Elemis Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen Morning Eye Balm

Elemis Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen Morning Eye Balm Elemis Ultra Smart Pro-Collagen Morning Eye Balm ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer, Carbomer, Pullulan, Bulbine Frutescens Leaf Juice, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Mica, Sorbitol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Glycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA, Asparagopsis Armata (Algae) Extract, Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Bentonite, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Ascophyllum Nodosum (Algae) Extract, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sorbic Acid Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer viscosity controlling Carbomer 0, 1 Pullulan Bulbine Frutescens Leaf Juice Phenoxyethanol preservative Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Mica colorant Sorbitol moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Sodium Polyacrylate Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Sodium Hydroxide buffering Disodium EDTA chelating Asparagopsis Armata (Algae) Extract Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract goodie Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Bentonite Chondrus Crispus Extract moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Ascophyllum Nodosum (Algae) Extract Citric Acid Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate 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. Little, porous spheres that have magic blurring powers, meaning they can optically blur fine lines, wrinkles, and pores. Penstia Powder also improves product texture as the little particles roll on the skin rather than "drag", so the ingredient gives a nice slip and thus silky, creamy texture to the formulas. It can also reduce tackiness and has some oil/sebum absorption capacity. A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations. If you ever wondered what those little Listerine breath strips were made of, you found your answer! Pullulan is a polysaccharide polymer, which basically means that it’s a big molecule made up of smaller sugar molecule units. It dissolves in water and can make a thin, elastic, and moisture-absorbing film when spread on the skin that can cause an instant tightening effect. It can also be used as a thickener to get a silicone-like feel and can be used in peel-off masks. Btw, it's made from fungus via fermentation. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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. A handy multifunctional ingredient that works as a preservative booster, as well as an antioxidant and soothing agent. A super versatile and common mineral powder that comes in different particle sizes. It is a multi-tasker used what‑it‑does irritancy, com. antioxidant | preservative moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling

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