PCA Skin Pigment Gel Pro

PCA Skin Pigment Gel Pro PCA Skin Pigment Gel Pro ingredients explained: Water, Alcohol, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Lactic Acid, Gluconolactone, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Tranexamic Acid, Bisabolol, Hexylresorcinol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Propyl Gallate, Pentylene Glycol, 4-Butylresorcinol, Glabridin, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Water Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing goodie Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate viscosity controlling Tranexamic Acid skin brightening, soothing Bisabolol Hexylresorcinol skin brightening, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Propyl Gallate antioxidant, perfuming Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant 4-Butylresorcinol antioxidant, skin brightening Glabridin skin brightening Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Rosa Damascena Flower Oil antioxidant, perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Rosa Damascena Flower Water 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. Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas. The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list. Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion. If you wanna know more, we wrote a more detailed explanation about what's the deal with alcohol in skincare products at alcohol denat. (it's also alcohol, but with some additives to make sure no one drinks it). The distillate created from different parts of the hazelnut-bush-like magic tree, commonly called Witch Hazel. Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a bit of a sloppy ingredient name as the leaves, the twigs and the bark can be used to create extracts or distillates and the different parts contain different amounts of biologically active components. But what you are getting is probably a nice water with astringent, soothing, antioxidant and antibacterial magic properties. We went into great detail about Witch Hazel in cosmetics here, detailing the main biologically active components and how they are different in different parts of the plant. Click here and read more >> 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 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 ceramide synthesis that results in a stronge what‑it‑does antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering exfoliant | chelating skin brightening | soothing skin brightening | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | perfuming solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening soothing | skin brightening antioxidant | perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial

Open original product source