PCA Skin Collagen Hydrator

PCA Skin Collagen Hydrator PCA Skin Collagen Hydrator ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Palmitate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Cetyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Phenoxyethanol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Allantoin, Glycol Distearate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Sodium PCA, Tocopherol, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrasodium EDTA, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Hyaluronate Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Isopropyl Palmitate emollient 1, 3-4 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter goodie Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Dimethicone Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol preservative Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Allantoin soothing Glycol Distearate emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein moisturizer/​humectant Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Potassium Cetyl Phosphate Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil 0, 1-3 Carbomer viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum Sodium PCA Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin Tetrasodium EDTA chelating Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant Sodium Hydroxide buffering Sodium Hyaluronate 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 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 An often used emollient with a light and silky feel. It's very mild to both skin and eyes and spreads nicely and easily. It's often used in sunscreens as it's also an excellent solvent for sunscreen agents. A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable. It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt". An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. A clear, colorless emollient ester (oily liquid from isopropyl alcohol + palmitic acid) that makes the skin nice and smooth. It has very good spreading properties and gives a silky touch to the products. Unless you live under a rock you what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | skin brightening emollient | emulsifying | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient soothing | emollient soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant

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