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Mercilen Polypeptide Collagen Sculpting Cream
Mercilen Polypeptide Collagen Sculpting Cream Mercilen Polypeptide Collagen Sculpting Cream ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Dimethicone, Glycereth-26, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Salvia Hispanica S
Mercilen Polypeptide Collagen Sculpting Cream Mercilen Polypeptide Collagen Sculpting Cream ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Dimethicone, Glycereth-26, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Salvia Hispanica Seed Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyacrylate-13, Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Squalane, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, PEG-100 Stearate, Dimethiconol/Ipdi Copolymer, Polyisobutene, Fragrance, Sodium Polyacrylate, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum, Pentylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Adansonia Digitata Pulp Extract, Polysorbate 20, Lactobacillus Ferment, Sorbitan Isostearate, Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Folic Acid, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Collagen, Algin, Potassium Sorbate, Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide Show all ingredients by function 50G Water solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient goodie Dimethicone Glycereth-26 moisturizer/humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Salvia Hispanica Seed Extract 1,2-Hexanediol Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying Polyacrylate-13 Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide moisturizer/humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 viscosity controlling PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying Dimethiconol/Ipdi Copolymer Polyisobutene Fragrance perfuming icky Sodium Polyacrylate Dimethyl Isosorbide solvent, viscosity controlling Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Disodium EDTA chelating Adansonia Digitata Pulp Extract emollient, moisturizer/humectant Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Lactobacillus Ferment soothing, preservative Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract Folic Acid Sodium Acrylates Copolymer Xanthan Gum Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Collagen Algin 4, 4 Potassium Sorbate Arginine/Lysine Polypeptide 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. 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 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 Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silico what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling antioxidant | preservative emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying solvent | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | preservative