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Spa Scentials Plump Collagen Serum

Spa Scentials Plump Collagen Serum Spa Scentials Plump Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Acrylates Copolymer, Triethanolamine, Glycerin, Calcium Alginate, Agar, Butylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Collagen Protein, Parfum (Fragrance) Show all in

Spa Scentials Plump Collagen Serum Spa Scentials Plump Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Acrylates Copolymer, Triethanolamine, Glycerin, Calcium Alginate, Agar, Butylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Collagen Protein, Parfum (Fragrance) Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Acrylates Copolymer viscosity controlling Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Calcium Alginate Agar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Phenoxyethanol preservative Collagen Protein moisturizer/​humectant goodie Parfum (Fragrance) perfuming icky 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 big polymer molecule that has a bunch of different versions and thus different uses. It can act as a film former, as a thickening agent, or it can increase the water-resistance in sunscreens. It is also used to entrap pigments/inorganic sunscreens within a micron size matrix for even coverage and easy application. It’s a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It’s very alkaline (you know the opposite of being very acidic): a 1% solution has a pH of around 10. It does not have the very best safety reputation but in general, you do not have to worry about it. What is true is that if a product contains so-called N-nitrogenating agents (e.g.: preservatives like 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol, 5-Bromo-5-Nitro- 1,3-Dioxane or sodium nitrate - so look out for things with nitro, nitra in the name) that together with TEA can form some not nice carcinogenic stuff (that is called nitrosamines). But with proper formulation that does not happen, TEA in itself is not a bad guy. But let’s assume a bad combination of ingredients were used and the nitrosamines formed. :( Even in that case you are probably fine because as far as we know it cannot penetrate the skin. But to be on the safe side, if you see Triethanolamine in an INCI and also something with nitra, nitro in the name of it just skip the product, that cannot hurt. 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 t what‑it‑does irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent moisturizer/humectant

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