Palmitoyl sh-Tripeptide-3 Amide is a low molecular weight lipo-peptide derived from Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) that stimulates cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation by binding to its receptor EGFR. It is also known under the trade name Synepin™.
Humectant
Humectants are one of the primary building blocks of hair and skin care cosmetic formulations. Humectants are materials that are hygroscopic and are capable of retaining moisture over a wide relative humidity range.
In cosmetics they play an important role in hydrating the skin and hair, making them feel softer, enhancing suppleness, flexibility, and stretchability. They help to alleviate the drying conditions which threaten the appearance and well-being of the skin and hair caused by the environment.
Simply put, humectants have the ability to bind water to their molecules and want to do this to achieve a stable free energy state. Consequently, they are always very soluble in water.
PCA or Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid, naturally occurring in the skin, is an amino acid, a metabolite of Filaggrin. Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid is one of the most important NMFs (natural moisturizing factors) of the skin.
PEG-150 is a long-chain homopolymer of ethylene oxide with an average molecular weight of 8000. It is supplied as small, white beads with a faint odor or odorless.
PEG-40 Stearate is a mix of esters of stearic acid with approximately 40 units long polyoxyethylene glycols. It's a multifunctional vegetable-based ingredient used primarily as a lipophilic emulsifier and valuable as a humectant, dispersing agent, solubilizer, and surfactant.
PEG-6 is a polyethylene glycol (with six ethylene glycol units) that is a clear, colorless liquid, almost tasteless, and odorless pharmacological-grade ingredient.
PEG-8 is a polyethylene glycol with polymerization level 8 which means that it contains 8 -CH2CH2O-
PEG-8 Stearate is a nonionic emulsifier in solid form, created through the esterification of vegetable oil-derived stearic acid with polyethylene glycols with an average molecular weight of 400. Its pH of 3% aqueous solution is 6, HLB Value of 11.5.
PEG-9 is a polyethylene glycol (with nine ethylene glycol units) that is a clear, colorless liquid that is almost tasteless and odorless. It has good solvent power for numerous substances sparingly soluble in water and is mainly used as a solvent to produce liquid preparations.
Pentylene glycol is a natural diol derived from sugar cane bagasse's remaining waste. This multifunctional ingredient serves as a moisturizer, solubilizer, preservative, and so on.
Phytantriol compound with three hydroxyl groups on one side and a long saturated hydrocarbon chain on the other side of the molecule. It is a slightly yellowish transparent viscous liquid with a characteristic faintly sweetish odor at room temperature.
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilis) seed oil is an organic ingredient, a perfect source of omega acids for skincare formulations.
Polyglycerin-3 is a water-soluble polymer with 3 glycerol units. It has a high refractive index making this ingredient extremely useful in the aqueous phase of transparent emulsion applications.
Polyquaternium-71 is a synthetic, highly ionized, hygroscopic, water-soluble polymer that effectively binds water molecules and delivers an intensive hydration effect for both skin and hair applications.
Potassium Olivoyl PCA is a vegetal softening lipo-amino acid as a fatty acid vehicle an emollient, and moisturizing agent, and a softening surfactant.
PPG-10 Methyl Glucose Ether is a propoxylated methyl glucose ether, a pale, yellow syrup (moderate-viscosity liquid) with a mild odor. It is an effective emollient, fragrance fixative, and humectant for hair and skin care products.
PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Ether is a propoxylated methyl glucose ether, a moderate-viscosity pale, yellow syrup (liquid) with a mild odor. It is an effective emollient, fragrance fixative, and humectant for hair and skin care products.
PPG-26/Dimer Dilinoleate Copolymer (trade name Pelemol® D-2000) is a clear viscous, pourable liquid that is extremely substantive and glossy. Substantivity to the skin is so intense that repeated washing with soap and water does not completely remove the product.
Propanediol (also known as 1,3-propanediol) is an organic solvent, emollient, and adsorption booster derived from corn starch. It solubilizes and emulsifies oil, dirt, and makeup and rinses off the skin.
Propylene Glycol is diol alcohol (it contains two hydroxy groups in 1 and 2 positions—propane-1,2-diol), a humectant or humidifying and delivery ingredient used in cosmetics. It is a water-white, viscous, odorless, hygroscopic liquid with low volatility and is readily soluble in water.
Glycation occurs from the reaction of glucose and a protein that produces AGEs (Advanced Glycation Products), forming stable brownish-yellow compounds in the skin, hair, and the body as a whole.
Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract (also known as Antarcticine) is an active ingredient, a glycoprotein extracted from a bacterium Pseudoalteromonas Antarctica. This glycoprotein spreads effectively on the horny layer of the epidermis, preventing skin dryness through its excellent moisturizing properties.
Abundant in flavanoid isoflavones, Kudzu roots extract leaves potent antioxidant, mild estrogenic, and skin whitening effects. It also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory actions.
The fundamental building block of the ATP molecule, D-Ribose, induces the production of new energy units (ATP) to restore the energetic pool and increases skin cell respiration to recover an optimal cellular metabolism.
Saccharide Isomerate increases the water-binding capacity of the stratum corneum; adheres to the keratin of the horny layer; reduces dryness and irritation caused by Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs).
Saccharomyces Lysate Extract is produced by exposing cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to hydrogen peroxide. It has been well established that introducing stress in the form of heat or UV radiation to yeast cell cultures will promote the formation of tissue respiratory factors (TRF).
Schizophyllan is a natural polysaccharide derived from mushroom bio-fermentation. It is used in anti-aging, suncare, and products designed for mature skin.
The root extract of this medicinal plant contains more than 40 bioactive compounds, including flavonoids, terpenoids, polysaccharides, and essential oil with volatile components.
sh-Polypeptide-6 is a synthetic recombinant single-chain peptide, an analog of human Interleukin 10 (IL-10). Interleukin 10 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that regulates the immune response and antibody production.
sh-Polypeptide-8 is a synthetic single-chain recombinant analog of human PDGF (Platelet-Derived Growth Factor) that is involved in normal skin growth, healing, and wound repair.
Silk Amino Acids is a mixture obtained from pure silk fibers by hydrolysis to their free amino acids under carefully controlled conditions. The principal amino acids in this ingredient are glycine, alanine, and serine.