
Vita C Serum
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Squalane | skin-identical ingredient, emollient | 0, 1 | goodie |
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C) | antioxidant, skin brightening | goodie | |
Safflower Oil/Palm Oil Aminopropanediol Esters | soothing, moisturizer/humectant | goodie | |
Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter | emollient | ||
Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuaçu) Seed Butter | |||
Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D) | |||
Palm Alcohol | |||
Lecithin | emollient, emulsifying | goodie | |
Phytosteryl Canolate | emollient, viscosity controlling | ||
Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil | emollient | 0, 0 | goodie |
Sanitas Vita C SerumIngredients explained
It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life.
It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy.
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate is a stable, oil-soluble form of skincare big shot Vitamin C. If you do not know, why Vitamin C is such a big deal in skincare, click here and read all about it. We are massive vitamin C fans and have written about it in excruciating detail.
So now, you know that Vitamin C is great and all, but it's really unstable and gives cosmetics companies many headaches. To solve this problem they came up with vitamin C derivatives, and one of them is Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (let's call it ATIP in short).
A linoleic acid (aka omega-6 fatty acid) stabilized under a ceramide-like structure. It's a bioengineered ingredient obtained by solvent-free enzymatic synthesis from the linoleic-rich safflower oil.
Omega-6 Ceramide is claimed to have barrier repairing (by increasing cellular cohesion) and skin soothing activity and is especially recommended for damaged skin.
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A very common ingredient that can be found in all cell membranes. In cosmetics it's quite the multi-tasker: it's an emollient and water-binding ingredient but it's also an emulsifier and can be used for stabilization purposes. It's also often used to create liposomes.
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Sunflower does not need a big intro as you probably use it in the kitchen as cooking oil, or you munch on the seeds as a healthy snack or you adore its big, beautiful yellow flower during the summer - or you do all of these and probably even more. And by even more we mean putting it all over your face as sunflower oil is one of the most commonly used plant oils in skincare.
It’s a real oldie: expressed directly from the seeds, the oil is used not for hundreds but thousands of years. According to The National Sunflower Association, there is evidence that both the plant and its oil were used by American Indians in the area of Arizona and New Mexico about 3000 BC. Do the math: it's more than 5000 years – definitely an oldie.
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what‑it‑does | skin-identical ingredient | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | skin brightening |
what‑it‑does | soothing | moisturizer/humectant |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying |
what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |