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Proot Advanced Copper Peptide Radiance Serum

Proot Advanced Copper Peptide Radiance Serum Proot Advanced Copper Peptide Radiance Serum ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Niacinamide, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Sodium

Proot Advanced Copper Peptide Radiance Serum Proot Advanced Copper Peptide Radiance Serum ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Niacinamide, Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Copper Tripeptide-1, PPG-26-Buteth-26, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, SH-Oligopeptide-1, Polyglutamic Acid, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Licorice) Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Adenosine, Panthenol, Beta-Glucan, Arginine, Carbomer, Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial goodie Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate cell-communicating ingredient Sodium Hyaluronate Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant PPG-26-Buteth-26 PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 SH-Oligopeptide-1 Polyglutamic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Licorice) Root Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract antimicrobial/​antibacterial Centella Asiatica Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract soothing, perfuming Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract antioxidant Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, moisturizer/​humectant Adenosine Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Beta-Glucan Arginine skin-identical ingredient Carbomer viscosity controlling Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit Extract perfuming 1,2-Hexanediol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient 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 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. Witch hazel is a smallish tree (up to 5m) that's native to North-America, has nice yellow flowers and is similar to the hazelnut bush (hence the name). As for skincare, it's loaded with active components that have a bunch of magic properties, like astringent, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-bacterial. It's also a well-known vasoconstrictor (it makes the blood vessels narrower) and promotes the healing of broken skin by tightening up the skin proteins and thus creating a protective covering. The complication, however, is that different extracts and distillates can be made from different parts of the plant (bark, twigs, and leaves are typically used) and different extraction methods from different parts produce different results. So if you see only Witch Hazel Extract or Witch Hazel Water on the ingredient list, it's a bit hard to know what you're actually getting but we will try to summarize the possibilities to give an idea. The main biologically active components in Witch Hazel are hamamelitannin (a potent astringent and antioxidant), catechins (anti-inflammatory and antioxidant) and gallic acid (antibacterial). The bark extract contains by far the most hamamelitannin and it has th what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant soothing | perfuming soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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