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MEDI-PEEL Peptide 9 Aqua Essence Toner

MEDI-PEEL Peptide 9 Aqua Essence Toner MEDI-PEEL Peptide 9 Aqua Essence Toner ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Betaine, Trehalose, Hydroxyacetophenone, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Arginine, Carbomer, Sodium PCA, Ethylhexylglycerin,

MEDI-PEEL Peptide 9 Aqua Essence Toner MEDI-PEEL Peptide 9 Aqua Essence Toner ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Betaine, Trehalose, Hydroxyacetophenone, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Arginine, Carbomer, Sodium PCA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Fragrance, Sodium Hyaluronate, Desamido Collagen, Juniperus Communis Fruit Extract, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Extract, Fructan, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Propanediol, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sorbitan Laurate, Propylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans, 1,2-Hexanediol, Nonoxynol-12, Phenoxyethanol, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Benzyl Glycol, Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester (0.8 Ppm), Astaxanthin, Ethyl Hexanediol, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 (0.1 Ppm), Caprylyl Glycol, Anemarrhena Asphodeloides Root Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 (0.01 Ppm), Copper Tripeptide-1 (0.01 Ppm), Hyaluronic Acid, Acetyl Octape Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Trehalose Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Arginine skin-identical ingredient Carbomer viscosity controlling Sodium PCA Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Fragrance perfuming icky Sodium Hyaluronate Desamido Collagen Juniperus Communis Fruit Extract Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract antimicrobial/​antibacterial Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Extract Fructan Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrogenated Polyisobutene emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 1 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glyceryl Polymethacrylate Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Sorbitan Laurate emulsifying 1-2, 1-2 Propylene Glycol Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans 1,2-Hexanediol Nonoxynol-12 Phenoxyethanol Chondrus Crispus Extract moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Hydroxyethylcellulose Benzyl Glycol Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester (0.8 Ppm) cell-communicating ingredient, soothing Astaxanthin antioxidant Ethyl Hexanediol Hydrolyzed Elastin moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 (0.1 Ppm) Caprylyl Glycol Anemarrhena Asphodeloides Root Extract Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 (0.01 Ppm) cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Copper Tripeptide-1 (0.01 Ppm) cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Hyaluronic Acid Acetyl Octapeptide-3 (0.005 Ppm) Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (0.005 Ppm) Hexapeptide-9 (0.005 Ppm) Raspberry Ketone Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (0.001 Ppm) Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 (0.001 Ppm) Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 (0.001 Ppm) 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 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. A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. A type of sugar that has water-binding properties and helps to keep your skin hydrated. A handy multifunctional ingredient that works as a preservative booster, as well as an antioxidant and soothing agent. A castor oil derived, white, lard-like helper ingredient that is used as a solubilizer to put fragrances (those are oil loving things) into water-based products such as toners. A semi-essential (infants cannot synthesize it, but adults can) amino acid that is one of the primary building blocks of hair keratin and skin collagen. It's a natural moisturizing factor, a skin hydrator and might also help to speed up wound healing. Arginine usually has a positive charge (cationic) that makes it substant what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling cell-communicating ingredient | soothing moisturizer/humectant | emollient cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant

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