Elemis Pro-Collagen Insta-Smooth Primer

Elemis Pro-Collagen Insta-Smooth Primer Elemis Pro-Collagen Insta-Smooth Primer ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2, Coco-Caprylate, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Disodium EDTA, Fragrance (Parfum), Propylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer, Chlorphenesin, Menthyl Ethylamido Oxalate, Mica, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Polyglyceryl-4 Olivate, Alteromonas Ferment Extract, Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Acacia Decurrens (Mimosa) Flower Extract, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract, Linalool, Citronellol, Tropolone, Geraniol, Bacillus Ferment, Sodium Benzoate, Tocopherol, Limonene, Fucus Vesiculosus (Sea Oak) Extract Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2 Coco-Caprylate emollient Phenoxyethanol preservative Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Disodium EDTA chelating Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent Ethylhexyl Olivate Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Menthyl Ethylamido Oxalate Mica colorant 1,2-Hexanediol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Sodium Acrylates Copolymer Polyglyceryl-4 Olivate emulsifying Alteromonas Ferment Extract soothing goodie Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Acacia Decurrens (Mimosa) Flower Extract Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract Linalool Citronellol Tropolone Geraniol Bacillus Ferment Sodium Benzoate Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Limonene perfuming, solvent Fucus Vesiculosus (Sea Oak) Extract emollient, soothing 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 spherical powder that holds more than 20 times its dry weight in water. Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2 gives formulas a unique gel-to-water-to-powder transformation. It also has a blurring effect on lines & wrinkles. A clear, colorless to slightly yellowish oil that makes the skin nice and smooth (emollient), spreads easily on the skin and is marketed as a good alternative to volatile (does not absorb into the skin but rather evaporates from it) silicones like Cyclomethicone. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10). It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol. This long-named, polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits) is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. It also acts as a thickening and gelling agent that creates nice, non-sticky and supple textures. It works over a very wide pH range (3-12) and can be used to thicken up low-ph formulas, such as exfoliants. Its recommended used range is 0.3-3%. Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherw what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial moisturizer/humectant | emollient perfuming | solvent emollient | soothing

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