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Plantnery Lily Peptide Extra Bright Eye Cream

Plantnery Lily Peptide Extra Bright Eye Cream Plantnery Lily Peptide Extra Bright Eye Cream ingredients explained: Deionized Water, Butylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Polyacrylate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Gly

Plantnery Lily Peptide Extra Bright Eye Cream Plantnery Lily Peptide Extra Bright Eye Cream ingredients explained: Deionized Water, Butylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Polyacrylate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Caffeine, Laureth-7, Disodium EDTA, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Nonapeptide-1, Bisabolol, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Pancratium Maritimum Extract, Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Aloe Barbadensis Extract, Cucumis Sativus Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Sodium Benzoate, Superoxide Dismutase, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Dextran Sulfate Show all ingredients by function Abuus Nou Deionized Water solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Propylene Glycol 0, 0 Sodium Polyacrylate viscosity controlling C13-14 Isoparaffin emollient, viscosity controlling, solvent Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar 1,2-Hexanediol Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Caffeine antioxidant, perfuming goodie Laureth-7 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Disodium EDTA chelating Caprylhydroxamic Acid Phenoxyethanol preservative Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin Nonapeptide-1 Bisabolol soothing Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Pancratium Maritimum Extract skin brightening Vitis Vinifera Seed Extract antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Hydrolyzed Rice Protein Aloe Barbadensis Extract soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Cucumis Sativus Extract soothing, emollient Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein emulsifying Sodium Benzoate Superoxide Dismutase Potassium Sorbate Sodium Dextran Sulfate 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. 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 super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) A superabsorbent polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that has crazy water binding abilities. Sometimes its referred to as "waterlock" and can absorb 100 to 1000 times its mass in water. As for its use in cosmetic products, it is a handy multi-tasker that thickens up water-based formulas and also has some emulsifying and emulsion stabilizing properties. It's a petroleum derived emollient and thickener. It often comes to the formula as part of an emulsifier, thickener trio (with Polyacrylamide and Laureth-7). This trio is an easy-to-use liquid that helps to create nice, non-tacky gel formulas. 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 stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can he what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | perfuming emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient

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