The Science of Skincare Peptide Face Treatment

The Science of Skincare Peptide Face Treatment The Science of Skincare Peptide Face Treatment ingredients explained: Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Squalane, Hexapeptide-9, Pentapeptide-31, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Hydrolyzed Yeast Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera), Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose, Allantoin, Polyglucuronic Acid, Lecithin, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Lecithin, Lauryl Alcohol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Polysorbate 20, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Carbomer, Dimethicone, Polysorbate 60, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polysorbate 80, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Linalyl Acetate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient goodie Hexapeptide-9 cell-communicating ingredient Pentapeptide-31 Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 Hydrolyzed Yeast Extract moisturizer/​humectant Laminaria Digitata Extract Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Allantoin soothing 0, 0 Polyglucuronic Acid Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Hydroxyethylcellulose Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Glyceryl Stearate Behenyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Stearic Acid 0, 2-3 Lauryl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying Myristyl Alcohol 4, 2 Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Sodium Polyacrylate Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Carbomer Dimethicone emollient Polysorbate 60 Cyclopentasiloxane emollient, solvent Polysorbate 80 PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Linalyl Acetate Citric Acid buffering 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. 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. It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> An anti-aging peptide that can visibly reduce the length and depth of wrinkles, at least according to its manufacturer. In vitro (meaning it was done in the lab, not on real people) studies show that it enhances epidermal regeneration, collagen type I and III synthesis as well as the synthesis of other important skin proteins. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A pretty famous and better-researched peptide consisting of five amino acids (the building blocks of all proteins). It was created in a joint effort by the French ingredient supplier, Sederma and the cosmetics industry big shot, Procter&Gamble. The amino acid sequence of the peptide is what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient moisturizer/humectant soothing | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | solvent

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