Open Formula Peptide Moisturizer (10% Peptides)

Open Formula Peptide Moisturizer (10% Peptides) Open Formula Peptide Moisturizer (10% Peptides) ingredients explained: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Stearic Acid, Isopropyl Myristate, Disodium EDTA, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Dimethicone Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Carbomer Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient goodie Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Isopropyl Myristate emollient, perfuming 3, 3-5 Disodium EDTA chelating Xanthan Gum Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying Phenoxyethanol preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Citric Acid buffering Sodium Hydroxide 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 super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. A high-molecular-weight silicone elastomer (rubber-like elastic material) that is usually blended with a base silicone fluid (such as dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane) to give the formula a silky smooth feel and to act as a thickening agent. 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 big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the what‑it‑does emollient | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | perfuming emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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