rich resin extract is also a potent inhibitor of e what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent

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