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It contains tannins and triterpenes that give the extract antioxidant, anti-irritant and astringent magic properties. Your skin barrier will be reformed and strengthened leaving your skin protected and visibly smoother. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin.
So now you know that pure vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid, AA) is really unstable and hard to formulate so the cosmetics industry is coming up with a bunch of derivatives to solve the problem and Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (or MAP) is one of them. The good news is that in-vitro data shows that MAP does convert, but the bad news is we do not really know if the same is true on real, living human skin. It contains Adenosine to help maintain skin elasticity, Madecassoside and Panthenol to soothe the skin, Beta-Glucan, Sodium Hyaluronate, and Betaine to provide hydration, and Ceramide NP and Panthenol to improve skin barrier function.It contains the terpenoids chamazulene and bisabolol both of which show great anti-inflammatory action in animal studies.
What seems to be a true difference, though, is that the salt form is more stable, easier to formulate and cheaper so it pops up more often on the ingredient lists. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . This long-named, polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits) is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. If side effects such as irritation or a rash occur, discontinue use immediately and contact a doctor immediately.In-vitro (made in the lab) studies also show that Asiaticoside stimulates GAGs (glycosaminoglycans - polysaccharides that are part of the liquidy stuff between our skin cells) production as well as collagen I synthesis. A really multi-functional helper ingredient that can do several things in a skincare product: it can bring a soft and pleasant feel to the formula, it can act as a humectant and emollient, it can be a solvent for some other ingredients (for example it can help to stabilize perfumes in watery products) and it can also help to disperse pigments more evenly in makeup products.