Neostrata Skin Active Firming Collagen Booster

Neostrata Skin Active Firming Collagen Booster Neostrata Skin Active Firming Collagen Booster ingredients explained: Aqua (Water), Acetyl Glucosamine, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol Denat, Polysorbate 80, Dimethicone Peg-7 Phosphate, Glycerin, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Gardenia Jasminoides Meristem Cell Culture, Lysine, Glycine, Acetyl Hydroxyproline, Acetyl Proline, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C Ester), Propylene Glycol, Salvia Sclarea (Clary) Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Polysorbate 20, Xanthan Gum, Ammonium Hydroxide, Sodium Bisulfite, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Chlorphenesin, Linalool Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water) solvent Acetyl Glucosamine skin-identical ingredient, skin brightening goodie Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Alcohol Denat antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Polysorbate 80 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Dimethicone Peg-7 Phosphate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Oligopeptide Gardenia Jasminoides Meristem Cell Culture antioxidant Lysine Glycine skin-identical ingredient Acetyl Hydroxyproline emollient, moisturizer/​humectant Acetyl Proline emollient Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C Ester) antioxidant, skin brightening Propylene Glycol Salvia Sclarea (Clary) Oil Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Hydroxyethylcellulose viscosity controlling Polysorbate 20 Xanthan Gum Ammonium Hydroxide buffering Sodium Bisulfite antioxidant, preservative Phenoxyethanol preservative Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Linalool perfuming 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. An amino acid sugar that can be found in the skin and does there good and important things. One of them is that it's a precursor for the biosynthesis of superstar moisturizer, hyaluronic acid. So acetyl glucosamine itself is also an important skin-identical ingredient and natural moisturizing factor. But that is not all, acetyl glucosamine has two other great properties proved by double-blind clinical trials. First, it's a promising ingredient against wrinkles: 2% can improve wrinkles, particularly in the eye area. Second, the same amount can also fade - always stubborn - brown spots. (Do not expect magic, though - the photos from the study show the difference after 8 weeks of daily use. The difference is visible, but not that big. It's always good to have realistic expectations. :)) Combined with skincare superstar niacinamide the duo is synergistic and is more effective at improving hyperpigmentation, so if you are after the skin-lightening benefit look out for products that contain both. Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. It's a super common and super debated skincare ingredient It has several benefits: great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial It can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion (read more in geeky details tab) A common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together, aka emulsifier. The number at the end refers to the oil-loving part and the bigger the number the more emulsifying power it has. 20 is a weak emulsifier, rather call what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | skin brightening moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming antioxidant | preservative moisturizer/humectant | emollient preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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