Avene Cleanance Women Smoothing Night Cream 30 ml

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A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. 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 often paired with glyceryl stearate - the two together form a super effective emulsifier duo that's salt and acid tolerant and works over a wide pH range.

A high-molecular-weight silicone elastomer (rubber-like elastic material) that is usually blended with a base silicone fluid (such as dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane) to give the formula a silky smooth feel and to act as a thickening agent. Interestingly, in both groups, the results were less significant at week 44, so it might be a good idea to have a retinoid break from time to time? Depending on your hair type, it can be a bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types). INCI is a list of the standardized and internationally accepted names used in the declaration of ingredients on cosmetic and personal care products.An ingredient that is created from the attachment of the water-loving sugar molecule, glucose, and an oil-loving 20 carbon long fatty chain. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules ( glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. At the same time, it also boosts the effectiveness of other preservatives, such as the nowadays super commonly used phenoxyethanol. 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.

Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it's nice). Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. An emollient and natural moisturizer that can be found also in the sebum (oily stuff our skin produces). Most often, it comes to the formula coupled with two fatty alcohol friends, Arachidyl and Behenyl alcohol, to make up an emulsifier trio trade named Montanov 202.and the skin-lightening was indeed visible and significant (though the pigmentation spots did not completely disappear, just so you have realistic expectations). This long-named, polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits) is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health.

Its protection is very good between 290 - 350 nm (UVB and UVA II range), and less good at 350-400 nm (UVA I) range. Synovea - X-Pressin - Retinaldhéyde - Avène Thermal Spring WaterAvene Thermal Spring Water (Avene Aqua). It works over a very wide pH range (3-12) and can be used to thicken up low-ph formulas, such as exfoliants. Sunscreens containing Titanium Dioxide are often hard to spread on the skin and they leave a disturbing whitish tint. Clinical study in 41 individuals, 100% women, under dermatological and ophthalmological control, 1 application per day.It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. Even better, a 12-weeks, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with 65 volunteers confirmed the effectiveness of our skin-lightening molecule and it measured an average of 88% skin-lightening improvement. Meet the recommended dermatologist regimen to be used in conjunction with acne medications and treatments. 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). It also helps to disperse insoluble particles (think color pigments or zinc/titanium dioxide sunscreen) nice and even in cosmetic formulas.

c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are " emolliency , surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". As for cosmetics, the CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review) concluded that the amount of BHT used in cosmetic products is low (usually around 0. Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!

Yes, you are right, Retinal is the intermediate step between retinoic acid and retinol, meaning it needs only one conversion step to become active in the skin. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.