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Kari Gran Essential Peptide Serum

Kari Gran Essential Peptide Serum Kari Gran Essential Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Rosa Canina Seed Oil*, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil*, P

Kari Gran Essential Peptide Serum Kari Gran Essential Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Rosa Canina Seed Oil*, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil*, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil*, Tocopherol+, Lavandula Hybrida Oil*, Cananga Odorata Flower Oil*, Calendula Officinalis Extract*, Sorbitan Laurate, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract*, Rosa Damascena Flower Extract, Boswellia Carterii Oil***, C18-36 Acid Glycol Ester, C18-36 Acid Triglyceride, Beta-Sitosterol*, Arnica Montana Extract*, Jasminum Sambac (Jasmine) Flower Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract*, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Squalene*, Linalool**, Benzyl Benzoate**, Limonene**, Geraniol**, Citronellol**, Benzyl Salicylate**, Farnesol**, Benzyl Alcohol**, Eugenol**, Isoeugenol**, Coumarin**, Citral*** Show all ingredients by function Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil* emollient goodie Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil* 0, 0 Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil* 0, 0-2 Rosa Canina Seed Oil* Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil* antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-3 Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil* 0, 1-3 C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil* Tocopherol+ antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Lavandula Hybrida Oil* Cananga Odorata Flower Oil* perfuming icky Calendula Officinalis Extract* soothing, antioxidant Sorbitan Laurate emulsifying 1-2, 1-2 Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract* Rosa Damascena Flower Extract Boswellia Carterii Oil*** C18-36 Acid Glycol Ester emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing C18-36 Acid Triglyceride Beta-Sitosterol* Arnica Montana Extract* Jasminum Sambac (Jasmine) Flower Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract* antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Squalene* skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, emollient Linalool** Benzyl Benzoate** solvent, perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Limonene** perfuming, solvent Geraniol** Citronellol** Benzyl Salicylate** Farnesol** Benzyl Alcohol** preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Eugenol** Isoeugenol** Coumarin** Citral*** A beautiful golden-yellow oil coming from the Camellia tree. It's a 5 -10 meters high tree with spectacular white flowers native to Asia. It's pretty common there and also used as cooking oil or salad dressing. Sometimes Camellia oil is referred to as "the olive oil of Asia". So what can it do for the skin? Similar to many other great non-fragrant plant oils, it's a great emollient and moisturising oil for dry skin. It's light in texture, absorbs fast into the skin and leaves it soft and supple. Expand to read more It contains a bunch of good-for-the-skin stuff: it's very rich (70-85%) in nourishing and moisturising fatty acid, oleic acid (though if you are acne-prone be careful with oleic acid), contains significant amount of antioxidant vitamin E (0.15%) as well as great emollient and antioxidant squalene (2-3%). All in all, a skin goodie especially for dry skin. Sunflower does not need a big intro as you probably use it in the kitchen as cooking oil, or you munch on the seeds as a healthy snack or you adore its big, beautiful yellow flower during the summer - or you do all of these and probably even more. And by even more we mean putting it all over your face as sunflower oil is one of the most commonly used plant oils in skincare. It’s a real oldie: expressed directly from the seeds, the oil is used not for hundreds but thousands of years. According to The National Sunflower Association, there is evidence that both the plant and its oil were used by American Indians in the area of Arizona and New Mexico about 3000 BC. Do the math: it's more than 5000 years – definitely an oldie. Our intro did get pretty big after all (sorry for that), so let's get to the point finally: sunflower oil - similar to other plant oils - is a great emollient that makes the skin smooth and nice and helps to keep it hydrated. It also protects the surface of the skin and enhances the damaged or irritated skin barrier. Leslie Bauman notes in Cosmetic Dermatology that one application of sunflower oil significantly speeds up the recovery of the skin barrier within an hour and sustains the results 5 hours after using it. It's also loaded with fatty acids (mostly linoleic (50-74%) and oleic (14-35%)). The unrefined version (be sure to use that on your skin!) is especially high in linoleic acid that is great even for acne-prone skin. Its comedogen index is 0, meaning that it's pretty much an all skin-type oil. Truth be told, there are many great plant oils and sunflower oil is definitely one of them. Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil). At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it' what‑it‑does irritancy, com. antioxidant | emollient emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | antioxidant emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | emollient solvent | perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial perfuming | solvent preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling

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