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Skin Treat Bakuchiol + Peptide Eye Cream

Skin Treat Bakuchiol + Peptide Eye Cream Skin Treat Bakuchiol + Peptide Eye Cream ingredients explained: Aqua, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydrolyzed Yeast Extract, Betaine, Bakuchiol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Collagen, Allantoin, P

Skin Treat Bakuchiol + Peptide Eye Cream Skin Treat Bakuchiol + Peptide Eye Cream ingredients explained: Aqua, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydrolyzed Yeast Extract, Betaine, Bakuchiol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Collagen, Allantoin, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Citrate/Lactate/Linoleate/Oleate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Persea Gratissima Oil, Camelina Sativa Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Avena Sativa Kernel Oil, Brassica Campestris Seed Oil, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Flower Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose, Polyglucuronic Acid, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Lecithin, Inositol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Butyrospermum Parkii Butter emollient goodie Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Hydrolyzed Yeast Extract moisturizer/​humectant Betaine Bakuchiol cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Collagen Allantoin soothing 0, 0 Phenoxyethanol preservative Glyceryl Citrate/Lactate/Linoleate/Oleate emulsifying Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Persea Gratissima Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-3 Camelina Sativa Seed Oil soothing, emollient Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Avena Sativa Kernel Flour soothing, antioxidant, emollient Avena Sativa Kernel Oil Brassica Campestris Seed Oil Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate chelating Sodium Hydroxide buffering Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Carbomer 0, 1 Opuntia Ficus-Indica Flower Extract Ethylhexylglycerin Biosaccharide Gum-1 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose Polyglucuronic Acid Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Inositol 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. Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat. A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. A chemically chopped up version of normal yeast extract that works as a skin moisturizer. It often comes to the formula as part of a moisturizing, skin smoothing complex trade named Optim Hyal. Combined with polyglucuronic acid and some helper ingredients the complex is obtained by bio-fermentation and - according to the manufacturer - it can stimulate the hyaluronic acid synthesis in the skin. (It does that by containing so-called Glycokines, specific signaling oligosaccharides that mimic the hyaluronic acid fragments in the skin.) And more hyaluronic acid means smoother, better moisturized and more supple skin. A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. At first glance, you could think that Bakuchiol is your average plant extract. It is derived from the seeds of Psoralea Corylifolia, aka Babchi, a plant important in Indian and Chinese medicine. The molecule was first isolated in 1973 and several anti-something properties are known about it: it has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-ba what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. antioxidant | emollient soothing | emollient soothing | antioxidant | emollient moisturizer/humectant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative emollient | emulsifying

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