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Umoua Advanced Extraction Liposome Tech Peptide Renewal Cream
Umoua Advanced Extraction Liposome Tech Peptide Renewal Cream Umoua Advanced Extraction Liposome Tech Peptide Renewal Cream ingredients explained: Water, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Palmitoyl Pentapeptid
Umoua Advanced Extraction Liposome Tech Peptide Renewal Cream Umoua Advanced Extraction Liposome Tech Peptide Renewal Cream ingredients explained: Water, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Carbomer, Propylene Glycol, Gentiana Scabra Root Extract, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Spilanthes Acmella Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Astragalus Membranaceus Root Powder, Ubiquinone, Tocopherol, C12-20 Acid PEG-8 Ester, Hydrolyzed Royal Jelly Protein, Carnosine, Acetyl Glucosamine, Glutathione, Oligopeptide-1, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Ergothioneine, Calcium Aspartate, Tourmaline, Echinacea Purpurea Extract, Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter, Diphenyl Dimethicone, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Ceramide 3, Panthenol, Sodium Dna, Hydroxyacetophenone, Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate, Allantoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Polyacrylate Starch Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/humectant goodie Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 cell-communicating ingredient Carbomer viscosity controlling Propylene Glycol Gentiana Scabra Root Extract Borago Officinalis Seed Oil soothing, emollient Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-2 Spilanthes Acmella Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract antimicrobial/antibacterial Astragalus Membranaceus Root Powder abrasive/scrub Ubiquinone antioxidant Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 C12-20 Acid PEG-8 Ester emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Hydrolyzed Royal Jelly Protein Carnosine antioxidant, cell-communicating ingredient Acetyl Glucosamine skin-identical ingredient, skin brightening Glutathione Oligopeptide-1 N-Hydroxysuccinimide Ergothioneine Calcium Aspartate Tourmaline Echinacea Purpurea Extract moisturizer/humectant Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter Diphenyl Dimethicone emollient, emulsifying Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer Ceramide 3 skin-identical ingredient Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant Sodium Dna Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate soothing Allantoin Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Polyacrylate Starch 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. If you see a cosmetic product that claims that it has "Botox-like effect" then two things are almost certain: one, the product overpromises and two, it contains Argireline. So this one is the famous peptide that's marketed by its manufacturer as the "Botox in a jar". The basis for this claim is that it targets the same wrinkle forming mechanism (wrinkles caused by facial muscle movement) as Botox, but the way it works is very different. In addition, the extent to which it can prevent muscles from contracting (and to smooth wrinkles) is very different (otherwise why would anyone use still Botox?). The manufacturer did several studies to prove that Argireline really works and it does (just not as well as Botox). In-vivo (made on real people) tests showed that using 10% Argireline solution around the eyes for 15 days decreased wrinkles depth by 17%, while a 5% Argireline formula applied for 28 days did almost the same with a decrease in wrinkle depth by 16.26%. A Spanish University also did some research and found that Argireline increased the level of skin moisturization and decreased both the depth and width of wrinkles "significantly". This means, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 does have some ability to smooth wrinkles (but not as well as Botox - sorry, if we sound like a broken record). Also, we have to agree with TruthInAging, that it's not a collagen builder and not a preventer of structural aging (think vitamin C, AHAs or retinol); it's just a quick fix. If you are looking for one, this could be your thing. If you are more of a "let's treat this aging thing properly" type, then it's probably not your thing. 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 used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10). It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative a what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent soothing | emollient antioxidant | emollient antimicrobial/antibacterial abrasive/scrub emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | cell-communicating ingredient skin-identical ingredient | skin brightening moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative