KOA LIFE Copper Peptide Toner

KOA LIFE Copper Peptide Toner KOA LIFE Copper Peptide Toner ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root, Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Leaf Oil, Copper Tripeptide-1, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) Leaf Oil perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial icky Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant goodie Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate chelating Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin 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 This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?! We don't have description for this ingredient yet. The essential oil created by steam distilling the leaves of the Eucalyptus tree. It's a colorless, pale yellow oil with a camphoraceous aroma used traditionally in vapor rubs to treat coughs. Its name-giving main component is eucalyptol (also called 1,8-cineole, 80-91%) that has significant antibacterial and expectorant properties. Among essential oils, Eucalyptus Globulus counts as rather non-sensitising with an EU sensitizer total of 5% (due to limonene). However, if your skin is super-sensitive or you are allergic to fragrances, it is still better to avoid it. GHK-Cu is a copper-peptide complex found naturally in yucky bodily fluids (plasma, saliva, and urine) It has unique wound healing properties by stimulating the breakdown of unhealthy, too large collagen in scar tissue and stimulating nice and healthy collagen production afterwards It stimulates the production of several important skin-identical ingredients (e.g. collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans) It has significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect There are a few promising studies showing GHK-Cu can improve skin elasticity, clarity, firmness and reduce lines and wrinkles It can improve hair growth by enlarging hair follicles (and bigger follicles produce longer, thicker hair) There are some urban legends about possible overdosing or facial hair problems (read more in geeky details) It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not someth what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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