Spascriptions Anti-aging Mask

Spascriptions Anti-aging Mask Spascriptions Anti-aging Mask ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Butylene Glycol, Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Allantoin, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Xanthan Gum, Beta-Glucan, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Parfum Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp Extract antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Portulaca Oleracea Extract soothing, antioxidant 1,2-Hexanediol Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Allantoin soothing 0, 0 Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Propylene Glycol Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Xanthan Gum Beta-Glucan soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Parfum 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. 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 the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. A polysaccharide (a big sugar molecule) coming from the edible fruit bodies of the Silver Ear mushroom in China. Legend has it, imperial Concubine Yang Kuei-fei - the most beautiful woman in Chinese history - used it for her facial care. So Tremella Extract is a big molecule (more than 1M Da molecular weight) with sugar constituents of Mannose, Xylose, and Glucuronic acid (20%). The last one is the most important one, as Glucuronic acid is also a major component in hyaluronic acid (HA). Thanks to this, Tremella is claimed to be an awesome moisturizer with slightly greater water-holding capacities than HA itself. This is quite a big deal as HA is known for its crazy water-holding capacity (up to 1000 times its own weight). Not only that but Tremella also seems to have some antioxidant effect, it's not sticky (humectants do tend to be sticky) and it leaves skin moist and smooth. No wonder, Concubine Yang Kuei-fei liked this mushroom. Portulaca Oleracea is a nice succulent with bright yellow flowers and edible nutritious vegetables. It's a famous plant in Korean traditional medicine to treat infection and irritated skin. Modern research confirms that it's loaded with skin-goodies: it's the richest green plant source of omega-3 fatty acids (α-linolenic acid), contains NMFs (polysaccharides and amino acids), vitamins (β-carotene), minerals, and antioxidants (yellow betaxanthins and reddish betacyanins). Thanks to all its beneficial components, Purslane Extract has several magic properties: it's a great anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agent and also has wound healing abilities. A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant antioxidant | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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