No B.S. Caffeine Eye Cream

No B.S. Caffeine Eye Cream No B.S. Caffeine Eye Cream ingredients explained: Aqua/Water, Caffeine, Squalane, Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid), Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Capric/Caprylic Triglyceride, Polysorbate 60, Propanediol, Isopropyl Myristate, Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Dimethiconol, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water solvent Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming goodie Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid) skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Capric/Caprylic Triglyceride emollient Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Isopropyl Myristate emollient, perfuming 3, 3-5 Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate 1,2-Hexanediol Caprylhydroxamic Acid chelating Dimethiconol emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Citric Acid buffering 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. Hello, our favorite molecule that helps us wake up in the morning and then keeps us going through the day. As a super well-known stimulant from coffee, tea and plenty of other soft drinks, Caffeine needs no introduction. So we will skip right to the part where we talk about what the hell it does in so-so many cosmetic products. Looking at the research, we were surprised to find how versatile Caffeine is. It is a small, water-loving molecule with pretty good skin penetration abilties. Once in the skin, it has nice antioxidant properties, meaning that it reduces the formation of evil free radicals and it might even be useful in preventing UV-induced skin cancers. A well-known thing about Caffeine is that it improves the microcirculation of the blood vessels. Though conventional wisdom and anecdotal evidence says that this property is helpful for dark under-eye circles and puffy eyes, we have to mention that the double-blind research we have found about a 3% caffeine gel concluded that "the overall efficacy of the selected caffeine gel in reducing puffy eyes was not significantly different from that of its gel base." But you know, the proof is in the pudding. Another thing Caffeine is used for in body care products is its anti-cellulite effects. In theory, it can speed up the lipolysis process (the "fat burning" by our cells) and stimulate the draining lymph system that might lead to the improvement of cellulite. But here again, the evidence that it actually makes a measurable, let alone visible, improvement on actual human beings is limited (we could find only some animal skin studies or caffeine being combined with other actives). Last, but not least, we have to write about caffeine and hair growth. The theory is that it can inhibit the activity of the 5-α-reductase enzyme that plays an important role in hair loss and allows a renewed growth phase of the hair. We have found some recent and promising research to back this up. A 2017 study compared a 0.2% caffeine liquid with a 5% Minoxidil (an FDA approved active to treat baldness) solution and found that "a caffeine-based topical liquid should be considered as not inferior to minoxidil 5% solution in men with androgenetic alopecia", or English translation means that the caffeine liquid was pretty much as good as the FDA-approved Minoxidil stuff. Not what‑it‑does antioxidant | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | emollient irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | perfuming emollient | moisturizer/humectant

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