Seed + Clay Collagen Peptides Plumping Skin Serum
Seed + Clay Collagen Peptides Plumping Skin Serum Seed + Clay Collagen Peptides Plumping Skin Serum ingredients explained: Purified Water (Aqua), Glycereth-26, Propylene Glycol, Hyaluronic Acid, Collagen, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Glyce
Seed + Clay Collagen Peptides Plumping Skin Serum Seed + Clay Collagen Peptides Plumping Skin Serum ingredients explained: Purified Water (Aqua), Glycereth-26, Propylene Glycol, Hyaluronic Acid, Collagen, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Glycerin, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Aminomethyl Propanol, Citric Acid, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol Show all ingredients by function Purified Water (Aqua) solvent Glycereth-26 moisturizer/humectant, emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 0 Propylene Glycol moisturizer/humectant, solvent Hyaluronic Acid skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant goodie Collagen moisturizer/humectant Palmitoyl Oligopeptide cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 Glycerin superstar Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate antioxidant, anti-acne Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1 Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Aminomethyl Propanol buffering Citric Acid Hydroxyethylcellulose Phenoxyethanol preservative Dehydroacetic Acid Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling 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. It's a nice glycerin-based humectant and emollient that gives skin a smooth and luxurious feel. It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) It’s naturally in our skin and behaves there like a sponge It can bind up to 1000 times its own weight in water It is a big molecule from repeated subunits (polymer) so different molecular weight versions exist (unfortunately there is no way to determine MW from INCI list only) High-molecular-weight-HA (>500 kDa) is an excellent surface hydrator, skin protectant and can act as an osmotic pump helping water-soluble actives to penetrate deeper into the skin Low-molecular-weight-HA (< 500 kDa) can hydrate the skin somewhat deeper though it is still a big molecule and works mainly in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) Low-molecular-weight-HA might also help the skin to repair itself by increasing its self-defense (~ 200kDa used in the study) Ultra-low-molecular-weight-HA (<50kDa) is a controversial ingredient and might work as a pro-inflammatory signal molecule The big and important protein molecule that usually comes from animal skin such as fish or bovine. The gist of the "collagen in topical skincare" subject is to know that collagen in a jar has nothing to do with wrinkles but everything to do with skin hydration. We have a shiny explanation about this at soluble collagen, so click here to read more >> A six amino acid peptide that is claimed to improve firmness and skin tone. Its amino acid sequence is Val-Gly-Val-Ala-Pro-Gly that is also called the "spring fragment" and is repeated six times in the important skin protein, elastin molecule. The manufacturer made a double-blind, one-month long clinical study on 10 women and found that twice a day application of 4% Biopeptide El improved skin firmness by 33% and skin tone by 20%. A four amino acid peptide with the amino sequence of glycine-glutamine-proline-arginine. It is attached to palmitic acid (a fatty acid) to increase oil solubility and skin penetration. It works by reducing the production of the signal molecule, interleukin-6 (IL-6) which p what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | emollient | viscosity controlling irritancy, com. moisturizer/humectant | solvent skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | anti-acne emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling