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Kailon Peptide Serum For Skin Renewal

Kailon Peptide Serum For Skin Renewal Kailon Peptide Serum For Skin Renewal ingredients explained: Aqua, Triethanolamine, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Xanthan Gum, Lecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Pullulan, Retinol Liposomes, Ethylhexyl-Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxy

Kailon Peptide Serum For Skin Renewal Kailon Peptide Serum For Skin Renewal ingredients explained: Aqua, Triethanolamine, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Xanthan Gum, Lecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Pullulan, Retinol Liposomes, Ethylhexyl-Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA, Copper Tripeptide-1 Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Sclerotium Gum Pullulan Retinol Liposomes Ethylhexyl-Glycerin preservative Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Phenoxyethanol Disodium EDTA chelating Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant 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 little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It’s very alkaline (you know the opposite of being very acidic): a 1% solution has a pH of around 10. It does not have the very best safety reputation but in general, you do not have to worry about it. What is true is that if a product contains so-called N-nitrogenating agents (e.g.: preservatives like 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol, 5-Bromo-5-Nitro- 1,3-Dioxane or sodium nitrate - so look out for things with nitro, nitra in the name) that together with TEA can form some not nice carcinogenic stuff (that is called nitrosamines). But with proper formulation that does not happen, TEA in itself is not a bad guy. But let’s assume a bad combination of ingredients were used and the nitrosamines formed. :( Even in that case you are probably fine because as far as we know it cannot penetrate the skin. But to be on the safe side, if you see Triethanolamine in an INCI and also something with nitra, nitro in the name of it just skip the product, that cannot hurt. If you see a cosmetic product that claims that it has "Botox-like effect" then two things are almost certain: one, the product overpromises and two, it contains Argireline. So this one is the famous peptide that's marketed by its manufacturer as the "Botox in a jar". The basis for this claim is that it targets the same wrinkle forming mechanism (wrinkles caused by facial muscle movement) as Botox, but the way it works is very different. In addition, the extent to which it can prevent muscles from contracting (and to smooth wrinkles) is very different (otherwise why would anyone use still Botox?). The manufacturer did several studies to prove that Argireline really works and it does (just not as well as Botox). In-vivo (made on real people) tests showed that using 10% Argireline solution around the eyes for 15 days decreased wrinkles depth by 17%, while a 5% Argireline formula applied for 28 days did almost the same with a decrease in wrinkle depth by 16.26%. A Spanish University also did some research and found that Argireline increased the level of skin moisturization and decreased both the depth and width of wrinkles "significantly". This means, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 does have some ability to smooth wrinkles (but not as well as Botox - sorry, if we s what‑it‑does irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant

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