Skin Chemists Advanced Vitamin C Collagen Serum

Skin Chemists Advanced Vitamin C Collagen Serum Skin Chemists Advanced Vitamin C Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Ethylhexylglycerin, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Trideceth-10, Linalool, Citronellol, Limonene, Citral Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate viscosity controlling Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Sodium Hyaluronate goodie Hydrogenated Polydecene emollient, perfuming, solvent Imidazolidinyl Urea Ethylhexylglycerin Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant Trideceth-10 surfactant/​cleansing Linalool perfuming icky Citronellol Limonene perfuming, solvent Citral 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 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 It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10). It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol. A versatile polymer that helps to thicken up products and can also act as an emulsifier, enabling gel-cream-like textures. It works over a wide pH range and is electrolyte tolerant. Works best between a concentration of 5-20% Boosts the skin’s own collagen production Fades pigmentation and brown spots If used under sunscreen it boosts its UV protection Extremely unstable and oxidizes very easily in presence of light or air Stable in solutions with water only if pH is less than 3.5 or in waterless formulations Vit E + C work in synergy and provide superb photoprotection Ferulic acid doubles the photoprotection effect of Vit C+E and helps to stabilize Vit C Potent Vit. C serums might cause a slight tingling on sensitive skin It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering emollient | perfuming | solvent soothing | antioxidant surfactant/cleansing perfuming | solvent

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