PCA Skin Intensive Clarity Treatment 0.05% Pure Retinol

PCA Skin Intensive Clarity Treatment 0.05% Pure Retinol PCA Skin Intensive Clarity Treatment 0.05% Pure Retinol ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Isododecane, Niacinamide, Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate, Dimethicone, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Cetearyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isoamyl Laurate, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Polysilicone-11, Bakuchiol, Maltodextrin, Phenoxyethanol, Polyglyceryl-10 Dipalmitate, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Hexylresorcinol, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Ethyl Linoleate, Retinol, Polysorbate 20, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Caprylyl Glycol, Trideceth-6, Xanthan Gum, Chlorphenesin, Pentylene Glycol, Isoamyl Cocoate, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Citrate, Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Leaf Cell Culture Extract, Decyl Glucoside, Myristoyl Nonapeptide-3, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Isododecane Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Polyglyceryl-10 Dioleate emulsifying Dimethicone emollient Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer viscosity controlling Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Isoamyl Laurate Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Sodium Polyacrylate Polysilicone-11 Bakuchiol cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial goodie Maltodextrin Phenoxyethanol preservative Polyglyceryl-10 Dipalmitate Coco-Caprylate/Caprate Hexylresorcinol skin brightening, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Ethylhexyl Stearate Ethyl Linoleate emollient, perfuming Retinol cell-communicating ingredient Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Trideceth-6 Xanthan Gum Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Isoamyl Cocoate Disodium EDTA chelating Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Leaf Cell Culture Extract Decyl Glucoside surfactant/​cleansing Myristoyl Nonapeptide-3 Citric Acid buffering 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 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. A super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. A clear, colorless and odorless, highly volatile (meaning it does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it) liquid that's used as an emollient. It gives a nice non-oily light skin feel and it can improve the slip of the formula without leaving a tacky residue behind. It's also popular in make-up products as its volatility makes mascaras and foundations last longer. If that would not be enough, it's also an excellent solvent, and it's a regular not only on the ingredients lists of make-ups but also on makeup removers. A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceram what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin brightening | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | perfuming emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial solvent | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering surfactant/cleansing

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