Elemis Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen Evening Eye Balm

Elemis Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen Evening Eye Balm Elemis Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen Evening Eye Balm ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Glycerin, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Sorbitan Stearate, Bulbine Frutescens Leaf Juice, Carbomer, Hydroxyacetophenone, Enteromorpha Compressa Extract, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sucrose Cocoate, Disodium EDTA, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum, Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbic Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Ethylhexyl Palmitate emollient 0, 2-4 Isononyl Isononanoate Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter 0, 4 goodie Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Sorbitan Stearate emulsifying 1, 0 Bulbine Frutescens Leaf Juice Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1 Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Enteromorpha Compressa Extract Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 1,2-Hexanediol Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Sucrose Cocoate Disodium EDTA chelating Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Chondrus Crispus Extract Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Citric Acid buffering Sodium Hydroxide Sorbic Acid 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 super common, medium-spreading emollient ester that gives richness to the formula and a mild feel during rubout. It can be a replacement for mineral oil and is often combined with other emollients to achieve different sensorial properties. An emollient ester with a rich and creamy but non-greasy skin feel. It makes skin supple and protects dry skin. 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 Theobroma means "food of the gods" in Greek though probably "treat of the people" would be more spot on. The cacao fruits and especially the seeds in it need no introduction as everyone knows them as the magical raw material of the magical sweet treat, chocolate (the flavour is composed of more than 1200(!) substances, and the exact chemical nature of it is not really understood, so it's indeed magic. :)). As for skincare, cocoa butter counts as a rich emollient that can moisturize and nourish even the driest skin (think chapped hands or lips). It's solid at room temperature and melts nicely when you smear it on. It's loaded with good-for-the-skin things: it contains fatty acids, mainly oleic (35%), stearic (34%), and palmitic (25%) and it also has antioxidant vitamin E and polyphenols. An ex-vivo (made on human skin but not on real people) study examined the cocoa polyphenols and found that 0.5-0.75% of them improved skin tone and elasticity and had a similarly positive impact on GAGs (important natural moisturizing factors in the skin) and collagen synthesis than a commercial high-end moisturizer (it was an Estee Lauder one). All in all, cocoa butter is a goodie, especially for very dry skin. Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient. But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerat what‑it‑does irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | emollient moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling

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