A super common fragrance ingredient that can be found among others in lavender, ylang-ylang, bergamot or jasmine. The downside of it is that it oxidises on air exposure and might become allergenic. A real oldie but a goodie. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health.

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One of the active parts of Chamomile that is used in skincare as a nice anti-inflammatory and soothing ingredient.A semi-essential amino acid meaning that enough has to be eaten from it so that the body does not use up essential amino acids (that our body cannot produce itself) to synthesize it. It has an important role in regulating the immune defense, allergic reactions, and inflammatory processes in the body. Super common little helper ingredient thathelps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. The essential oil coming from the second most common type of chamomile, the Roman Chamomile. It also contains the biologically active anti-inflammatory components,bisabolol, and chamazulene, but less than the more commonly used German Chamomile.

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It’s pretty much the current IT- preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. The problem with linalool is, that just like limoneneit oxidises on air exposure and becomes allergenic. That’s why a product containing linalool that has been opened for several months is more likely to be allergenic than a fresh one. Serine is an amino acid that most often comes to the formula as part of a moisturizing complex. It's anon-essential amino acid (meaning that our body can synthesize it) and serves as a water-binding ingredient.This intensive daily moisturiser has been formulated to soothe sensitive, dry, blemish prone skin while replenishing skin’s hydration balance. An effective formula with Lavender Absolute, Willow, Centella Asiatica and Myrrh, helps protect skin from the effects of environmental stresses while balancing and replenishing moisture levels. According to great skincare blogFuturederm, glycine might help with wound healing and tissue repair and when used together with other amino acids,leucine and proline it might improve wrinkles. A super common and cheap fragrance ingredient. It's in many plants, e.g. rosemary, eucalyptus, lavender, lemongrass, peppermint and it's the main component (about 50-90%) of the peel oil of citrus fruits.

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A super common fragrance ingredient found naturally in many plants including citrus peel oils, rosemary or lavender. It autoxidizes on air exposure and counts as a common skin sensitizer.It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It’s not a strong one and doesn’t really work against bacteria, but more against mold and yeast. To do that it has to break down to its active form, sorbic acid. For that to happen, there has to be water in the product and the right pH value (pH 3-4). This intensive daily moisturizer has been formulated to soothe sensitive, dry, blemish prone skin while replenishing skin’s hydration balance. The extract coming from the bark of the White Willow, a big (25 m/80 ft.) tree that likes to liveon riverbanks. It's famous for containing anti-inflammatory natural salicylates ( this powder, for example, is standardized to contain 53-65%), a close chemical relative to famous exfoliant salicylic acid.

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The essential oil created by steam distilling the leaves of theEucalyptus tree. It's a colorless, pale yellow oil with a camphoraceous aroma used traditionally in vapor rubs to treatcoughs. Its name-giving main component is eucalyptol (also called 1,8-cineole, 80-91%) that has significant antibacterial and expectorant properties. Its composition is pretty unique: it does not contain any of the EU's 26 most common fragrance allergens, but its most important components are patchoulol (30%) and alpha- patchoulene (6%) which areresponsiblefor its aroma and antifungal properties. I’ve been using this product for only 2 days, day and night. I’m conscious about writing a review so soon within using this product but I have honestly noticed such a difference in my skin. I was struggling with a clan of Spots on my chin (areas which are covered by PPE) they were sore & red. 2 days later you can hardly see the blemishes and they have gone down so much. I normally use sudocrem and it works , but I wasn’t getting anywhere with it this time!!The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40% But even if everything is right, it’s not enough on its own. If you see potassium sorbate you should see some other preservative next to it too. A helper ingredient that helps to makethe products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It works mainly against fungi and has only milder effect against bacteria.