The Inkey List Supersolutions 10% Urea Moisturizer Textured Skin Solution

The Inkey List Supersolutions 10% Urea Moisturizer Textured Skin Solution The Inkey List Supersolutions 10% Urea Moisturizer Textured Skin Solution ingredients explained: Water, Urea, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Squalane, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Carbomer, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Gluconate, Dehydroacetic Acid Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Urea skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Glycerin 0, 0 superstar Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Glyceryl Stearate SE emulsifying 2, 3 Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour soothing, antioxidant, emollient Phenoxyethanol preservative Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Sodium Carbomer viscosity controlling Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Citric Acid buffering Ethylhexylglycerin Sodium Gluconate chelating, moisturizer/​humectant Dehydroacetic Acid 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. Yes, it's the thing that can be found naturally in pee. And in the skin. It is an awesome natural moisturizing factor, aka NMF. NMFs are important components that help the skin to hold onto water and keep it plump, elastic and hydrated. Urea makes up about 7% of NMFs next to other things such as amino acids (40%), PCA (12%) or Lactate (12%). What makes urea special, is that it is not only a simple moisturizer, but it is thought to be a "small-molecule regulator of epidermal structure and function" meaning that it has a bunch of extra biological activities. It acts as a mild keratolytic agent (some of its moisturizing action is thought to come from urea's ability to break down bonds in the protein called filaggrin and thus freeing up amino acids in the skin), enhances antimicrobial peptide expression and improves skin barrier function. Being a mild keratolytic agent and strong moisturizer means that high-percentage (10-40%) urea treatments are found effective in a bunch of skin disorders connected to excessive dryness and malfunctioning skin barrier such as ichthyosis, xerosis, psoriasis, eczema and seborrheic dermatitis. Overall, just like glycerin, urea is a real oldie but a goodie, a nice ingredient in any moisturizer. 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 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 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%. what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | emollient antioxidant | emollient soothing | antioxidant | emollient preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing chelating | moisturizer/humectant

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