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Pharmaceris A Tightening & Firming Peptide Cream
Pharmaceris A Tightening & Firming Peptide Cream Pharmaceris A Tightening & Firming Peptide Cream ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Octocrylene, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmet
Pharmaceris A Tightening & Firming Peptide Cream Pharmaceris A Tightening & Firming Peptide Cream ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Octocrylene, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Cetyl Alcohol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Hydrogenated Olive Oil Decyl Esters, Ceramide NG, Sodium Hyaluronate, Silybum Marianum (Lady'S Thistle) Extract, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Dimethicone, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Simethicone, Polyacrylamide, Titanium Dioxide (Nano), Propylene Glycol, Tribehenin, Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol (Nano), Laureth-7, Alumina, PEG-10 Phytosterol, Decyl Glucoside, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate emollient, antimicrobial/antibacterial Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate sunscreen Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate emollient Octocrylene Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane goodie Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Potassium Cetyl Phosphate emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Hydrolyzed Elastin moisturizer/humectant, emollient Hydrogenated Olive Oil Decyl Esters Ceramide NG skin-identical ingredient Sodium Hyaluronate Silybum Marianum (Lady'S Thistle) Extract antioxidant, soothing Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12 cell-communicating ingredient Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Dimethicone 0, 1 C13-14 Isoparaffin emollient, viscosity controlling, solvent Simethicone Polyacrylamide viscosity controlling Titanium Dioxide (Nano) sunscreen, colorant Propylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent Tribehenin Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol (Nano) Laureth-7 Alumina viscosity controlling, abrasive/scrub PEG-10 Phytosterol emulsifying Decyl Glucoside surfactant/cleansing Xanthan Gum Phenoxyethanol preservative Methylparaben Diazolidinyl Urea icky Butylparaben Ethylparaben Propylparaben preservative, perfuming 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. An often used emollient with a light and silky feel. It's very mild to both skin and eyes and spreads nicely and easily. It's often used in sunscreens as it's also an excellent solvent for sunscreen agents. 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 clear, oil-soluble, "cosmetically-elegant" liquid that is the most commonly used chemical sunscreen. It absorbs UVB radiation (at wavelengths: 280-320 nm) with a peak protection at 310nm. It only protects against UVB and not UVA rays (the 320-400 nm range) – so always choose products that contain other sunscreens too. It is not very stable either, when exposed to sunlight, it kind of breaks down and loses its effectiveness (not instantly, but over time - it loses 10% of its SPF protection ability within 35 mins). To make it more stable it can be - and should be - combined with other sunscreen agents to give stable and broad-spectrum protection (the new generation sunscreen agent, Tinosorb S is a particularly good one for that). Regarding safety, there are also some concerns around Octinoxate. In vitro (made in the lab not on real people) and animal studies have shown that it may produce hormonal (estrogen-like) effects. Do not panic, the studies were not conducted under real life conditions on real human people, so it is probably over-cautious to avoid Octinoxate altogether. However, if you are pregnant or a small child (under 2 yrs. old), choose a physical (zinc oxide/titanium dioxide) or new-generation Tinosorb based sunscreen, just to be on the super-safe side. :) Overall, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate is an old-school chemical sunscreen agent. There are plenty of better options for sun protection today, but it is considered "safe as used" (and sunscreens are pretty well regulated) and it is available worldwide (can be used up to 10% in the EU and up to 7.5% in the US). A synthetic emollient oil that leaves a soft non what‑it‑does emollient | antimicrobial/antibacterial skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | soothing emollient | viscosity controlling | solvent sunscreen | colorant moisturizer/humectant | solvent viscosity controlling | abrasive/scrub surfactant/cleansing preservative | perfuming