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The Saem Iceland Hydrating Peptide Eye Stick

The Saem Iceland Hydrating Peptide Eye Stick The Saem Iceland Hydrating Peptide Eye Stick ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol, Sodium Palmitate, Sodium Stearate, Xylitol, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Glycerin, PEG-8, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl

The Saem Iceland Hydrating Peptide Eye Stick The Saem Iceland Hydrating Peptide Eye Stick ingredients explained: Water, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol, Sodium Palmitate, Sodium Stearate, Xylitol, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Glycerin, PEG-8, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, Dimethicone, Sodium Citrate, Potassium Alginate, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Fragrance, Phenoxyethanol, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, 1,2-Hexanediol, Cetraria Islandica Extract, Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum Extract, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Ci 16035 (Red 40 Lake), Tocopherol, Glycine, Serine, Glutamic Acid, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract, Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Ci 42090, Aspartic Acid, Leucine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Alanine, Lysine, Arginine, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Valine, Proline, Threonine, Isoleucine, Histidine, Methionine, Cysteine, Copper Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Hexapeptide-9, Tripeptide-1 Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Sodium Palmitate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Sodium Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying, viscosity controlling Xylitol moisturizer/​humectant goodie PEG-12 Dimethicone Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar PEG-8 Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane emollient, moisturizer/​humectant, surfactant/​cleansing Dimethicone emollient Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Potassium Alginate viscosity controlling Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer Fragrance perfuming Phenoxyethanol preservative Xanthan Gum Citric Acid buffering 1,2-Hexanediol Cetraria Islandica Extract surfactant/​cleansing, emollient, soothing Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum Extract Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Ci 16035 (Red 40 Lake) colorant 2, 2 Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Glycine skin-identical ingredient Serine Glutamic Acid Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract Ci 42090 Aspartic Acid Leucine Ethylhexylglycerin Alanine Lysine Arginine Tyrosine Phenylalanine Valine Proline Threonine Isoleucine Histidine Methionine Cysteine Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 cell-communicating ingredient Hexapeptide-9 Tripeptide-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. Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas. The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list. Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion. If you wanna know more, we wrote a more detailed explanation about what's the deal with alcohol in skincare products at alcohol denat. (it's also alcohol, but with some additives to make sure no one drinks it). We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A very classic, old-school cleansing agent, a soap (the sodium salt of Stearic Acid). It is known for its rich, creamy foam and being quite harsh on the skin. If it's not in a soap bar, it can also function as an emulsifier or consistency agent. A type of sugar that's part of a moisturizing trio called Aquaxyl. You can read more about its magic properties at xylitylglucoside. A fluid silicone that reduces surface tension. It can improve oil (or silicone) in water emulsions with faster absorption, better spreading, and a lighter feel. 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 fo what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant | surfactant/cleansing chelating | buffering surfactant/cleansing | emollient | soothing surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant

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