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Keys Soulcare Firm Belief Smoothing Peptide Cream

Keys Soulcare Firm Belief Smoothing Peptide Cream Keys Soulcare Firm Belief Smoothing Peptide Cream ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Propanediol, Niacinamide, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Diisostear

Keys Soulcare Firm Belief Smoothing Peptide Cream Keys Soulcare Firm Belief Smoothing Peptide Cream ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Propanediol, Niacinamide, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Diisostearyl Malate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Cetyl Alcohol, Myristyl Myristate, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract, Himanthalia Elongata Extract, Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract, Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Xylitylglucoside, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Tocopherol, Glucose, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sorbitan Isostearate, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Lactate, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Coco-Glucoside, Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient goodie Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate emollient, viscosity controlling Diisostearyl Malate emollient, surfactant/​cleansing Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Myristyl Myristate 2, 0-5 Acetyl Tetrapeptide-9 Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract antioxidant, emollient Himanthalia Elongata Extract Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp Extract antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Xylitylglucoside moisturizer/​humectant Hydroxyethyl Urea Anhydroxylitol Xylitol Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Glucose Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Carbomer Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer Coco-Glucoside surfactant/​cleansing Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Phenoxyethanol Disodium EDTA chelating Citric Acid buffering 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 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve s what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant antioxidant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing buffering | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing

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