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MARA Beauty Pearl Peptide Glaze Facial Essence

MARA Beauty Pearl Peptide Glaze Facial Essence MARA Beauty Pearl Peptide Glaze Facial Essence ingredients explained: Sea Silt Extract, Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Glyceryl Oleate Citrate, Octyldodecanol, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Squalane, Pearl P

MARA Beauty Pearl Peptide Glaze Facial Essence MARA Beauty Pearl Peptide Glaze Facial Essence ingredients explained: Sea Silt Extract, Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Glyceryl Oleate Citrate, Octyldodecanol, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Squalane, Pearl Powder, Beta-Glucan, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1, Berberis Vulgaris Root Extract, Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract, Boswellia Carterii Oil, Gluconolactone, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract, Sea Water (Maris Aqua), Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Lecithin, Panthenol, Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Potassium Sorbate, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Phytate, Benzyl Alcohol, Calcium Gluconate, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Disodium Phosphate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Phosphate, Limonene, Linalool Show all ingredients by function Sea Silt Extract Water (Aqua) solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Oleate Citrate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Octyldodecanol emollient, perfuming Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides emollient Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Pearl Powder Beta-Glucan soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1 moisturizer/​humectant, sunscreen Berberis Vulgaris Root Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, anti-acne Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract Boswellia Carterii Oil Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract Sea Water (Maris Aqua) moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil perfuming icky Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Panthenol Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract Pentylene Glycol Potassium Sorbate preservative Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Acrylates Copolymer Sodium Benzoate Sodium Hydroxide buffering Sodium Phytate chelating Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Calcium Gluconate Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Citric Acid Dehydroacetic Acid Disodium Phosphate Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium Phosphate Limonene perfuming, solvent Linalool We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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. 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 skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. A clear, slightly yellow, odorless oil that's a very common, medium-spreading emollient. It makes the skin feel nice and smooth and works in a wide range of formulas. 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 white, solid, vegetable-derived fat (meaning it has the same triglyceride structure as oils but is solid at room temperature) that contains coconut-derived, C12-C18 chain length, saturated (no double bonds) fatty acids. It is odorless, has a neutral taste and it is pretty hard at room temperature. It is used as a consistency regulator both for creams and makeup products. 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 a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturate what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | sunscreen soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial | anti-acne exfoliant | chelating moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | preservative chelating | buffering perfuming | solvent

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