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Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Power Serum

Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Power Serum Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Power Serum ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Jojoba Esters, Glycerin, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil*, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil*, Pelargonium Gra

Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Power Serum Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Power Serum ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Jojoba Esters, Glycerin, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil*, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil*, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil*, Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit/Seed Oil*, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil*, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil*, Myristica Fragrans (Nutmeg) Kernel Oil*, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil*, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Peel Oil*, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil*, Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil*, Hibiscus Abelmoschus Extract, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Citronellol, Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul'S Wort) Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Seed Extract, Anogeissus Leiocarpus Bark Extract, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Extract, Bambusa Vulgaris (Bamboo) Extract, Crithmum Maritimum Extract, Centaurium Erythraea (Centaury) Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Dimethicone emollient Jojoba Esters soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Rosa Damascena Flower Oil* antioxidant, perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial icky Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil* antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil* perfuming Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit/Seed Oil* Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil* Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil* antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 goodie Myristica Fragrans (Nutmeg) Kernel Oil* Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil* Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Peel Oil* Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil* Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil* Hibiscus Abelmoschus Extract Limonene perfuming, solvent Linalool Geraniol Citronellol Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul'S Wort) Extract Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Seed Extract Anogeissus Leiocarpus Bark Extract Pisum Sativum (Pea) Extract Bambusa Vulgaris (Bamboo) Extract Crithmum Maritimum Extract Centaurium Erythraea (Centaury) Extract Laminaria Digitata Extract Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Leaf Extract Polymethylsilsesquioxane Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract moisturizer/​humectant Commiphora Mukul Resin Extract Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, moisturizer/​humectant Dicaprylyl Carbonate Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sodium Hyaluronate Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Methyl Trimethicone Glucosamine Hcl Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil 0, 3 Hydrolyzed Algin Micrococcus Lysate Carbomer viscosity controlling Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Polysilicone-11 Tromethamine buffering Sodium Phytate chelating Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Silica 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. 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. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). Jojoba-derived emollient wax esters (fatty acid + fatty alcohol) that make your skin feel nice and smooth. Chemically speaking, pure jojoba oil is also a wax ester (read our shiny explanation here), however, the ingredients called jojoba esters on the ingredient lists are made from jojoba oil and/or hydrogenated jojoba oil via interesterification. They have multiple versions with variable fatty acid chain length and the ingredient can have a liquid, a creamy, a soft or firm paste, or even a hard wax consistency. The common thing between all versions is, that unlike most normal triglyceride oils, jojoba esters have superior stability, provide non-greasy emolliency and are readily absorbed into the skin. A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin A what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming antioxidant | emollient perfuming | solvent antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | emollient moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | skin brightening solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing

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