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Organik botanik Collagen Serum

Organik botanik Collagen Serum Organik botanik Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Collagen, Water (Aqua), Butylene Glycol, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Glycosyl Trehalose, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Rosa Rugosa Flower Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbade

Organik botanik Collagen Serum Organik botanik Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Collagen, Water (Aqua), Butylene Glycol, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Glycosyl Trehalose, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Rosa Rugosa Flower Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Hexylene Glycol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Fragrance (Parfum), Soluble Collagen, Limonene Show all ingredients by function Collagen moisturizer/​humectant goodie Water (Aqua) solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Biosaccharide Gum-1 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glycosyl Trehalose Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate Rosa Rugosa Flower Extract Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract soothing, perfuming Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Soluble Collagen Limonene perfuming, solvent The big and important protein molecule that usually comes from animal skin such as fish or bovine. The gist of the "collagen in topical skincare" subject is to know that collagen in a jar has nothing to do with wrinkles but everything to do with skin hydration. We have a shiny explanation about this at soluble collagen, so click here to read more >> 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. Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a pretty interesting kind of sugar ingredient that is created from sorbitol via bacterial fermentation. According to the manufacturer it’s a “S.M.A.R.T.” sugar: it has Soothing, Moisturizing, Anti-aging, Restructuring and Touch properties. Let’s look at them quickly one by one. Soothing: the manufacturer tested out the soothing effect in vivo (meaning on humans that is always a good thing!) by measuring how 3% Biosaccharide Gum-1 decreased the tingling sensation caused by 10% lactic acid. The result was good: the tingling was decreased by 47%. Moisturizing: Compared to famous hyaluronic acid, it turns out that the two are great together. HA has a quicker effect and provides more instant hydration (much more hydration was measured after 1h of application), while our nice sugar has a somewhat delayed effect demonstrating stronger hydration after 3h of application. After 8 hours both had similar moisturizing effect. Anti-aging: According to ex-vivo tests (meaning not on humans, so do not trust it too much) Biosaccharide Gum-1 can stimulate a protein in our skin called sirtuin-1. This is supposed to help our skin cells to live longer, and function better. Resurfacing: The sirtuin-1 stimulation also results in quicker cell renewal - something that happens anyway but slows down as we age. And the quicker what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | perfuming soothing | antioxidant solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | preservative perfuming | solvent

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