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Lab Series Max LS Power V Lifting Serum

Lab Series Max LS Power V Lifting Serum Lab Series Max LS Power V Lifting Serum ingredients explained: Water\Aqua\Eau, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Sorbitol, Squalane, Biosaccharide Gum - 1, Trisiloxane, Acetyl Glucosamine, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract,

Lab Series Max LS Power V Lifting Serum Lab Series Max LS Power V Lifting Serum ingredients explained: Water\Aqua\Eau, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Sorbitol, Squalane, Biosaccharide Gum - 1, Trisiloxane, Acetyl Glucosamine, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Myrtus Communis Leaf Extract, Whey Protein\Lactis Protein\Proteine Du Petit-Lait, Coleus Forskohlii Root Extract, Hydrolyzed Rice Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Pullulan, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Porphyridium Cruentum Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Seed Extract, Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon) Fruit Extract, Salicylic Acid, Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul'S Wort) Extract, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Arginine, Caffeine, Algae Extract, Sucrose, Glycerin, Cholesterol, Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Niacinamide, Disodium Adenosine Triphosphate, Phospholipids, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodi Show all ingredients by function Water\Aqua\Eau solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Dimethicone emollient Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient goodie Biosaccharide Gum - 1 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Trisiloxane Acetyl Glucosamine skin-identical ingredient, skin brightening Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract antioxidant Myrtus Communis Leaf Extract perfuming Whey Protein\Lactis Protein\Proteine Du Petit-Lait cell-communicating ingredient Coleus Forskohlii Root Extract emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Rice Extract Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12 Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Pullulan Hydrolyzed Oat Protein Porphyridium Cruentum Extract Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Seed Extract Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon) Fruit Extract Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative superstar Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul'S Wort) Extract Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter Arginine skin-identical ingredient Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Algae Extract Sucrose moisturizer/​humectant, soothing Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Cholesterol Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, skin brightening Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Disodium Adenosine Triphosphate Phospholipids Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium PCA Trehalose Glyceryl Polymethacrylate viscosity controlling Carbomer Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer Tocopheryl Acetate PEG-8 Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Tromethamine buffering Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Fragrance (Parfum) icky Disodium EDTA chelating Phenoxyethanol 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. Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). It's a sweet tasting sugar substitute that helps your skin to hold onto water when used in cosmetic products. It also helps to thicken up products and give them a bit more slip. 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 what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | skin brightening emollient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative antioxidant | perfuming moisturizer/humectant | soothing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant buffering | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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