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The Route The Pink Peptide Boost - Growth Factor Serum
The Route The Pink Peptide Boost - Growth Factor Serum The Route The Pink Peptide Boost - Growth Factor Serum ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium Phytate, Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylhydr
The Route The Pink Peptide Boost - Growth Factor Serum The Route The Pink Peptide Boost - Growth Factor Serum ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium Phytate, Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Glycerin, Glycerin, Lysolecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Xanthan Gum, Pullulan, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Palmitoyl Glycine, Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium Polyglutamate, Butylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Niacinamide, Adenosine Triphosphate, Water, Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp (Silver Ear Mushroom) Extract, Betaine, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Pentylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aqua, Glycerin, Aqua, Dextran, Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Geranylgeranylisopropanol, Glycerin, Palmitoyl Dipeptide-5 Diaminobutyroyl Hydroxythreonine, Palmitoyl Dipeptide-5 Diaminohydroxybutyrate, Aqua, Mannitol, Phosphatidylcholine, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Decyl Glucoside, Potassium Sorbate, Sod Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Sodium Phytate chelating Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, skin brightening goodie Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/humectant, emollient Caprylhydroxamic Acid Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Lysolecithin emulsifying Sclerotium Gum viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum Pullulan Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient Palmitoyl Glycine surfactant/cleansing Sodium Polyglutamate moisturizer/humectant Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Hydrolyzed Oat Protein Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant Adenosine Triphosphate Water Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp (Silver Ear Mushroom) Extract antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant Betaine Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Aqua Dextran Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2 cell-communicating ingredient Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride Geranylgeranylisopropanol Palmitoyl Dipeptide-5 Diaminobutyroyl Hydroxythreonine Palmitoyl Dipeptide-5 Diaminohydroxybutyrate Mannitol Phosphatidylcholine Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Decyl Glucoside Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Sodium Chloride Dipotassium Phosphate buffering Oligopeptide-1 Potassium Phosphate Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) Sodium Hydroxide 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 one of those little helper ingredients that makes sure the product stays the same over time. No color change or anything like that. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. A vitamin C derivative that's created by combining ascorbic acid (pure vitamin C) with a molecule called 3-APPA (it stands for 3-aminoproply dehydrogen phosphate). If you do not know what the big deal about vitamin C is, you are missing out, and you have to click here and read all the geeky details about it. So now, you know that vitamin C is awesome. It's proven to have antioxidant, collagen-boosting and skin-brightening magic abilities, but the problem is that it's really really unstable. To solve the stability issue, the cosmetic industry is coming up with derivatives and Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate (AAP) is a newish version created by a Korean company. According to the manufacturer, AAP is a water soluble, stable derivative that has both anti-wrinkle and whitening effects. They conducted an in-vivo (made on real people) study with 33 participants and found that the test formula, with just 0.5% AAP, "significantly" reduced hyperpigmentation (age spots) after 8 weeks (by 29-33%). They also measured a "dramatic" decrease in the total number of wrinkles, about 23% after 8 weeks. (If that's dramatic, we are not sure. Also, be patient because after 4 weeks, the wrinkle reduction was only a couple of percent.) As for published studies on AAP, we found hardly anything. We found one done by Estee Lauder that briefly mentions AAP as an antioxidant that adds additional UV protection to sunscreen formulas. Another one done by Oriflame reviewed skin-whitening ingredients and also briefly mentioned AAP as a skin-lightening active. Overall, there is not much data on Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate, but it does seem like a promising derivative with antioxidant, anti-wrinkle and skin-brightening properties. If you are into vitamin C derivatives and are happy to experiment, it's worth a go. 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 something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be u what‑it‑does antioxidant | skin brightening moisturizer/humectant | emollient skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling