Medik8 Liquid Peptides

Medik8 Liquid Peptides Medik8 Liquid Peptides ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Copper Heptapeptide-14 Pantothenate, Heptapeptide-15 Palmitate, Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Carnosine, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Pentapeptide-18, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Tetrapeptide-21, Sodium Hyaluronate, Inulin, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Lactic Acid/Glycolic Acid Copolymer, Panthenol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Dunaliella Salina (Green Algae) Extract, Polysorbate 20, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Pantolactone, Phenylpropanol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sorbic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Xanthan Gum Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 cell-communicating ingredient goodie Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Copper Heptapeptide-14 Pantothenate Heptapeptide-15 Palmitate Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 Carnosine antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Pentapeptide-18 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 Tetrapeptide-21 Sodium Hyaluronate Inulin Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide Lactic Acid/Glycolic Acid Copolymer Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin Dunaliella Salina (Green Algae) Extract Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Citric Acid buffering Glyceryl Caprylate Pantolactone moisturizer/​humectant Phenylpropanol perfuming, solvent Polyvinyl Alcohol viscosity controlling Carbomer Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Sorbic Acid Phenoxyethanol Xanthan Gum 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 four amino acid peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-glutamine-proline-arginine. It is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration. It works by reducing the production of the signal molecule, interleukin-6 (IL-6) which promotes inflammation in the skin and less inflammation means slower degradation of important things (like collagen) that results in younger looking skin for a longer time. It works in synergy with its pal, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 in the famous Matrixyl 3000 complex. You can read some more about the famous duo here. A really famous peptide that is part of Matrixyl 3000, the most sold peptide complex in the word. Before we go and find out what the big deal with Matrixyl 3000 is, let's just focus on Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 itself for a bit. It's a small three amino acid (they are the building blocks of all proteins) peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-histidine-lysine, or GHK. GHK is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration. The GHK part is the important one as it's a type I collagen fragment. When collagen naturally breaks down in the skin, the resulting peptide fragments what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient moisturizer/humectant perfuming | solvent

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