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The derma CO Snail Peptide 96 Advanced Moisturizing Cream For Soft & Healthy Skin -

The derma CO Snail Peptide 96 Advanced Moisturizing Cream For Soft & Healthy Skin - The derma CO Snail Peptide 96 Advanced Moisturizing Cream For Soft & Healthy Skin - ingredients explained: Purified Water, Propylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Betaine, Glycerin, But

The derma CO Snail Peptide 96 Advanced Moisturizing Cream For Soft & Healthy Skin - The derma CO Snail Peptide 96 Advanced Moisturizing Cream For Soft & Healthy Skin - ingredients explained: Purified Water, Propylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Betaine, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Caprylic Capric Triglyceride, Niacinamide, Saccharide Isomerate, Snail Mucin Filtrate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, D-Panthenol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Cetostearyl Alcohol, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Polyglyceryl-3 Caprate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Allantoin, Triethanolamine, Disodium EDTA Show all ingredients by function Purified Water solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Dimethicone emollient 0, 1 Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Caprylic Capric Triglyceride Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Saccharide Isomerate Snail Mucin Filtrate antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 D-Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Glyceryl Stearate Citrate emollient, emulsifying Cetostearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate viscosity controlling Sodium Polyacrylate Dicaprylyl Carbonate Polyglyceryl-3 Caprate emulsifying Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Phenoxyethanol preservative Allantoin soothing Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2 Disodium EDTA chelating 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. It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) Probably the most common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thick liquid. As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity. As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it and smoothes the hair like no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. It also gives sensorial benefits to the formula and when used in cleansers, it helps to make them milder and gentler. 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 Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural but what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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