QRxLabs Peptide Complex Serum

QRxLabs Peptide Complex Serum QRxLabs Peptide Complex Serum ingredients explained: Water, Hyaluronic Acid, Witch Hazel, Glycerin (Kosher, Vegetable), Organic Aloe Leaf Juice, Organic Jojoba Seed Oil, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Threonine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Chamomile Extract, Organic Gotu Kola Extract, Horsetail Extract, Wild Geranium Extract, Dandelion Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Carrageenan, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Ethylhexylglycerin Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Hyaluronic Acid skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Witch Hazel soothing, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Glycerin (Kosher, Vegetable) 0, 0 superstar Organic Aloe Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Organic Jojoba Seed Oil emollient 0, 0-2 Sodium PCA Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Arginine skin-identical ingredient Aspartic Acid Glycine Alanine Serine Valine Isoleucine Proline Threonine Histidine Phenylalanine Chamomile Extract soothing, antioxidant Organic Gotu Kola Extract soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Horsetail Extract soothing, emollient Wild Geranium Extract Dandelion Extract Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Carrageenan Potassium Sorbate preservative Sodium Benzoate Ethylhexylglycerin 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 naturally in our skin and behaves there like a sponge It can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water It is a big molecule from repeated subunits (polymer) so different molecular weight versions exist (unfortunately there is no way to determine MW from INCI list only) High-molecular-weight-HA (>500 kDa) is an excellent surface hydrator, skin protectant and can act as an osmotic pump helping water-soluble actives to penetrate deeper into the skin Low-molecular-weight-HA (< 500 kDa) can hydrate the skin somewhat deeper though it is still a big molecule and works mainly in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) Low-molecular-weight-HA might also help the skin to repair itself by increasing its self-defense (~ 200kDa used in the study) Ultra-low-molecular-weight-HA (<50kDa) is a controversial ingredient and might work as a pro-inflammatory signal molecule 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 the most gallic acid and catechins. The twigs contain fewer catechins, less gallic acid, and much less hamamelitannin (4.77% vs 0.18%). The leaves contain hardly any tannins (0.04%) or catechins and contain a medium amount of gallic acid (compared to the bar what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial irritancy, com. soothing | moisturizer/humectant buffering | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient

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