The Inkey List Ectoin Hydro-Barrier Serum

The Inkey List Ectoin Hydro-Barrier Serum The Inkey List Ectoin Hydro-Barrier Serum ingredients explained: Aqua (Water/Eau), Propanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Coconut Alkanes, Ectoin, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Maltodextrin, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Panthenol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sclerotium Gum, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Stearate, Jojoba Esters, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Citrate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Citric Acid, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Glycerin, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Triethyl Citrate, Pentylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Ceramide NP, Hyaluronic Acid, Ceramide AP, Cholesterol, Phytosphingosine, Behenic Acid, Sodium Levulinate, Polyglycerin-3, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Ceramide EOP Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water/Eau) solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Coconut Alkanes emollient, solvent Ectoin antioxidant, soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Maltodextrin Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Sclerotium Gum viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Jojoba Esters soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Coco-Caprylate/Caprate Ethylhexylglycerin Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax Citric Acid buffering Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate emulsifying Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract antioxidant, soothing, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Glycerin superstar Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Triethyl Citrate perfuming Pentylene Glycol Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, moisturizer/​humectant Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Hyaluronic Acid Ceramide AP Cholesterol skin-identical ingredient, emollient Phytosphingosine skin-identical ingredient, cell-communicating ingredient, anti-acne, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Behenic Acid surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Sodium Levulinate Polyglycerin-3 Potassium Sorbate Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate surfactant/​cleansing Ceramide EOP 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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. Coconut Alkanes is a volatile (something that does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it), naturally derived vegetable alkane coming from renewable sources. It is a light, oily liquid that works as an emollient and gives a smooth skin feel. It's often combined with another emollient called Coco-Caprylate/Caprate and the two together can serve as a great replacement for some volatile silicones, like Cyclopentasiloxane. Ectoin is a surprisingly well-researched, multi-functional active that can do from pollution & light protection to skin hydration, soothing, and barrier repair, several things to your skin. It is an extremolyte, a small stress-protection molecule that protects microorganisms living under extreme conditions such as salt lakes, hot springs, arctic ice, the deep sea, or deserts. It was discovered in 1985 in a microorganism living in a salt lake in the Egyptian desert. The key skill of Ectoin is protection that applies also to the skin. Its main mode of action is binding water molecules (aka kosmotropic) and creating hydro complexes. These complexes then surround important biomolecules (e.g. cells, proteins, enzymes) and form a stabilizing hydration shell around them. This protection mechanism means good things when it comes to our skin: Ectoin has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, pollution& light protecting, skin hydrating, barrier repairing as well as anti-aging properties. A placebo-controlled 10-person study examined a four-week treatment with 0.5% Ectoin in the crow's feet area and found a significant anti-wrinkle effect (-19% mean wrinkle depth) in 100% of the participants. Another double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study with what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | solvent antioxidant | soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant chelating | buffering antioxidant | soothing | emollient | abrasive/scrub antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient skin-identical ingredient | cell-communicating ingredient | anti-acne | antimicrobial/antibacterial surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying surfactant/cleansing

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