Q+A Collagen Face Cream

Q+A Collagen Face Cream Q+A Collagen Face Cream ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Glyceryl Stearate, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Glycerin, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Sucrose Stearate, Tripeptide-29, Lactic Acid, Magnesium Pca, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Extract, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Coco-Glucoside, Benzyl Alcohol, Coconut Alcohol, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice Powder, Tocopherol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient 0, 0 goodie Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter 0, 4 Cera Alba (Beeswax) emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming 0, 0-2 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sucrose Stearate emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Tripeptide-29 cell-communicating ingredient Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Magnesium Pca moisturizer/​humectant Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Extract preservative Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil emollient, perfuming Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract antioxidant, soothing Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil antioxidant, emollient Coco-Glucoside surfactant/​cleansing Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Coconut Alcohol emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice Powder soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Dehydroacetic Acid Sodium Hyaluronate Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Citric Acid buffering 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. Sunflower does not need a big intro as you probably use it in the kitchen as cooking oil, or you munch on the seeds as a healthy snack or you adore its big, beautiful yellow flower during the summer - or you do all of these and probably even more. And by even more we mean putting it all over your face as sunflower oil is one of the most commonly used plant oils in skincare. It’s a real oldie: expressed directly from the seeds, the oil is used not for hundreds but thousands of years. According to The National Sunflower Association, there is evidence that both the plant and its oil were used by American Indians in the area of Arizona and New Mexico about 3000 BC. Do the math: it's more than 5000 years – definitely an oldie. Our intro did get pretty big after all (sorry for that), so let's get to the point finally: sunflower oil - similar to other plant oils - is a great emollient that makes the skin smooth and nice and helps to keep it hydrated. It also protects the surface of the skin and enhances the damaged or irritated skin barrier. Leslie Bauman notes in Cosmetic Dermatology that one application of sunflower oil significantly speeds up the recovery of the skin barrier within an hour and sustains the results 5 hours after using it. It's also loaded with fatty acids (mostly linoleic (50-74%) and oleic (14-35%)). The unrefined version (be sure to use that on your skin!) is especially high in linoleic acid that is great even for acne-prone skin. Its comedogen index is 0, meaning that it's pretty much an all skin-type oil. Truth be told, there are many great plant oils and sunflower oil is definitely one of them. Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat. A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth what‑it‑does irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | perfuming skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering moisturizer/humectant soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | perfuming antioxidant | soothing antioxidant | emollient surfactant/cleansing preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling soothing | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative antioxidant | anti-acne

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