Astrid Collagen Pro Night Cream

Astrid Collagen Pro Night Cream Astrid Collagen Pro Night Cream ingredients explained: Aqua, Paraffinum Liquidum, Glyceryl Stearate, Glycerin, Petrolatum, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Palmitate, Ceteareth-20, PEG-100 Stearate, Dimethicone, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Ceteareth-12, Lecithin, Passiflora Edulis Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Soluble Collagen, Allantoin, Glyceryl Laurate, Parfum, Glycogen, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Sodium Succinate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, PEG-8, Butylene Glycol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, Tetrasodium EDTA, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Bisulfite, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Sorbic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Citronellol, Geraniol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Hexyl Cinnamal Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Paraffinum Liquidum emollient, solvent 0, 0-2 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Petrolatum emollient goodie Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Cetyl Palmitate Ceteareth-20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 3, 2 PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Dimethicone Sodium Acrylates Copolymer viscosity controlling Ceteareth-12 Lecithin Passiflora Edulis Fruit Extract Citrus Limon Fruit Extract Soluble Collagen moisturizer/​humectant Allantoin soothing Glyceryl Laurate Parfum perfuming icky Glycogen Hydrolyzed Elastin moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 cell-communicating ingredient Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant Sodium Hyaluronate Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Sodium Succinate buffering Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride PEG-8 moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Butylene Glycol Ascorbyl Palmitate 0, 2 Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering Citric Acid Tetrasodium EDTA chelating Disodium EDTA Sodium Bisulfite antioxidant, preservative Sodium Hydroxide Phenoxyethanol preservative Sorbic Acid Potassium Sorbate Benzyl Salicylate Linalool Citronellol Geraniol Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone Hexyl Cinnamal 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 famous or maybe rather infamous mineral oil. The clear oily liquid that is the "cheap by-product" of refining crude oil and the one that gets a lot of heat for its poor provenance. It is a very controversial ingredient with pros and cons and plenty of myths around it. So let us see them: The pros of mineral oil Trust us, if something is used for more than 100 years in cosmetic products, it has advantages. Chemically speaking, cosmetic grade mineral oil is a complex mixture of highly refined saturated hydrocarbons with C15-50 chain length. It is not merely a "by-product" but rather a specifically isolated part of petroleum that is very pure and inert. It is a great emollient and moisturizer working mainly by occlusivity. Occlusivity is one of the basic mechanisms of how moisturizers work and it means that mineral oil sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called trans-epidermal water loss, i.e water evaporating out of your skin. When compared to heavy-duty plant oil, extra virgin coconut oil, the two of them were equally efficient and safe as moisturizers in treating xerosis, a skin condition connected to very dry skin. The other thing that mineral oil is really good at is being non-irritating to the skin. The chemical composition of plant oils is more complex with many more possible allergens or irritating components, while mineral oil is simple, pure and sensitivity to it is extremely rare. If you check out the classic French pharmacy brands and their moisturizers for the most sensitive, allergy prone skin, they usually contain mineral oil. This is no coincidence. The cons of mineral oil The pros of mineral oil can be interpreted as cons if we look at them from another perspective. Not penetrating the skin but mostly just sitting on top of it and not containing biologically active components, like nice fatty acids and vitamins mean that mineral oil does not "nourish" the skin in the way plant oils do. Mineral oil does not give the skin any extra goodness, it is simply a non-irritating moisturizer working mainly by occlusivity. The myths around mineral oil Badmouthing mineral oil is a favorite sport of many, it is a cheap material and being connected to petrolatum makes it fairly easy to demonize. While it is true that industrial grade mineral oil contains carcinogenic components (so-called poly what‑it‑does emollient | solvent irritancy, com. emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient moisturizer/humectant | solvent antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering antioxidant | preservative

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