AVCA Vitamin + Collagen Firming Serum
AVCA Vitamin + Collagen Firming Serum AVCA Vitamin + Collagen Firming Serum ingredients explained: Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Sodium Polyac
AVCA Vitamin + Collagen Firming Serum AVCA Vitamin + Collagen Firming Serum ingredients explained: Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Carbomer, Arginine, Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Disodium EDTA, Fragrance, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Leucine, Alanine, Aspartic Acid, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Cyanocobalamin, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Histidine, Methionine, Ornithine, Proline, Serine, Taurine, Valine, Pullulan, Bakuchiol, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Panthenol, Squalane, Dipropylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate, Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Potassium Hyaluronate, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hy Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/humectant Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Butylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent 0, 1 Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant 1,2-Hexanediol Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer viscosity controlling Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying Sodium Polyacrylate Carbomer Arginine skin-identical ingredient goodie Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Adenosine cell-communicating ingredient Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract Disodium EDTA chelating Fragrance perfuming icky Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract antioxidant, soothing, skin brightening, perfuming Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/humectant Corallina Officinalis Extract Leucine Alanine Aspartic Acid Isoleucine Phenylalanine Cyanocobalamin Glutamic Acid moisturizer/humectant Glycine Histidine Methionine Ornithine Proline Serine Taurine buffering Valine Pullulan Bakuchiol cell-communicating ingredient, antioxidant, antimicrobial/antibacterial Hydrolyzed Elastin moisturizer/humectant, emollient Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/humectant Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient Dipropylene Glycol Hydrogenated Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Sodium Hyaluronate Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate Hyaluronic Acid Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate Potassium Hyaluronate Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer skin-identical ingredient, antioxidant, moisturizer/humectant Sodium Hyaluronate Dimethylsilanol Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate Phytosterols Ceramide NP Retinyl Palmitate 1-3, 1-3 Retinol Retinal 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. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. 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 Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. 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 A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients (for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products) and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products. And that is still not all: it can also boost the antimicrobial what‑it‑does solvent | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying antioxidant | soothing | skin brightening | perfuming emollient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | antioxidant | moisturizer/humectant