HP Hydro-Repairing Eye Contour Gel Lifting Effect

HP HYDRATING AND REPAIRING EYE CONTOUR GEL INGREDIENTS AND ACTIVE PRINCIPLES

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Origin and Properties

Aqua

Purified water

Osmotized, electro-deionized, micro-filtered.

Kigelia Africana Bark Extract

Plant extract

Kigelia is a tree that grows in much of tropical Africa (Eritrea, Chad, Senegal, South Africa, Namibia), from whose fruit a pulp rich in flavonoids and steroidal saponins is obtained, which Senegalese women traditionally apply to their breasts and décolleté to improve their aesthetic appearance. Research has shown that Kigelia Africana extract is particularly rich in active ingredients with a recognized tensor and firming effect. The peptide composition of this African plant's extract generates an invisible elastic network at the skin tissue level and acts by giving firmness to the dermis. Its action helps prevent sagging, toning and moisturizing the skin.

Quillaia Saponaria Root Extract

Plant extract

Quillaia is an evergreen plant that grows mainly in Chile and Bolivia, also known as “Panama wood.” Its bark is very rich in flavonoids with recognized brightening, skin-purifying, decongestant, and firming properties. It exerts a moisturizing effect and gives the skin softness and silkiness.

Xanthan Gum

Thickener

Xanthan Gum is used to give consistency to the cream. It derives from the bacterial fermentation of sugars, which produces a kind of gelatin with viscosity and thickening action.

Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil

Vegetable Oil

Oil rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6, Vitamin E (the most natural antioxidant, capable of safeguarding cells and preventing the formation of free radicals), and B-group vitamins. Hemp Oil has moisturizing, nourishing, and revitalizing virtues and is particularly indicated for sensitive, redness-prone, dehydrated, delicate, or mature skin. It has a highly effective anti-aging effect and helps restore elasticity, radiance, and tone. Hemp oil prevents skin redness, helps keep the skin soft and elastic, and strengthens natural immune defenses. Very satisfactory results have also been obtained in the treatment of dry, combination, or impure skin, as it reaches the deeper layers of the epidermis, improving its functions and interfering in the skin's keratinization processes.

Chondrus Crispus Powder

Plant extract

Chondrus Crispus is a red marine algae that grows in the temperate waters of both Atlantic coasts. It has a high content of minerals (especially iodine), Vitamin C, and starches and polysaccharides that give it strong thickening power: these starches are known as carrageenan. It possesses purifying, detoxifying, and chelating properties, meaning that through the process of chelation, it is able to eliminate heavy metals, toxic substances, and radioactive substances from the body. Chondrus also possesses soothing and decongestant properties for the skin.

Glucose

Humectant

Glucose: natural carbohydrate.

Glycerin

Humectant

Glycerin is of vegetable origin: it derives from the saponification of vegetable oil triglycerides. Emollient and moisturizing action.

Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten

Plant extract

Gluten extract with moisturizing, toning, and stimulating properties.

Sodium Hydroxide

pH regulator

Sodium hydroxide, known as caustic soda, is used to make soaps. It is also used in creams and shaving soaps. It is useful in maintaining the pH levels of formulations.

Benzyl Alcohol

Preservative

Benzyl alcohol is naturally present in many essential oils and is used as a food-grade antimicrobial.

Potassium Sorbate

Preservative

Ecocert approved: salt of Sorbic Acid (an acid found in the berries of Sorbus aucuparia L.) capable of neutralizing microbial growth. For this reason, it is widely used in the food field and in cosmetics as a preservative.

Benzoic Acid

Preservative

Anti-mold preservative used in food. It is obtained from some edible berries, plums, and blueberries, but it can also be created in the laboratory.

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Ceratonia Siliqua Gum

Plant extract

Ceratonia Siliqua is a botanical derivative that represents a valid alternative to animal collagen, so much so that it has earned the title of “vegetable collagen.” Chemically, it is a mixture composed of galactomannans (polysaccharides) extracted from locust bean seeds, whose activity and functionality can be compared to hyaluronic acid. This functional complex shows high affinity with the skin and produces a film-forming and tightening effect immediately noticeable after application. The use of Ceratonia Siliqua provides great benefits in the treatment of micro-skin reliefs and wrinkles. The polysaccharides from Ceratonia Siliqua arrange themselves on the skin's surface, forming a molecular film capable of modulating transepidermal water loss.

Dehydroacetic Acid

Preservative

Derivative of Pyrone (a colorless liquid found in nature in coumarins and various compounds), it appears as a white, odorless, and tasteless powder, widely used in cosmetics as an antimicrobial, as it prevents the growth of bacteria and fungi.

Tocopherol

Antioxidant

Vitamin E – nature-identical, antioxidant action

Ascorbyl Palmitate

Antioxidant

Derivative of ascorbic acid and palmitic acid, it is a more soluble form of Vitamin C. Used as a source of this vitamin and as an antioxidant and food additive.