Avene Cleanance Women Smoothing Night Cream 30 ml

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It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!

The English translation is, so far it looks like sunscreens with nanoparticles do stay on the surface of the skin where they should be.An ingredient that is created from the attachment of the water-loving sugar molecule, glucose, and an oil-loving 20 carbon long fatty chain. A clear, colorless and odorless, highly volatile (meaning it does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it) liquid that's used as an emollient and gives a nice, non-oily light skin-feel. Even better, a 12-weeks, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with 65 volunteers confirmed the effectiveness of our skin-lightening molecule and it measured an average of 88% skin-lightening improvement. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

It gives a nice non-oily light skin feel and it can improve the slip of the formula without leaving a tacky residue behind. In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. If we go with our royal family analogy, Retinal is Prince William, directly next in line to the throne. At the same time, it also boosts the effectiveness of other preservatives, such as the nowadays super commonly used phenoxyethanol.

Retinol is like a grandkid, it has to be converted (through two steps) in the skin to become retinoic acid. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It makes your skin feel nice and smooth (emollient), stabilizes oil-water mixes and gives body to them. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed).

So where does our current molecule, Retinal, aka Retinaldehyde fit into the family (btw, here is a nice visual family tree about who is who)? It also leaves the skin soft, but not oily, is hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic making it perfect for both oily and sensitive skin formulas. A thick, high molecular weight silicone that is usually diluted in another, lighter silicone fluid (like dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane). Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths! Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules ( glucose and sucrose) via fermentation.Once retinal is converted, it becomes retinoic acid and does the same things we detailed in our tretinoin description.