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Likato Professional Anti-aging Peptide 2 % Complex Face Serum

Likato Professional Anti-aging Peptide 2 % Complex Face Serum Likato Professional Anti-aging Peptide 2 % Complex Face Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2, Dextran, Hydroxyethylcellulose, PEG-12 Dimethico

Likato Professional Anti-aging Peptide 2 % Complex Face Serum Likato Professional Anti-aging Peptide 2 % Complex Face Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2, Dextran, Hydroxyethylcellulose, PEG-12 Dimethicone, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Parfum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Hydroxyethyl Urea moisturizer/​humectant goodie Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2 cell-communicating ingredient Dextran viscosity controlling Hydroxyethylcellulose PEG-12 Dimethicone PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Parfum perfuming icky Ethylhexylglycerin preservative 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. 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 A derivative of Urea, that works as a strong moisturizer and humectant meaning that it helps the skin to cling onto water and thus to make it hydrated and elastic. According to manufacturer's data, Hydroxyethyl Urea has a similar moisturizing ability to glycerin (measured at 5%), but it feels nicer on the skin as it is non-sticky and non-tacky and gives a lubricous and moist feeling to the skin. A 3 amino-acid peptide that works by inhibiting the production of progerin, a cell-aging accelerator protein. The manufacturer claims that Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2 can bring back cell activity to a 20-year-old young cell level and the ingredient can nicely increase skin elasticity, firmness and reduce skin-sagging. In their in-vivo (made on real people) tests, they found that 2% Progeline cream can lift the sagging jaw-line by up to 10% in 56 days and improve skin elasticity and firmness by about 20% in 28 days. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A nice little helper ingredient that can thicken up cosmetic products and create beautiful gel formulas. It's derived from cellulose, the major component of the cell wall of green plants. It is compatible with most co-ingredients and gives a very good slip to the formulas. A fluid silicone that reduces surface tension. It can improve oil (or silicone) in water emulsions with faster absorption, better spreading, and a lighter feel. A mildly viscous, amber-colored liquid with fatty odor, made from Castor Oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG). If it were a person, we’d say, it’s agile, diligent & multifunctional. It’s mostly used as an emulsifier and surfactant but most often it is used to solubilize fragrances into water-based formulas. Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfu what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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