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Niya skin Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Niya skin Hyaluronic Acid Serum Niya skin Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, Euglena Gracilis Polysaccharide, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Butylene Glycol, Yeast Be
Niya skin Hyaluronic Acid Serum Niya skin Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, Euglena Gracilis Polysaccharide, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Butylene Glycol, Yeast Beta-Glucan, Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Polyglutamic Acid, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Parfum, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Propylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer moisturizer/humectant, viscosity controlling Pvm/Ma Copolymer viscosity controlling Euglena Gracilis Polysaccharide Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/humectant goodie Butylene Glycol 0, 1 Yeast Beta-Glucan Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum moisturizer/humectant Carbomer Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Sodium Hyaluronate Polyglutamic Acid PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Parfum perfuming icky Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/antibacterial Phenoxyethanol preservative 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 It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) Glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer is the fancy word for a common polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits), namely polyacrylic acid (aka carbomer when it comes to cosmetics) with glycerin attached to it in some places. The main thing of this polymer is that it forms a hydrogel (trade named Lubrajel) that can sit on top of the skin and provide moisturizing, water-soluble ingredients such as glycerin to the skin. Think of it as a very thin, wet sponge that a cosmetic manufacturer can fill with good ingredients for your skin. It also works as a thickening agent (remember, it is a carbomer type of molecule), and can provide the skin with a nice slippery feel. It can also draw water to the skin (thank you, pendant glycerol groups!), providing skin hydration. Also, don’t let people scare you into thinking polyacrylic acid is dangerous because of the toxicity of acrylic acid. Since acrylic acid is dangerous due to its ability to absorb into the skin (since it’s small), when you chain them together into a polymer (which is big), this danger is no longer significant. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. The chemically chopped up version of the big protein molecule, collagen. It is often derived from fish or bovine sources and works as a nice moisturizer and humectant that helps the skin to hold onto water. To understand a bit more what Hydrolyzed Collagen is, you have to know that proteins are large chains of amino acids connected with so-called peptide bonds. These bonds can be broken up when a water mol what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling emollient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial