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SkinInspired Hydration Shots Hyaluronic Acid Serum
SkinInspired Hydration Shots Hyaluronic Acid Serum SkinInspired Hydration Shots Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Demineralized Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydroly
SkinInspired Hydration Shots Hyaluronic Acid Serum SkinInspired Hydration Shots Hyaluronic Acid Serum ingredients explained: Demineralized Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Pentylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aqua, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Rice Amino Acids, L-Proline, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract, Acetyl Glucosamine, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Ceramide Iii B, Glyceryl Esters, Sodium Hyaluronate, Beta-Glucan, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Perfume, Citric Acid Show all ingredients by function Demineralized Water solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant goodie Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate moisturizer/humectant Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate Pentylene Glycol Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Aqua Hydrolyzed Soy Protein Rice Amino Acids L-Proline skin-identical ingredient Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract Acetyl Glucosamine skin-identical ingredient, skin brightening Sodium Levulinate Sodium Anisate antimicrobial/antibacterial Ceramide Iii B Glyceryl Esters emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Beta-Glucan soothing, moisturizer/humectant Allantoin soothing Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate Sodium Polyacrylate Perfume perfuming icky Citric Acid 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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 special "cross-linked" from of IT-moisturizer, hyaluronic acid (HA). Cross-linked means that "normal" HA pieces (1-2 million Da molecular weight) are chemically bound togeather to create a big, "infinite" mesh. The special HA mesh has a remarkable water-binding capacity, 5 times more than the already crazy water-binding capacity of "normal" HA. This water filled crosslinked HA gel forms a smooth film on the skin and continuously delivers the bound water, so it gives long-term moisturizing benefits. Btw, crosslinking HA was developed for dermal fillers (as crosslinking helps their longevity), and this guy is the topical version of FDA approved dermal filler called Hylan B gel. Smearing crosslinked version all over ourselves is a newish thing, and incoming evidence so far suggests that it's a great idea, even better than normal HA. A very recent, 2016 research article compared the topical moisturizing effect of crosslinked HA (not Hylan B gel specifically, but something called Resilient HA or RHA), HMW-HA and LMW-HA and found that "TEWL (that is trans-epidermal water loss, the water that evaporates from the skin) was reduced by 27.8% with RHA, and by 15.6% with HMW HA, but increased by 55.5% with LMW HA." (You can read much more about HMW and LMW HA here in the geeky details section.) All in all, we think Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer is an awesome version of HA, probably superior to traditional versions, so be happy to spot it on the ingredient list. It’s the - sodium form - cousin what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | skin brightening antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying soothing | moisturizer/humectant