XO FACEcare Cucumber Hyaluronic Acid Serum Gel

XO FACEcare Cucumber Hyaluronic Acid Serum Gel XO FACEcare Cucumber Hyaluronic Acid Serum Gel ingredients explained: Water, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Distillate, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Glycereth-26, Carbomer, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Trehalose, Urea, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Sodium Hydroxide, Alpha-Arbutin, Disodium EDTA, Serine, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Algin, Disodium Phosphate, Pullulan, Sodium Hyaluronate, Potassium Phosphate, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Distillate Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Glycereth-26 moisturizer/​humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1 Glyceryl Polyacrylate Trehalose moisturizer/​humectant goodie Urea Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract soothing, emollient Sodium Hydroxide buffering Alpha-Arbutin antioxidant, skin brightening Disodium EDTA chelating Serine skin-identical ingredient Biosaccharide Gum-1 soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Algin 4, 4 Disodium Phosphate Pullulan Sodium Hyaluronate Potassium Phosphate Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Phenoxyethanol preservative 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. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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 A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. It's a nice glycerin-based humectant and emollient that gives skin a smooth and luxurious feel. A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations. A type of sugar that has water-binding properties and helps to keep your skin hydrated. Yes, it's the thing that can be found naturally in pee. And in the skin. It is an awesome natural moisturizing factor, aka NMF. NMFs are important components that help the skin to hold onto water and keep it plump, elastic and hydrated. Urea makes up about 7% of NMFs next to other things such as amino acids (40%), PCA (12%) or Lactate (12%). What makes urea special, is that it is not only a simple moisturizer, but it is thought to be a "small-molecule regulator of epidermal structure and function" meaning that it has a bunch of extra biological activities. It acts as a mild keratolytic agent (some of its moisturizing action is thought to come from urea's ability to break down bonds in the protein called filaggrin and thus freeing up amino acids in the skin), enhances antimicrobial peptide expression and improves skin what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant soothing | emollient antioxidant | skin brightening soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient

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