Dr. Sensitive Collagen & Vitamin C Brightening Body Serum

Dr. Sensitive Collagen & Vitamin C Brightening Body Serum Dr. Sensitive Collagen & Vitamin C Brightening Body Serum ingredients explained: Aqua, Sorbitol, Paraffinum Liquidum, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearic Acid, Potassium Lauryl Phosphate, Dimethicone, Palmitic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Xanthan Gum, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, Hydrolyzed Collagen, 3-0-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Leaf Extract, Niacinamide, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1, Ceramide NP, Glycosaminoglycans, Arbutin Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Paraffinum Liquidum emollient, solvent 0, 0-2 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1 Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Potassium Lauryl Phosphate Dimethicone emollient Palmitic Acid skin-identical ingredient, emollient, emulsifying 0, 2 Ethylhexylglycerin preservative Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Methylparaben Propylparaben preservative, perfuming Phenoxyethanol Parfum perfuming icky Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie 3-0-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Leaf Extract soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Niacinamide cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Acetyl Hexapeptide-1 Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Glycosaminoglycans Arbutin 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 sweet tasting sugar substitute that helps your skin to hold onto water when used in cosmetic products. It also helps to thicken up products and give them a bit more slip. 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 chea what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | emulsifying emollient | viscosity controlling skin-identical ingredient | emollient | emulsifying preservative | perfuming emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial cell-communicating ingredient | skin brightening | anti-acne | moisturizer/humectant

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