Skin Inc. Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Skin Inc. Hyaluronic Acid Serum Skin Inc. Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Potassium Hydroxide, Carbomer, Polysorbate 80, Phenoxyethanol, Alcaligenes Polysaccharides, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Cobalt Aluminum Oxide, Algin, Titanium Dioxide Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Potassium Hydroxide buffering Carbomer viscosity controlling Polysorbate 80 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Phenoxyethanol preservative Alcaligenes Polysaccharides emollient, moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Sodium Hyaluronate goodie Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid moisturizer/​humectant Cobalt Aluminum Oxide Algin 4, 4 Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant 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 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 A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. It's a very alkaline stuff that helps to set the pH of the cosmetic formula to be just right. It's similar to the more often used sodium hydroxide and pretty much the same of what we wrote there applies here too. 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 most formulations. A common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. The number at the end refers to the oil-loving part and the bigger the number the more emulsifying power it has. what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant sunscreen | colorant

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