Luna Nectar Neptune Blur & Hydrate Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Luna Nectar Neptune Blur & Hydrate Hyaluronic Acid Serum Luna Nectar Neptune Blur & Hydrate Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Helichrysum Arenarium (Helichrysum) Hydrosol Water*, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Hydrosol Water* (Infused With Clitoria Ternatea (Butterfly Pea Flowers)), Lactobacillus Ferment, Vegan, Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid), Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Helichrysum Arenarium (Helichrysum) Hydrosol Water* Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Hydrosol Water* (Infused With Clitoria Ternatea (Butterfly Pea Flowers)) Lactobacillus Ferment soothing, preservative goodie Vegan Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate 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. This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?! Lactobacillus ferment is an interesting probiotic ingredient with some promising properties. First, according to a 2009 Estee Lauder patent, it’s a DNA repair enzyme and it can help to protect the skin against environmental aggressors. Second, still according to Estee Lauder research but now from 2012 the ingredient has anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties and holds promise in the treatment of acne and rosacea. For the former one 5% was needed to show effectiveness, but for reducing skin sensitivity already 1% showed results. The anti-acne effect is confirmed also by US manufacturer, Barnet, that says that Lactobacillus ferment is helpful in killing harmful bacteria and creating a healthy balanced microflora. Compared to well-known anti-acne and anti-inflammatory salicylic acid the probiotic worked faster at reducing the size and redness of acne lesions. It also goes by the trade name Leucidal Liquid SF and can serve in the formula as a natural preservative. Bottom line: It’s not the most proven ingredient (yet) but definitely a very promising one especially if you have sensitive skin, acne or rosacea. It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here. The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being plump and elastic. HA is famous for its crazy water holding capacity as it can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water. As far as skincare goes, sodium hyaluronate and hyaluronic acid are pretty much the same and the two names are used interchangeably. As cosmetic chemist kindofstephen writes on reddit "sodium hyaluronate disassociates into hyaluronic acid molecule and a sodium atom in solution". In spite of this, if you search for "hyaluronic acid vs sodium hyaluronate" you will find on multiple places that sodium hyaluronate is smaller and can penetrate the skin better. Chemically, this is definitely not true, as the two forms are almost the same, both are polymers and the subunits can be repeated in both forms as much as you like. (We also checked Prospector for sodium hyalur what‑it‑does soothing | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com.

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