PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm

PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm PCA Skin Silkcoat Balm ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Stearic Acid, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract, Hydrastis Canadensis (Goldenseal) Root Extract, Hydrastis Canadensis (Goldenseal) Extract, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Flower/Leaf Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Hydrolyzed Silk, Squalane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Allantoin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) emollient goodie Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Dimethicone Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter 0, 4 C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Stearic Acid 0, 2-3 Potassium Cetyl Phosphate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Polysorbate 60 Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Extract antimicrobial/​antibacterial, antioxidant, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant, perfuming Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract surfactant/​cleansing Hydrastis Canadensis (Goldenseal) Root Extract Hydrastis Canadensis (Goldenseal) Extract Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Flower/Leaf Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract perfuming Hydrolyzed Silk moisturizer/​humectant Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 0, 0-2 Allantoin soothing Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Sodium Hydroxide 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 Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat. A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. A so-called fatty (the good, non-drying kind of) alcohol that does all kinds of things in a skincare product: it makes your skin feel smooth and nice (emollient), helps to thicken up products and also helps water and oil to blend (emulsifier). Can be derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. 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". Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (crea what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying emollient | solvent emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antimicrobial/antibacterial | antioxidant | emollient | moisturizer/humectant | perfuming surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient

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