Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream

Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Unsaponifiables, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Polyacrylate-13, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Stearic Acid, Fragrance (Parfum), Lauryl Laurate, Sodium Benzoate, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Polyisobutene, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Potassium Sorbate, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Citric Acid, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract, Tocopherol, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract, Disodium Edta, Polysorbate 20, Sorbitan Isostearate, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Rosa Centifolia (Rose) Flower Extract, Acacia Decurrens Flower Extract, Porphyridium Cruentum Extract, Butylphenyl Methylpropio Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Glyceryl Stearate Se emulsifying 2, 3 Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil emollient 0, 0-2 goodie Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Unsaponifiables soothing, skin-identical ingredient, emollient Dicaprylyl Carbonate Isononyl Isononanoate Dimethicone 0, 1 Cetearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1, 2 Coco-Caprylate/Caprate Polyacrylate-13 Phenoxyethanol preservative Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) antioxidant Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Lauryl Laurate Sodium Benzoate Xanthan Gum viscosity controlling Glyceryl Polyacrylate Polyisobutene Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter 0, 4 Potassium Sorbate Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Citric Acid buffering Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract antioxidant, emollient Tocopherol 0-3, 0-3 Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract Disodium Edta chelating Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Sorbitan Isostearate 0, 1-2 Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde Rosa Centifolia (Rose) Flower Extract Acacia Decurrens Flower Extract Porphyridium Cruentum Extract Butylphenyl Methylpropional Linalool Citronellol Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil Cuminum Cyminum Seed Oil Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil Limonene perfuming, solvent Geraniol Hydroxycitronellal 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 An oily kind of ingredient that can magically blend with water all by itself. This is called self-emulsifying and SE in its name stands for that. The difference between "normal" Glyceryl Stearate and this guy is that the SE grade contains a small amount of water-loving soap molecules, such as sodium stearate. This increases Glyceryl Stearate's affinity for water and gives it stronger emulsifying abilities. Other than that, it’s a nice emollient that gives a smooth and soft appearance to the skin. You can read some more at Glyceryl Stearate >> Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil). At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it's not an oil but a wax ester (and calling it an oil is kind of sloppy). So what the heck is a wax ester and why is that important anyway? Well, to understand what a wax ester is, you first have to know that oils are chemically triglycerides: one glycerin + three fatty acids attached to it. The fatty acids attached to the glycerin vary and thus we have many kinds of oils, but they are all triglycerides. Mother Nature created triglycerides to be easily hydrolyzed (be broken down to a glycerin + 3 fatty acid molecules) and oxidized (the fatty acid is broken down into small parts) - this happens basically when we eat fats or oils and our body generates energy from it. Mother Nature also created wax esters but for a totally different purpose. Chemically, a wax ester is a fatty acid + a fatty alcohol, one long molecul what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. soothing | skin-identical ingredient | emollient emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing perfuming | solvent

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