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SR-Skincare Ghk Copper Peptide Moisturiser

SR-Skincare Ghk Copper Peptide Moisturiser SR-Skincare Ghk Copper Peptide Moisturiser ingredients explained: Water, Prunus Persica (Peach) Kernel Oil, Copper Tripeptide-1, Water, C10-18 Triglycerides, Glycerine, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyglyceryl-6 Palmitate/Succ

SR-Skincare Ghk Copper Peptide Moisturiser SR-Skincare Ghk Copper Peptide Moisturiser ingredients explained: Water, Prunus Persica (Peach) Kernel Oil, Copper Tripeptide-1, Water, C10-18 Triglycerides, Glycerine, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyglyceryl-6 Palmitate/Succinate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Betaine, Corylus Americana (Hazel) Seed Oil, Macadamia Integrifolia (Macadamia) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Gluconolactone, Glyceryl Caprylate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Sodium Hyaluronate, Fragrance Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Prunus Persica (Peach) Kernel Oil emollient Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant goodie C10-18 Triglycerides emollient, solvent Glycerine skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Polyglyceryl-6 Palmitate/Succinate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Caprylhydroxamic Acid chelating Betaine moisturizer/​humectant Corylus Americana (Hazel) Seed Oil Macadamia Integrifolia (Macadamia) Seed Oil Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters Gluconolactone exfoliant, chelating Glyceryl Caprylate Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 viscosity controlling Sodium Hyaluronate 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. GHK-Cu is a copper-peptide complex found naturally in yucky bodily fluids (plasma, saliva, and urine) It has unique wound healing properties by stimulating the breakdown of unhealthy, too large collagen in scar tissue and stimulating nice and healthy collagen production afterwards It stimulates the production of several important skin-identical ingredients (e.g. collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans) It has significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect There are a few promising studies showing GHK-Cu can improve skin elasticity, clarity, firmness and reduce lines and wrinkles It can improve hair growth by enlarging hair follicles (and bigger follicles produce longer, thicker hair) There are some urban legends about possible overdosing or facial hair problems (read more in geeky details) 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 A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable. It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt". An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%. It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl a what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant emollient | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling exfoliant | chelating

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