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Skin Functional Peptides + Probiotic Lysate Tonic
Skin Functional Peptides + Probiotic Lysate Tonic Skin Functional Peptides + Probiotic Lysate Tonic ingredients explained: Aqua, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Butylene Glycol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Glycerin, Propanediol, Gl
Skin Functional Peptides + Probiotic Lysate Tonic Skin Functional Peptides + Probiotic Lysate Tonic ingredients explained: Aqua, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Butylene Glycol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Glycerin, Propanediol, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Allantoin, Panthenol, Copper Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Beta-Glucan, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ethylhexyl, Propanediol, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant goodie Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Glyceryl Polyacrylate Allantoin soothing Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Beta-Glucan Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant Pentylene Glycol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Ethylhexyl Phenoxyethanol 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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. If you see a cosmetic product that claims that it has "Botox-like effect" then two things are almost certain: one, the product overpromises and two, it contains Argireline. So this one is the famous peptide that's marketed by its manufacturer as the "Botox in a jar". The basis for this claim is that it targets the same wrinkle forming mechanism (wrinkles caused by facial muscle movement) as Botox, but the way it works is very different. In addition, the extent to which it can prevent muscles from contracting (and to smooth wrinkles) is very different (otherwise why would anyone use still Botox?). The manufacturer did several studies to prove that Argireline really works and it does (just not as well as Botox). In-vivo (made on real people) tests showed that using 10% Argireline solution around the eyes for 15 days decreased wrinkles depth by 17%, while a 5% Argireline formula applied for 28 days did almost the same with a decrease in wrinkle depth by 16.26%. A Spanish University also did some research and found that Argireline increased the level of skin moisturization and decreased both the depth and width of wrinkles "significantly". This means, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 does have some ability to smooth wrinkles (but not as well as Botox - sorry, if we sound like a broken record). Also, we have to agree with TruthInAging, that it's not a collagen builder and not a preventer of structural aging (think vitamin C, AHAs or retinol); it's just a quick fix. If you are looking for one, this could be your thing. If you are more of a "let's treat this aging thing properly" type, then it's probably not your thing. A natural mois what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant soothing | antioxidant moisturizer/humectant | emollient