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Sensora Ghk-Cu Copper Peptide Serum
Sensora Ghk-Cu Copper Peptide Serum Sensora Ghk-Cu Copper Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Copper Tripeptide-1 (Copper Ghk-Cu Peptide), Glycerin, Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Matrixyl 30
Sensora Ghk-Cu Copper Peptide Serum Sensora Ghk-Cu Copper Peptide Serum ingredients explained: Copper Tripeptide-1 (Copper Ghk-Cu Peptide), Glycerin, Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Matrixyl 3000), Water, Rosa Damascena Floral Water, Lysine, Water, Glycerine, Sodium Anisate, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Betaine, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Copper Tripeptide-1 (Copper Ghk-Cu Peptide) cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Aqua solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Carbomer viscosity controlling Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 (Matrixyl 3000) Water Rosa Damascena Floral Water Lysine Glycerine Sodium Anisate antimicrobial/antibacterial Sodium Levulinate Sodium Hyaluronate Betaine moisturizer/humectant Citric Acid buffering GHK-Cu is a copper-peptide complex found naturally in yucky bodily fluids (plasma, saliva, and urine) It has unique wound healing properties by stimulating the breakdown of unhealthy, too large collagen in scar tissue and stimulating nice and healthy collagen production afterwards It stimulates the production of several important skin-identical ingredients (e.g. collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans) It has significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect There are a few promising studies showing GHK-Cu can improve skin elasticity, clarity, firmness and reduce lines and wrinkles It can improve hair growth by enlarging hair follicles (and bigger follicles produce longer, thicker hair) There are some urban legends about possible overdosing or facial hair problems (read more in geeky details) 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 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. 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. A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant