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Roccoco Botanicals Peptide Serum

Roccoco Botanicals Peptide Serum Roccoco Botanicals Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone, PEG-150, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, P

Roccoco Botanicals Peptide Serum Roccoco Botanicals Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Water, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone, PEG-150, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Tocopherol Acetate, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Green Tea Extract, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Citrate Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Dimethicone emollient 0, 1 Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer PEG-150 moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Dimethicone Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol Carbomer Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Palmitoyl Oligopeptide cell-communicating ingredient goodie Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Tocopherol Acetate antioxidant Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate antioxidant, skin brightening Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Sodium Benzoate preservative Green Tea Extract antioxidant, soothing Sodium Chloride Sodium Citrate chelating, 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. Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). A super commonly used 5 unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the skin but evaporates from it (called volatile silicone). Similar to other silicones, it gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. It's often combined with the non-volatile (i.e. stays on the skin) dimethicone as the two together form a water-resistant, breathable protective barrier on the skin without a negative tacky feel. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A high-molecular-weight silicone elastomer (rubber-like elastic material) that is usually blended with a base silicone fluid (such as dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane) to give the formula a silky smooth feel and to act as a thickening agent. 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 othe what‑it‑does irritancy, com. emollient | solvent moisturizer/humectant | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | skin brightening exfoliant | chelating antioxidant | soothing chelating | buffering

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