Skincare by Dr. V Skin Renew Peptide Retinol Serum-cream

Skincare by Dr. V Skin Renew Peptide Retinol Serum-cream Skincare by Dr. V Skin Renew Peptide Retinol Serum-cream ingredients explained: Aqua, C13-15 Alkane, Diethylhexyl Carbonate, Behenyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Alpha-Arbutin, Retinol, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Retinaldehyde, Pentaerythrityl Distearate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Pentylene Glycol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, 4-T-Butylcyclohexanol, Xanthan Gum, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Metabisulfite, Sodium Lactate, Sodium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent C13-15 Alkane solvent, emollient Diethylhexyl Carbonate emollient Behenyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Alpha-Arbutin antioxidant, skin brightening goodie Retinol cell-communicating ingredient superstar Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Carbomer viscosity controlling Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate emollient, emulsifying Ascorbyl Glucoside Retinaldehyde Pentaerythrityl Distearate emulsifying Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 4-T-Butylcyclohexanol soothing, cell-communicating ingredient Xanthan Gum Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate antioxidant, preservative Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate chelating Phenoxyethanol Sodium Metabisulfite Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hydroxide buffering 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 biodegradable emollient that gives a fresh gliding sensation and a powdery after feel. It works well with all kinds of oils including natural and silicone oils. A very low viscosity and high spreadability emollient fluid that gives a nice light skin feel. It can also be used to solubilize crystalline actives such as chemical UV filters. A fatty alcohol (the non-drying type with a long oil loving chain of 22 carbon atoms) that is used to increase the viscosity of the formula and it also helps the oily and the watery parts to stay nicely mixed together (called emulsion stabilizing). 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. An optical isomer of naturally occurring arbutin (or beta-arbutin). Just like its sibling, alpha-arbutin is also a skin-brightening, depigmenting agent. Researching the difference between the two kinds of arbutin, you can read in multiple places on the internet that alpha-arbutin is stronger in effect. Unfortunately, it's never backed up with a credible source. :( Our own research resulted in conflicting results: a study from 1995 found that alpha-arbutin is 10x as effective on mouse melanoma as beta-arbutin. On the other hand, a more recent study from 2015 found that beta-arbutin is more effective both on mouse melanoma cells and on human melanoma cells (btw, kojic acid was the most effective on human melanoma cells). None of the studies we could find is in-vivo (made on real people) anyways, so who knows. We think you cannot go wrong with trying both beta- and alpha-arbutin and see if one works better for you than the other. Retinol (pure Vitamin A) is probably the most proven anti-aging ingredient available OTC It has to be converted in the skin to retinoic acid to work its magic Once converted, it has the same effect as all-trans-retinoic acid, aka tretinoin A generally accepted ballpark number is that retinol is 10-to-20 times less potent than retinoic acid It makes skin less wrinkled, smoother, firmer and tighter It might also be helpful for acne prone skin as it normalizes keratinization and makes the pores what‑it‑does solvent | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling antioxidant | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying soothing | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant soothing | cell-communicating ingredient antioxidant | preservative buffering | moisturizer/humectant

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