PCA Skin Peptide Lip Therapy

PCA Skin Peptide Lip Therapy PCA Skin Peptide Lip Therapy ingredients explained: Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Ozokerite, Sorbitan Oleate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Squalane, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Hordeum Distichon (Barley) Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Bisabolol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sorbitan Isostearate, Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Fruit/Leaf/Stem Extract, Sucralose, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Portulaca Pilosa Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Sucrose Cocoate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 Show all ingredients by function Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 0-1 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 1 Ozokerite viscosity controlling Sorbitan Oleate emulsifying 0, 3 Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax perfuming, viscosity controlling Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 goodie Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil perfuming icky Hordeum Distichon (Barley) Extract Phenoxyethanol preservative Bisabolol soothing Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant 0, 0 Sorbitan Isostearate 0, 1-2 Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Fruit/Leaf/Stem Extract Sucralose Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Portulaca Pilosa Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sucrose Cocoate Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 cell-communicating ingredient Castor oil is sourced from the castor bean plant native to tropical areas in Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is an age-old ingredient (it’s over 4,000 years old!) with many uses including as a shoe polish, food additive and motor lubricant. You would be reasonable to think that putting shoe polish on your face wouldn’t be the best idea, but it turns out castor oil has some unique properties that make it a stalwart in thick and gloss-giving formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters). So what is so special about it? The answer is its main fatty acid, called ricinoleic acid (85-95%). Unlike other fatty acids, ricinoleic acid has an extra water-loving part (aka -OH group) on its fatty chain that gives Castor Oil several unique properties. First, it is thicker than other oils, then its solubility is different (e.g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), and it allows all kinds of chemical modifications other oils do not, hence the lots of Castor oil-derived ingredients. It is also more glossy than other oils, in fact, it creates the highest gloss of all natural oils when applied to the skin. Other than that, it is a very effective emollient and occlusive that reduces skin moisture loss so it is quite common in smaller amounts in moisturizers. Expand to read more While it is very unlikely (and this is true for pretty much every ingredient), cases of reactions to castor oil have been reported, so if your skin is sensitive, it never hurts to patch test. A chemically modified version of castor oil that results in a solid, waxy material that serves as an emollient and consistency building material. It also has some unique moisturizing properties as it is both occlusive and humectant. The former one is common for oils and waxes and it means that it sits on top of the skin hindering water to evaporate out of the top layers. The latter one, the humectant property, is surprising and comes from the unique property of ricinoleic acid (the dominant fatty acid in castor oil) having an extra water-loving -OH group on its otherwise oil-loving fatty chain. We have some more info about this at castor oil, so if you are interested, read on here. A hydrocarbon wax consisting mainly of saturated straight chain hydrocarbons with C18-90+ carbon chain length. It has a high melting point (58-100 C) and it is used mainly in stick type products, such as lip balms to keep the product nice and solid. A mainly oil-loving, vegetable raw material based ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. It can also function as a wetting and dispersing agent helping insoluble particles such as color pigments or inorganic sunscreens (zinc/titanium dioxide) to disperse nice and even in liquids. Chemically speaking, it comes from the attachment of sorbitan (a dehydrated sorbitol (sugar) molecule) with the unsaturated fatty acid Oleic Acid, that creates a partly water (the sorbitan part) and partly oil soluble (oleic part) molecule. We don't have what‑it‑does emollient | perfuming irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing perfuming | viscosity controlling antioxidant | emollient skin-identical ingredient | emollient soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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