Q+A Peptide Facial Serum

Q+A Peptide Facial Serum Q+A Peptide Facial Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Propylene Glycol, Betaine, Pentylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice Powder, Sodium Phytate, Glycerin, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-2, Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Extract, Sodium Levulinate, Tripeptide-29, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Magnesium Pca, Lactic Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Cocoyl Proline, Sodium Anisate, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice Powder soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Phytate chelating Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Extract preservative Biosaccharide Gum-2 Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sodium Levulinate Tripeptide-29 cell-communicating ingredient Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Magnesium Pca Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Glyceryl Caprylate Cocoyl Proline Sodium Anisate antimicrobial/​antibacterial Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative 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. 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 sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range. Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules (glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. It’s approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry (E415). A spray-dried or freeze-dried version of Aloe Leaf Juice. The point of both drying methods is to make water evaporate from the juice and leave just the "useful" components behind. So the aloe powder has similar soothing, emollient and moisturizing properties as the juice. You can read a bit more about the juice here. It’s one of those little helper ingredients that makes sure the product stays the same over time. No color change or anything like that. It does so b what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial antioxidant | anti-acne exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering antimicrobial/antibacterial antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative

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