Skin Zen Collagen Retinol

Skin Zen Collagen Retinol Skin Zen Collagen Retinol ingredients explained: Purified Water, Propylene Glycol, Paraffinum Liquidum, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Marine Collagen, Ceteareth-20, Dimethyl MEA, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-37, Silanetriol, Glutamylamidoethyl Imidazole, Fructose Oigossacharides, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Porphyridium Cruentum Extract, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Polysorbate 20, Triethanolamine, Resveratrol, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Fragrance (Parfum), Inositol, Phytic Acid, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate) Show all ingredients by function Purified Water solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Paraffinum Liquidum emollient, solvent 0, 0-2 Stearic Acid emollient, viscosity controlling 0, 2-3 Cetyl Alcohol 2, 2 Hydrolyzed Marine Collagen emollient, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Ceteareth-20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 3, 2 Dimethyl MEA buffering Palmitoyl Oligopeptide cell-communicating ingredient Palmitoyl Tripeptide-37 Silanetriol Glutamylamidoethyl Imidazole Fructose Oigossacharides Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling 0, 1 Porphyridium Cruentum Extract Magnesium Aluminum Silicate viscosity controlling Polysorbate 20 Triethanolamine 0, 2 Resveratrol antioxidant Phenoxyethanol preservative Methylparaben Propylparaben preservative, perfuming Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming icky Inositol moisturizer/​humectant Phytic Acid chelating Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering superstar Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate) 1-3, 1-3 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 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) The famous or maybe rather infamous mineral oil. The clear oily liquid that is the "cheap by-product" of refining crude oil and the one that gets a lot of heat for its poor provenance. It is a very controversial ingredient with pros and cons and plenty of myths around it. So let us see them: The pros of mineral oil Trust us, if something is used for more than 100 years in cosmetic products, it has advantages. Chemically speaking, cosmetic grade mineral oil is a complex mixture of highly refined saturated hydrocarbons with C15-50 chain length. It is not merely a "by-product" but rather a specifically isolated part of petroleum that is very pure and inert. It is a great emollient and moisturizer working mainly by occlusivity. Occlusivity is one of the basic mechanisms of how moisturizers work and it means that mineral oil sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called trans-epidermal water loss, i.e water evaporating out of your skin. When compared to heavy-duty plant oil, extra virgin coconut oil, the two of them were equally efficient and safe as moisturizers in treating xerosis, a skin condition connected to very dry skin. The other thing that mineral oil is really good at is being non-irritating to the skin. The chemical composition of plant oils is more complex with many more possible allergens or irritating components, while mineral oil is simple, pure and sensitivity to it is extremely rare. If you check out the classic French pharmacy brands and their moisturizers for the most sensitive, allergy prone skin, they usually contain mineral oil. This is no coincidence. The cons of mineral oil The pros of mineral oil can be interpreted as cons if we look at them from another perspective. Not penetrating the skin but mostly just sitting on top of it and not containing biologically active components, like nice fatty acids and vitamins mean that mineral oil does not "nourish" the skin in the way plant oils do. Mineral oil does not give the skin any extra goodness, it is simply a non-irritating moistu what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling preservative | perfuming moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | skin brightening | buffering

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