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Inbar erez Hydration Peptide Cream

Inbar erez Hydration Peptide Cream Inbar erez Hydration Peptide Cream ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Squalane, Cetyl Alcohol, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Cetearyl Isononanoate, Dimethicone, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Br

Inbar erez Hydration Peptide Cream Inbar erez Hydration Peptide Cream ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Squalane, Cetyl Alcohol, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Cetearyl Isononanoate, Dimethicone, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Wax, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Quercetin, Dioscorea Villosa Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polysorbate 60, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil emollient 0, 1-3 goodie Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Cetearyl Isononanoate Dimethicone Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Wax Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract Quercetin antioxidant, soothing Dioscorea Villosa Root Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate 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 The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds. Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nourishing fatty acids (oleic acid - 55-86% and linoleic acid 7-35%) and contains several other skin goodies such as antioxidant vitamin E and vitamin B versions. It's a nice, basic oil that is often used due to its great smoothing, softening and moisturizing properties. It's also particularly good at treating dry brittle nails (source). It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> A so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier). Can be derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. An often used emollient with a light and silky feel. It's very mild to both skin and eyes and what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | soothing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying

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