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Image Skincare Iluma Intense Brightening Cleanser

Image Skincare Iluma Intense Brightening Cleanser Image Skincare Iluma Intense Brightening Cleanser ingredients explained: Aqua, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Glycerin, Sucrose Laurate, Olea Europaea Oil, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract,

Image Skincare Iluma Intense Brightening Cleanser Image Skincare Iluma Intense Brightening Cleanser ingredients explained: Aqua, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Glycerin, Sucrose Laurate, Olea Europaea Oil, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract, Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Olea Europaea Leaf Extract, Bellis Perennis Flower Extract, Pueraria Tuberosa Leaf Cell Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Zinc Pca, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Sucrose Laurate emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Olea Europaea Oil 0, 0-2 Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Salix Alba Bark Extract soothing Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Olea Europaea Leaf Extract perfuming Bellis Perennis Flower Extract Pueraria Tuberosa Leaf Cell Extract antioxidant Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil icky Ascorbyl Glucoside antioxidant, skin brightening Zinc Pca anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative 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 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. A goodie plant oil coming from the polyphenol-rich seeds of the grape. It's a light emollient oil that makes your skin feel smooth and nice and also contains a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff. It's a great source of antioxidant polyphenols, barrier repair fatty acid linoleic acid (about 55-77%, while oleic acid is about 12-27%) and antioxidant, skin-protectant vitamin E. 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 sugar ester (sucrose + lauric acid) that works as an emulsifier and oil thickener. It's a great ingredient to make oily gel cleansers that turn to milk on contact with water. It's also 100% natural and combined with glycerin and oils (trade name Sucragel), it gives the basis for a gentle, yet effective, moisturizing oily gel cleansers. According to the manufacturer's 20 person study, skin is twice as hydrated 2 hours after using a Sucragel based cleanser compared to using a moisturising Sodium Laureth Sulfate cleanser. You probably know olive oil from the kitchen as a great and healthy option for salad dressing but it's also a great and healthy option to moisturize and nourish the skin, especially if it's on the dry side. Similar to other emollient plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing fatty acids: oleic is the main component (55-83%), and also contains linoleic (3.5-20%) and palmitic acids (7-20%). It also contains antioxidant polyphenols, tocopherols (types of vitamin E) and carotenoids and it's one of the best plant sources of skin-identical emollient, Squalene. Overall, a great option for dry skin but less so for acne-prone or damaged skin. what‑it‑does antioxidant | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | skin brightening anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant

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