Pacifica Beauty Vegan Collagen Hydrating Milk Tonic

Pacifica Beauty Vegan Collagen Hydrating Milk Tonic Pacifica Beauty Vegan Collagen Hydrating Milk Tonic ingredients explained: Aqua, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Propanediol, Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1 (Vegan Collagen), Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Flower Extract, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower Extract, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Pullulan, Sclerotium Gum, Xanthan Gum, Lecithin, Silica, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Maltodextrin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum Show all ingredients by function Aqua solvent Glyceryl Stearate SE emulsifying 2, 3 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1 (Vegan Collagen) moisturizer/​humectant, sunscreen Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant 0, 0 goodie Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Flower Extract Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower Extract perfuming Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate antimicrobial/​antibacterial, preservative Sodium Hyaluronate skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Arnica Montana Flower Extract icky Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters Pullulan Sclerotium Gum viscosity controlling Xanthan Gum Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Silica Glycerin superstar Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Maltodextrin Phenoxyethanol preservative Ethylhexylglycerin Parfum 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 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 >> Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Chamomile probably needs no introduction as it's one of the most widely used medicinal herbs. You probably drink it regularly as a nice, calming cup of tea and it's also a regular on skincare ingredient lists. Cosmetic companies use it mainly for its anti-inflammatory properties. It contains the terpenoids chamazulene and bisabolol both of which show great anti-inflammatory action in animal studies. On top of that chamomile also has some antioxidant activity (thanks to some other active ingredients called matricine, apigenin and luteolin). Though chamomile is usually a goodie for the skin, it's also not uncommon to have an allergic reaction to it. It's an alternative, natural preservative that comes from radishes fermented with Leuconostoc kimchii, a lactic acid bacteria that has been used to make traditional Korean dish, kimchi. During the fermentation process, a peptide is secreted from the bacteria that has significant antimicrobial properties. It is one of the more promising natural preservatives that can be used even alone (recommended at 2-4%), but it's not as effective as more common alternatives, like parabens or phenoxyethanol. It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF, hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here. The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated what‑it‑does irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | sunscreen soothing | antioxidant antimicrobial/antibacterial | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant emollient | emulsifying emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing

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