Citra Multifunction Gel Marine Collagen
Citra Multifunction Gel Marine Collagen Citra Multifunction Gel Marine Collagen ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Acrylates/C 10-30 Alkyl, Acrylates Crosspolymer, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Perfume, Methylparaben, Sodium Hydroxide, Diso
Citra Multifunction Gel Marine Collagen Citra Multifunction Gel Marine Collagen ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Acrylates/C 10-30 Alkyl, Acrylates Crosspolymer, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Perfume, Methylparaben, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, Benzophenone-4, Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Sodium Carbonate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Benzoate, Ci 42090 Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant Acrylates/C 10-30 Alkyl Acrylates Crosspolymer PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Perfume perfuming icky Methylparaben preservative Sodium Hydroxide buffering Disodium EDTA chelating Benzophenone-4 sunscreen Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid goodie Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/humectant Sodium Carbonate Phenoxyethanol Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Sodium Sulfate Sodium Benzoate Ci 42090 colorant 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 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 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. A mildly viscous, amber-colored liquid with fatty odor, made from Castor Oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG). If it were a person, we’d say, it’s agile, diligent & multifunctional. It’s mostly used as an emulsifier and surfactant but most often it is used to solubilize fragrances into water-based formulas. Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!). If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it. Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!). The most common type of feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason parabens. It's a cheap, effective and well-tolerated ingredient to make sure the cosmetic formula does not go wrong too soon. Apart from the general controversy around parabens (we wrote about it more here), there is a 2006 in-vitro (made in the lab not on real people) resea what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | moisturizer/humectant