Skin Treats Vitamin C Hydrogel Mask

Skin Treats Vitamin C Hydrogel Mask Skin Treats Vitamin C Hydrogel Mask ingredients explained: Aqua, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Chondrus Crispus Powder, Euglena Gracilis Polysaccharide, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Saccharide Isomerate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Mica, Xanthan Gum, Allantoin, PEG-40, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, 3-0-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Parfum, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Limonene, Ci 77891, Ci 16035 Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Chondrus Crispus Powder abrasive/​scrub Euglena Gracilis Polysaccharide viscosity controlling Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Saccharide Isomerate moisturizer/​humectant Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Mica colorant Xanthan Gum Allantoin soothing PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 1 Sodium Hyaluronate 3-0-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening Parfum perfuming icky Phenoxyethanol preservative Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Limonene perfuming, solvent Ci 77891 Ci 16035 2, 2 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. 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 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) We don't have description for this ingredient yet. The chemically chopped up version of the big protein molecule, collagen. It is often derived from fish or bovine sources and works as a nice moisturizer and humectant that helps the skin to hold onto water. To understand a bit more what Hydrolyzed Collagen is, you have to know that proteins are large chains of amino acids connected with so-called peptide bonds. These bonds can be broken up when a water molecule is added and the resulting thing is a mix of shorter length amino acids, also called peptides. So Hydrolyzed Collagen is not really collagen, it is rather an undefined and varying mix of largish peptides. Based on a manufacturer's data, the whole, soluble collagen has an average molecular weight of 300 000 Da, while this chopped up mixture has an average MW of 12 000 Da (still pretty big). The main thing of these largish peptides is to act as water-binding agents, and to make the skin nice and smooth (aka emollient). Hydrolyzed Collagen is also often used in cleansers as it can make harsh surfactants milder and in hair conditioners as it improves the flexibility and manageability of hair. If you wanna know more about collagen in cosmetics, we have a shiny explanation about soluble collagen here >> A 100% natural and plant-derived moisturizer that mimics the natural carbohydrate fraction found in the upper layer of the skin. Its special magic power is to bind to the skin stronger and longer than other moisturizer ingredients do so it can keep the skin hydrated long what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent abrasive/scrub emollient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | skin brightening preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial perfuming | solvent

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