Pilgrim Retinol And Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Pilgrim Retinol And Hyaluronic Acid Serum Pilgrim Retinol And Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Purified Water, Propanediol, Maltodextrin, Pomegranate Flower Extract, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium PCA, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Betaine, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Ascorbate, Tocopherol (Vit E), Retinol (Vit A), Olive Leaf Extract, Allantoin, Panthenol (Vit B5), Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Gluconate, Heptyl Glucoside, Sodium Hydroxide, Perfume Show all ingredients by function Purified Water solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Maltodextrin Pomegranate Flower Extract Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne goodie Hyaluronic Acid skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium PCA 0, 0 Hydroxyethyl Urea moisturizer/​humectant Betaine Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate Sodium Ascorbate antioxidant Tocopherol (Vit E) 0-3, 0-3 Retinol (Vit A) cell-communicating ingredient superstar Olive Leaf Extract perfuming Allantoin soothing Panthenol (Vit B5) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Phenoxyethanol Ethylhexylglycerin Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Heptyl Glucoside surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Hydroxide buffering Perfume icky 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. It's a little helper ingredient coming from corn, rice or potato starch that can help to keep skin mat (absorbent), to stabilise emulsions, and to keep the product together (binding). We don't have description for this ingredient yet. The sodium salt form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. If you do not know what the big fuss about vitamin C is, you are missing out and you have to click here and read all the geeky details about it. Pure vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid, AA) is great and all, but its lack of stability is a big challenge for the cosmetics industry. One solution is to create stable derivatives that can be absorbed into the skin, convert there to AA and do all the magic AA is proven to do (which is being an antioxidant, a collagen booster, and a skin brightener). SAP (the vit C derivative, not the enterprise software, obvs) is a promising derivative that has great stability up to pH 7. The challenge with it though is skin penetration. Unfortunately, it seems to be limited, or to quote a great article from the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology "topically applied ascorbyl phosphate salts are, at very best, poorly absorbed in comparison with AA". Regarding conversion to AA, there seems to be no data about it, so we can neither deny nor confirm it. We have better news regarding the three magic abilities of vitamin C: there is in-vivo (tested on real people) data showing that SAP does have photo-protective (aka antioxidant) properties, though less than pure AA. SAP might also aid collagen boosting; in-vitro (made in the lab) data shows that it works, but is less effective than another vitamin C derivative, called MAP (that seems to be as effective as pure AA). As for skin-brightening, there is a trade publication with in-vivo data showing that SAP can fade brown spots. Another thing SAP might be able to do is to help with acne. A 2005 study showed in vitro (in test tubes) that 1% SAP has a strong antimicrobial activity on evil acne causing P. acnes and it also show what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | anti-acne skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant chelating | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing

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