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PCA Skin Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Gel
PCA Skin Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Gel PCA Skin Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Gel ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Pentylene Glycol, Boron Nitride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Butyrosper
PCA Skin Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Gel PCA Skin Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Gel ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Pentylene Glycol, Boron Nitride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Dimethicone, Myristyl Myristate, Squalane, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Acacia Senegal Gum, Niacinamide, Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract, Titanium Dioxide, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract, Fraxinus Excelsior Bark Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Hexylene Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Tocopheryl Acetate, Potassium Citrate, Silanetriol, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Xanthan Gum, Alumina, Myristoyl Nonapeptide-3, Crocus Chrysanthus Bulb Extract, Myristoyl Hexapeptide-4, Myristoyl Pentapeptide-8, Silica, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Daru Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate emollient Ethylhexyl Palmitate 0, 2-4 Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Boron Nitride Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing 1, 2 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter goodie Dimethicone Myristyl Myristate 2, 0-5 Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying Glyceryl Stearate PEG-12 Dimethicone Acacia Senegal Gum Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant Albizia Julibrissin Bark Extract Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Carbomer viscosity controlling Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract Fraxinus Excelsior Bark Extract Phenoxyethanol preservative Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil perfuming icky Sodium Hydroxide buffering Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/humectant Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Potassium Citrate buffering, chelating Silanetriol Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin Xanthan Gum Alumina viscosity controlling, abrasive/scrub Myristoyl Nonapeptide-3 cell-communicating ingredient Crocus Chrysanthus Bulb Extract Myristoyl Hexapeptide-4 Myristoyl Pentapeptide-8 Silica Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant Darutoside Polyquaternium-7 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 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 A synthetic emollient oil that leaves a soft non-greasy, non-sticky feel on the skin, absorbs fast and can be emulsified (mixed with water) very easily. A super common, medium-spreading emollient ester that gives richness to the formula and a mild feel during rubout. It can be a replacement for mineral oil and is often combined with other emollients to achieve different sensorial properties. 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. Boron Nitride is a graphite-like, crystalline material that has light-diffusing and texture improving properties. It is quite the multi-tasker as it can blur imperfections, add an exceptional creamy feel to products and act as a mattifying agent. In powder makeup products (think blushers, highlighters), it enhances the skin feel and improves the color pay-off. In lipsticks, it gives a creamy feel and a better color on the lips. 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 what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent skin-identical ingredient | emollient antioxidant | emollient emollient | emulsifying cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant sunscreen | colorant moisturizer/humectant | emollient solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant buffering | chelating viscosity controlling | abrasive/scrub cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant