Pai Skincare Peptides 5% Smoothing Booster

Pai Skincare Peptides 5% Smoothing Booster Pai Skincare Peptides 5% Smoothing Booster ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Pentylene Glycol, Pisum Sativum Peptide (Pea), Methylheptylglycerin, Glycerin*, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose, Hexapeptide-11, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Phytate, Lactic Acid, Cellulose Gum, Tocopherol (Vitamin E) Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Pisum Sativum Peptide (Pea) Methylheptylglycerin moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin* skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Cellulose Hexapeptide-11 Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Sodium Phytate chelating Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Cellulose Gum Tocopherol (Vitamin E) antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 goodie 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 multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range. Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules (glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. It’s approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry (E415). A natural polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that can be found in the cell wall of green plants. It is a natural and sustainable helper ingredient that can improve the absorption of the formula and it also reduces oiliness on the skin. It is also used as a sensory additive and thickening agent. It's an alternative, natural preservative that comes from radishes fermented with Leuconostoc kimchii, a lactic acid bacteria that has been used to make traditional Korean dish, kimchi. During the fermentation process, a peptide is secreted from the bacteria that has significant antimicrobial properties. It is one of the more promising natural preservatives that can be used even alone (recommended at 2-4%), but it's not as effectiv what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering

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