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Salvia is a problematic plant extract, also Propylene Glycol is irritating in high amounts. It looks like the timeless serum contains a very high amount of Propylene Glycol. About the grapefruit extract, there are so many compounds in such plant extracts, I dont know for sure if not using the peel extract is enough. Paula Begoun recommends to avoid Grapefruit extract completely, so I would suggest to follow that advice.@ Peter,
Do you think skinceuticals C E Ferulic deserve the price: $163?Ingredientsaqua / water / eau, ethoxydiglycol, 15 % ascorbic acid, glycerin, propylene glycol, laureth-23, phenoxyethanol, 1% tocopherol(vitamin E), triethanolamine, 0.5% ferulic acid, panthenol, sodium hyaluronate
No, it is too expensive.Also asorbic acid is too unstable to be packaged in a droppler. And if there’s more than 1 to 5 % Propylene Glycol it’s better to avoid. So its irritating and probably oxidized before you get it. Considering the price I would choose the Timeless, but personally I don’t think any of them are good enough.
There are creams on the market with 5-10% vitamin c which are packaged airless and use combinations with many other antioxidants, that’s better. Your skin doesn’t use only vitamin c and vitamin e as a defence naturally either, ascorbic acid may have been researched a lot, but there is more than one pathway for free radical formation in skin. So mixtures work really well, for example ascorbic acid without tocopherol is almost useless, you need to have the combonation. Things like resveratrol, green tea, superoxide dismutase, quercetin, turmeric and ergothioneine are very good as well, and have a good amount of research proving their effectiveness. If you find a good vitamin c serum, without irritants, it’s a good addition of course to a regimen with other antioxidants.
I found this paula’s choice product looks good, but still very expensive. What do you think?RESIST C15 Super Booster + RESIST Pure Radiance Skin Brightening Treatment $83
RESIST C15 Super Booster:
Water, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C/antioxidant), Ethoxydiglycol (hydration/penetration enhancing), PPG-26 Buteth-26 (texture-enhancing), PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil (texture-enhancing), Tocopherol (vitamin E/antioxidant), Ferulic Acid (antioxidant), Sodium Hyaluronate (hydration/skin replenishing), Acetyl Octapeptide-3 (skin-restoring), Glycerin (hydration/skin replenishing), Panthenol (skin replenishing), Sodium Metabisulfite (stabilizer/antioxidant), Triethanolamine (pH adjuster), Phenoxyethanol (preservative).RESIST Pure Radiance Skin Brightening Treatment:
Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane (hydration), Dimethicone (hydration), Acetyl Glucosamine (hydration/skin replenishing), Niacinamide (skin-restoring), Butylene Glycol (hydration/texture-enhancing), Silica (texture-enhancing), Glycerin (hydration/skin replenishing), Phenyl Trimethicone (hydration), PEG-10 Dimethicone ( texture-enhancing), Bis-Phenylpropyl Dimethicone ( texture-enhancing), Pentylene Glycol (hydration/penetration enhancing), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (vitamin C/antioxidant), Morus Alba Root Extract (white mulberry extract/antioxidant), Morus Bombycis Root Extract (Chinese mulberry extract/antioxidant), Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract (licorice extract/antioxidant), Ceramide NP (hydration/skin replenishing), Ceramide AP (hydration/skin replenishing), Ceramide EOP (hydration/skin replenishing), Scutellaria Baicalensis Extract (skullberry extract/antioxidant/skin-soothing), Saxifraga Sarmentosa Extract (antioxidant/skin-soothing), Phytosphingosine (skin-restoring), Sodium Hyaluronate (hydration/skin replenishing), Cholesterol (hydration/skin replenishing), Panthenol (skin replenishing), Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract (grape extract/antioxidant), Tocopheryl Acetate (vitamin E/antioxidant), Bisabolol (skin-soothing), Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer (texture-enhancing), Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate (texture-enhancing), Polysorbate 40 (texture-enhancing), Polysorbate 80 (texture-enhancing), Xanthan Gum (texture-enhancing), Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer (texture-enhancing), Sodium Acrylate/Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer (texture-enhancing), Carbomer (texture-enhancing), Isohexadecane (texture-enhancing), Hexylene Glycol (hydration/penetration enhancing), Polymethyl Methacrylate (texture-enhancing), Mica (mineral pigment), Titanium Dioxide (CI77891 (mineral pigment), Disodium EDTA(stabilizer), Caprylyl Glycol (preservative), Ethylhexylglycerin (preservative), Phenoxyethanol (preservative).
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