DuoLife Collagen Beauty Care Skin Tone

DuoLife Collagen Beauty Care Skin Tone DuoLife Collagen Beauty Care Skin Tone ingredients explained: Aqua/Water, Glycerin, Collagen, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Cystoseira TamariscIfolia Extract, Lactic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Silver Citrate Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Collagen moisturizer/​humectant goodie Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Cystoseira TamariscIfolia Extract skin brightening Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Sodium Benzoate preservative Sodium Hydroxide buffering Citric Acid Silver Citrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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 The big and important protein molecule that usually comes from animal skin such as fish or bovine. The gist of the "collagen in topical skincare" subject is to know that collagen in a jar has nothing to do with wrinkles but everything to do with skin hydration. We have a shiny explanation about this at soluble collagen, so click here to read more >> It's an alternative, natural preservative that comes from radishes fermented with Leuconostoc kimchii, a lactic acid bacteria that has been used to make traditional Korean dish, kimchi. During the fermentation process, a peptide is secreted from the bacteria that has significant antimicrobial properties. It is one of the more promising natural preservatives that can be used even alone (recommended at 2-4%), but it's not as effective as more common alternatives, like parabens or phenoxyethanol. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. It’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It also has amazing skin hydrating properties In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) A helper ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It works mainly against fungi. It’s pH dependent and works best at acidic pH levels (3-5). It’s not strong enough to be used in itself so it’s always combined with something else, often with potassium sorbate. The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering antimicrobial/antibacterial

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