Conscious Chemist 6 Peptide Complex Collagen Boosting Firming Essence Serum

Conscious Chemist 6 Peptide Complex Collagen Boosting Firming Essence Serum Conscious Chemist 6 Peptide Complex Collagen Boosting Firming Essence Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Tripeptide-1, Hexapeptide-9, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Phenoxyethanol, Carbomer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Disodium EDTA, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hydroxide, Propanediol, Himanthalia Elongata Extract Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Copper Tripeptide-1 cell-communicating ingredient, soothing, antioxidant Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4 cell-communicating ingredient Tripeptide-1 Hexapeptide-9 Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Butylene Glycol 0, 1 1,2-Hexanediol Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant Phenoxyethanol preservative Carbomer viscosity controlling Sodium Hyaluronate Allantoin soothing Disodium EDTA chelating Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer Sodium Hydroxide buffering Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Himanthalia Elongata Extract 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. It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) If you see a cosmetic product that claims that it has "Botox-like effect" then two things are almost certain: one, the product overpromises and two, it contains Argireline. So this one is the famous peptide that's marketed by its manufacturer as the "Botox in a jar". The basis for this claim is that it targets the same wrinkle forming mechanism (wrinkles caused by facial muscle movement) as Botox, but the way it works is very different. In addition, the extent to which it can prevent muscles from contracting (and to smooth wrinkles) is very different (otherwise why would anyone use still Botox?). The manufacturer did several studies to prove that Argireline really works and it does (just not as well as Botox). In-vivo (made on real people) tests showed that using 10% Argireline solution around the eyes for 15 days decreased wrinkles depth by 17%, while a 5% Argireline formula applied for 28 days did almost the same with a decrease in wrinkle depth by 16.26%. A Spanish University also did some research and found that Argireline increased the level of skin moisturization and decreased both the depth and width of wrinkles "significantly". This means, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 does have some ability to smooth wrinkles (but not as well as Botox - sorry, if we sound like a broken record). Also, we have to agree with TruthInAging, that it's not a collagen builder and not a preventer of structural aging (think vitamin C, AHAs or retinol); it's just a quick fix. If you are looking for one, this could be your thing. If you are more of a "let's treat this aging thing properly" type, then it's probably not your thing. GHK-Cu is a copper-peptide complex found naturally in yucky bodily fluids (plasma, saliva, and urine) It has unique wound healing properties by stimulating the breakdown of unhealthy, too large collagen in scar tissue and stimulating nice and healthy collagen production afterwards It stimulates the production of several important skin-identical ingredients (e.g. collagen, elastin, and glycosaminogly what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. cell-communicating ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | soothing | antioxidant surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant solvent | moisturizer/humectant

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