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TruSkin Peptide Facial Serum
TruSkin Peptide Facial Serum TruSkin Peptide Facial Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Panthenol, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Caesalpinia
TruSkin Peptide Facial Serum TruSkin Peptide Facial Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Panthenol, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum (Botanical Hyaluronic Acid), Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Extract, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract*, Centella Asiatica (Gotu Kola) Extract*, Taraxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Extract*, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Aspartic Acid, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Arginine, Geranium Maculatum (Wild Geranium) Extract, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Threonine, Histidine, Carbomer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Phenylalanine, Carrageenan, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice* soothing, moisturizer/humectant Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil emollient 0, 0-2 Panthenol Sodium PCA Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/humectant Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum (Botanical Hyaluronic Acid) viscosity controlling Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Extract soothing, emollient Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract* antioxidant, soothing Centella Asiatica (Gotu Kola) Extract* soothing, antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant Taraxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Extract* Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Aspartic Acid skin-identical ingredient Glycine Alanine Serine Arginine Geranium Maculatum (Wild Geranium) Extract Valine Isoleucine Proline Threonine Histidine Carbomer 0, 1 Hydroxyethylcellulose Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Phenylalanine Carrageenan Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Phenoxyethanol 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. The distillate created from different parts of the hazelnut-bush-like magic tree, commonly called Witch Hazel. Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a bit of a sloppy ingredient name as the leaves, the twigs and the bark can be used to create extracts or distillates and the different parts contain different amounts of biologically active components. But what you are getting is probably a nice water with astringent, soothing, antioxidant and antibacterial magic properties. We went into great detail about Witch Hazel in cosmetics here, detailing the main biologically active components and how they are different in different parts of the plant. Click here and read more >> 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 Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil). At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it's not an oil but a wax ester (and calling it an oil is kind of sloppy). So what the heck is a wax ester and why is that important any what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. soothing | moisturizer/humectant buffering | moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient antioxidant | soothing soothing | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | solvent emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing