ELEMIS S.O.S Emergency Cream, Intensive Gel Moisturiser to Sooth, Comfort and Replenish, Nourishing Face Moisturiser to Protect and Revive Skin for a Calm and Hydrated Complexion, 50 ml

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For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. The sodium salt form of PCA is an important skin-identical ingredient and great natural moisturizer that helps the skin to hold onto water and stay nicely hydrated.

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It's anon-essential amino acid (meaning that our body can synthesize it) and serves as a water-binding ingredient.Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health. INCI is a list of the standardized and internationally accepted names used in the declaration of ingredients on cosmetic and personal care products. That’s why a product containing linalool that has been opened for several months is more likely to be allergenic than a fresh one. This intensive daily moisturiser has been formulated to soothe sensitive, dry, blemish prone skin while replenishing skin’s hydration balance. Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too.

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PCA stands for Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid and though it might not sound like it, it is a thing that can be found naturally in our skin. All in all, limonene has some pros and cons, but - especially if your skin is sensitive -the cons probably outweigh the pros. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tailpart that makes them absolutelynon-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin. Apart from soothing salicin, it also contains flavonoids and phenolic acids that give willow bark tonic, astringent, and antiseptic properties.One of the active parts of Chamomile that is used in skincare as a nice anti-inflammatory and soothing ingredient. It boasts a pleasant woody, earthy and camphoraceousscent andhas fixative properties (makes the fragrance long-lasting). It's a colorless, pale yellow oil with a camphoraceous aroma used traditionally in vapor rubs to treatcoughs. g. rosemary, eucalyptus, lavender, lemongrass, peppermint and it's the main component (about 50-90%) of the peel oil of citrus fruits. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben.