The Inkey List Biome Balancing Moisturizer

The Inkey List Biome Balancing Moisturizer The Inkey List Biome Balancing Moisturizer ingredients explained: Water (Aqua/Eau), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Betaine, Diheptyl Succinate, Inulin, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Pentylene Glycol, Propanediol, Tromethamine, Caprylyl Glycol, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Carbomer, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1 Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua/Eau) solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Diheptyl Succinate Inulin Phenoxyethanol preservative Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Propanediol Tromethamine buffering Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer Ethylhexylglycerin Carbomer 0, 1 Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sorbitan Isostearate emulsifying 0, 1-2 Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Acetyl Hexapeptide-1 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 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 emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. 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. Diheptyl Succinate is a natural, "silicone-alternative" emollient that usually comes to the formula with Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer. The two together is trade-named LexFeel N and depending on their ratio, the duo can mimic both super light, Cyclomethicone-type skin feel as well as more viscous Dimethicone like skin feel. The duo also plays well with pure natural oils, and it can reduce their greasiness and tackiness and make them feel nicer on the skin. LexFeel N is also very eco-friendly, 100% natural (Ecocert approved), sustainable and biodegradable. A naturally occurring fructose polysaccharide found in the roots and rhizomes of several plants, for example, chicory. It is used in skincare for its prebiotic activity, meaning that it reduces the growth of bad bacteria in favor of friendly microorganisms naturally present on the skin. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not som what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient antioxidant | soothing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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