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Proactiv Detox Hydrogel Face Mask

Proactiv Detox Hydrogel Face Mask Proactiv Detox Hydrogel Face Mask ingredients explained: Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Gum, Carrageenan, Butylene Glycol, Cellulose Gum, Centella Asiatica Extract, Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Ext

Proactiv Detox Hydrogel Face Mask Proactiv Detox Hydrogel Face Mask ingredients explained: Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Gum, Carrageenan, Butylene Glycol, Cellulose Gum, Centella Asiatica Extract, Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Charcoal Powder, Sodium Polyacrylate, Allantoin, Tamarindus Indica Seed Gum, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Glyceryl Caprylate, Polysorbate 20, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Trideceth-6, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Propanediol, Moroccan Lava Clay, Asparagus Officinalis Stem Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Calcium Gluconate, Potassium Sorbate, Gluconolactone, Phenoxyethanol, Biosaccharide Gum-4 Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Dipropylene Glycol Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Gum emollient, viscosity controlling Carrageenan viscosity controlling Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Cellulose Gum Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Paeonia Suffruticosa Root Extract 1,2-Hexanediol Charcoal Powder abrasive/​scrub Sodium Polyacrylate Allantoin soothing Tamarindus Indica Seed Gum moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant Hydrogenated Polydecene emollient, perfuming, solvent Glyceryl Caprylate preservative Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Ethylhexylglycerin Disodium EDTA chelating Sodium Hyaluronate Trideceth-6 Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil soothing, anti-acne, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Moroccan Lava Clay abrasive/​scrub, viscosity controlling Asparagus Officinalis Stem Extract Sodium Benzoate Calcium Gluconate moisturizer/​humectant Potassium Sorbate Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Phenoxyethanol Biosaccharide Gum-4 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 clear, colorless liquid that works as a solvent and viscosity decreasing ingredient. It also has great skin-moisturizing abilities. 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A natural polysaccharide (big sugar molecule) coming from red edible seaweeds. It is used as a helper ingredient for its gelling, thickening and stabilizing properties. 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 cellulose (the big molecule found in the cell wall of green plants) derivative that is used as an emulsion stabilizer and thickener. Centella Asiatica - or sometimes also called Gotu Kola or Cica - has been used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It’s traditionally used to improve small wounds, burns and scratches and it’s also a well known anti-inflammatory agent for eczema. Recently science has taken an interest in Gotu Kola as well and it turns out it really has many active compounds with several benefits. Just for hard-core geeks, the main biologically active compounds are pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins called asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic and madecassic acid (also called centellosides). One of the biological activities of the centellosides is to be able to stimulate GAGs (glycosaminoglycans - polysaccharides that are part what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant abrasive/scrub moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling soothing | antioxidant emollient | perfuming | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | anti-acne | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming solvent | moisturizer/humectant abrasive/scrub | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | chelating

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