Viva Cosmetics Vit C Collagen Serum

Viva Cosmetics Vit C Collagen Serum Viva Cosmetics Vit C Collagen Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Niacinamide, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Phenoxyethanol, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Cellulose Gum, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Triethylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne goodie Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Phenoxyethanol preservative Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 viscosity controlling Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Cellulose Gum 0, 0 Disodium EDTA chelating Ethylhexylglycerin Triethylene Glycol perfuming, viscosity controlling Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract cell-communicating ingredient 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. A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis The sodium salt form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. If you do not know what the big fuss about vitamin C is, you are missing out and you have to click here and read all the geeky details about it. Pure vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid, AA) is great and all, but its lack of stability is a big challenge for the cosmetics industry. One solution is to create stable derivatives that can be absorbed into the skin, convert there to AA and do all the magic AA is proven to do (which is being an antioxidant, a collagen booster, and a skin brightener). SAP (the vit C derivative, not the enterprise software, obvs) is a promising derivative that has great stability up to pH 7. The challenge with it though is skin penetration. Unfortunately, it seems to be limited, or to quote a great article from the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology "topically applied ascorbyl phosphate salts are, at very best, poorly absorbed in comparison with AA". Regarding conversion to AA, there seems to be no data about it, so we can neither deny nor confirm it. We have better news regarding the three magic abilities of vitamin C: there is in-vivo (tested on real people) data showing that SAP does have photo-protective (aka antioxidant) properties, though less than pure AA. SAP might also aid collagen boosting; in-vitro (made in the lab) data shows that it works, but is less effective than another vitamin C derivative, called MAP (that seems to be as effective as pure AA). As for skin-brightening, there is a trade publication with in-vivo data showing that SAP can fade brown spots. Another thing SAP might be able to do is to help with acne. A 2005 study showed in vitro (in test tubes) that 1% SAP has a strong antimicrobial activity on evil acne causing P. acnes and it also showed in vivo (on real people) that 5% SAP can strongly improve the inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions of acne vulgaris. In fact, the results what‑it‑does cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | anti-acne moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant perfuming | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant

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