Neova Smart Skincare Cu3 Tissue Repair Copper Peptide Complex®

Neova Smart Skincare Cu3 Tissue Repair Copper Peptide Complex® Neova Smart Skincare Cu3 Tissue Repair Copper Peptide Complex® ingredients explained: Petrolatum, Water (Aqua), Microcrystalline Wax, Paraffin, Glycerin, Bis (Tripeptide-1) Copper Acetate, Vp/Eicosene Copolymer, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Sodium Chloride, Benzyl Alcohol Show all ingredients by function Petrolatum emollient goodie Water (Aqua) solvent Microcrystalline Wax viscosity controlling Paraffin viscosity controlling, perfuming Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Bis (Tripeptide-1) Copper Acetate Vp/Eicosene Copolymer Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling 0, 1 Sodium Chloride Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling The famous Vaseline or Petroleum Jelly. Just like mineral oil, it is also a by-product of refining crude oil, aka petroleum, and it is also a mixture of hydrocarbons but with bigger (C18-90+) carbon chain length. The unique thing about petrolatum is that it is the most effective occlusive agent known today. While the occlusivity of mineral oil is in the same league as the occlusivity of plant oils, petrolatum is in a league of its own. It sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called transepidermal water loss (TEWL) like nothing else. Expand to read more This comes in handy healing cracked lips or severely dry skin patches, though overdoing it (i.e. reducing TEWL by more than 40%) is not good as it can create a nice moist place for fungi and bacteria to grow. As for petrolatum and safety, we can write here pretty much the exact same thing as we have written at mineral oil. There is no evidence whatsoever that cosmetic, USP grade petrolatum is carcinogenic. It also does not absorb into the skin but sits on top of it and that in itself greatly minimises health risks. It also has a long history of safe use, as it was first used as a skincare product more than 100 years ago, in 1872 to be precise. It is also non-comedogenic, though its pure form is very heavy and greasy so combination and oily skin types might want to avoid it anyway. Overall, it is the gold-standard occlusive agent known today and a tub of Vaseline comes in handy in any household to heal cracked lips or other severely dry skin patches. 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. 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 handy helper ingredient (a polymer, i.e. big molecule from repeated subunits) that is used to stabilize emulsions as well as to thicken up products. It can also stabilize foam in cleansing products. Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt. If (similar to us) you are what‑it‑does viscosity controlling | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling

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