What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, surfactant/cleansing| Irritancy: 1 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.

Elemis S.O.S. Emergency Cream 50ml - Pure Beauty

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). I absolutely love this product! I was recommended this by my mam who owns a spa and raved that everyone shes used it on bought it because it works wonders. I gave it a shot..and i agree.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. Also-called: Sodium Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant| Irritancy: 0 BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers. Limonene's nr1 function is definitely being a fragrance component, but there are several studies showing that it's also a penetration enhancer, mainly for oil-loving components. Elemis S.O.S. Emergency Cream is an intensive daily moisturiser formulated to soothe sensitive, dry, parched and weathered skin. An effective formula with Lavender, Willow, Centella Asiatica and Myrrh, helps shield skin from the harmful effects of environmental stresses, whilst replenishing moisture levels.

Elemis SOS Emergency Cream ingredients (Explained) - INCIDecoder Elemis SOS Emergency Cream ingredients (Explained) - INCIDecoder

A little helper ingredient that works as a preservative. It works against bacteria and some species of fungi and yeast.

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I use this time and again. Though extremely expensive here in Singapore (I can only get it from a spa here, selling at SGD 167!!), I cannot help but use it day and night.

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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 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. 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. A helper ingredient that helps to makethe products stay nice longer, akapreservative. It works mainly against fungi and has only milder effect against bacteria.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. 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. A not so strong preservative that doesn’t really work against bacteria, but more against mold and yeast. 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. It's an important skin-identical ingredient and great natural moisturizer that helps the skin to hold onto water and stay nicely hydrated.