By Nature Vitamin C + Collagen Brightening & Hydrating Daily Moisturizer

By Nature Vitamin C + Collagen Brightening & Hydrating Daily Moisturizer By Nature Vitamin C + Collagen Brightening & Hydrating Daily Moisturizer ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Olivate, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Sorbitan Olivate, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate (Vitamin C), Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Benzyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Salicylic Acid, Disodium EDTA, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Sodium Hydroxide, Organic Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Oil, Hydrolyzed (Marine) Collagen, Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid), Sorbic Acid, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Opuntia Ficus - Indica (Prickly Pear) Flower Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum (Fragrance), Citric Acid, Chlorphenesin, Dipotassium EDTA, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Sodium Dextran Sulfate, Valine, Glycine, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 0-1 Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil 0, 4 Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil 0, 1-3 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Cetearyl Olivate emulsifying Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-3 Sorbitan Olivate Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate (Vitamin C) antioxidant, skin brightening Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Disodium EDTA chelating Tocopherol (Vitamin E) antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Sodium Hydroxide buffering Organic Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Oil Hydrolyzed (Marine) Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid) Sorbic Acid preservative Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Opuntia Ficus - Indica (Prickly Pear) Flower Extract Phenoxyethanol Parfum (Fragrance) perfuming icky Citric Acid Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Dipotassium EDTA Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate surfactant/​cleansing Sodium Dextran Sulfate Valine skin-identical ingredient Glycine Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate 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 super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular. Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several anti-inflammatory (among others contains salicylates, polysaccharides, magnesium lactate and C-glucosyl chromone) as well as some antibacterial components. It also helps wound healing and skin regeneration in general. All in all definitely a goodie. 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 Castor oil is sourced from the castor bean plant native to tropical areas in Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is an age-old ingredient (it’s over 4,000 years old!) with many uses including as a shoe polish, food additive and motor lubricant. You would be reasonable to think that putting shoe polish on your face wouldn’t be the best idea, but it turns out castor oil has some unique properties that make it a stalwart in thick and gloss-giving formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters). So what is so special about it? The answer is its main fatty acid, called ricinoleic acid (85-95%). Unlike other fatty acids, ricinoleic acid has an extra water-loving part (aka -OH group) on its fatty chain that gives Castor Oil several unique properties. First, it is thicker than other oils, then its solubility is different (e.g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), and it allows all kinds of chemical modifications other oils do not, hence the lots of Ca what‑it‑does soothing | moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | perfuming emollient | emulsifying antioxidant | emollient antioxidant | skin brightening preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative emollient | moisturizer/humectant preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial surfactant/cleansing

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