PrescriptSkin Vitamin C Lifting Serum, Enhanced Brightening Gel Serum

PrescriptSkin Vitamin C Lifting Serum, Enhanced Brightening Gel Serum PrescriptSkin Vitamin C Lifting Serum, Enhanced Brightening Gel Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Sodium PCA, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Polysorbate 20, Sodium Hydroxide, Carbomer, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Glycerin*, Tocopherol, Citric Acid, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Seed Extract*, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract*, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract*, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract*, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Disodium EDTA, Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Lactic Acid, Malic Acid, Gluconic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citral, Limonene, Fragrance, Benzyl Alcohol Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Sodium PCA goodie Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Elastin moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Hydroxide buffering Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1 Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice* soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Glycerin* Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Citric Acid Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Seed Extract* soothing Hydroxyethylcellulose Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract* Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract* Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract* antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) Disodium EDTA chelating Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) cell-communicating ingredient 1-3, 1-3 Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Malic Acid exfoliant, buffering Gluconic Acid chelating, perfuming Glycolic Acid Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Tartaric Acid buffering, exfoliant Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Citral perfuming icky Limonene perfuming, solvent Fragrance Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling 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 PCA stands for Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid and though it might not sound like it, it is a thing that can be found naturally in our skin. The sodium salt form of PCA is an important skin-identical ingredient and great natural moisturizer that helps the skin to hold onto water and stay nicely hydrated. The chemically chopped up version of the big protein molecule, collagen. It is often derived from fish or bovine sources and works as a nice moisturizer and humectant that helps the skin to hold onto water. To understand a bit more what Hydrolyzed Collagen is, you have to know that proteins are large chains of amino acids connected with so-called peptide bonds. These bonds can be broken up when a water molecule is added and the resulting thing is a mix of shorter length amino acids, also called peptides. So Hydrolyzed Collagen is not really collagen, it is rather an undefined and varying mix of largish peptides. Based on a manufacturer's data, the whole, soluble collagen has an average molecular weight of 300 000 Da, while this chopped up mixture has an average MW of 12 000 Da (still pretty big). The main thing of these largish peptides is to act as water-binding agents, and to make the skin nice and smooth (aka emollient). Hydrolyzed Collagen is also often used in cleansers as it can make harsh surfactants milder and in hair conditioners as it improves the flexibility and manageability of hair. If you wanna know more about collagen in cosmetics, we have a shiny explanation about soluble collagen here >> We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Works best between a concentration of 5-20% Boosts the skin’s own collagen production Fades pigmentation and brown spots If used under sunscreen it boosts its UV protection Extremely unstable and oxidizes very easily in presence of light or air Stable in solutions with water on what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering exfoliant | buffering chelating | perfuming exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative buffering | exfoliant perfuming | solvent preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling

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