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Focalskin Centella Calming Essence

Name: Centella Calming Essence
Brand: Focalskin

A essence with 6 ingredients, including exfoliants and ceramides.

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Overview

What it is

Essence with 6 ingredients that contains ceramides and exfoliants

Cool Features

It is fungal acne (malassezia) safe and reef safe

Suited For

It has ingredients that are good for anti aging, dry skin, sensitive skin and scar healing

Free From

It doesn't contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances, oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates

Fun facts

Focalskin is from China.

We independently verify ingredients and our claims are backed by peer-reviewed research. Does this product need an update? Let us know.

What's inside

Ingredients List

Centella Asiatica Extract

Cleansing

Ceramide 5

Skin Conditioning

Avena Sativa Kernel Extract

Abrasive

Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide

Emulsion Stabilising

Myrothamnus Flabellifolia Extract

Humectant

Carnosine

Skin Conditioning

Centella Asiatica Extract, Ceramide 5, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, Myrothamnus Flabellifolia Extract, Carnosine

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Ingredients Explained

Centella Asiatica Extract

Cleansing, Skin Conditioning, Smoothing

Centella Asiatica Extract (Centella) is derived from an herb native to Southeast Asia. It is famous for its anti-inflammatory and soothing properties.

Centella is rich in antioxidants and amino acids, such as Madecassic Acid and Asiaticoside.

Studies show the compounds in centella help with:

The combination of all these properties makes centella effective at soothing, hydrating, and protecting the skin.

Other great components of centella include Vitamin A, vitamin C, several B vitamins, and Asiatic Acid.

Fun fact: Centella has been used as a medicine and in food for many centuries. As a medicine, it is used to treat burns, scratches, and wounds.

Learn more about Centella Asiatica Extract

Ceramide 5

Skin Conditioning

Ceramide 5 is a type of Ceramide that has been retired in 2014 and is now referred to as ceramide AS.

Avena Sativa Kernel Extract

Abrasive, Antioxidant, Emollient

Avena Sativa Kernel Extract is is derived from colloidal oatmeal. Besides being a healthy breakfast, oats have many benefits in skincare too.

This ingredient helps sooth, hydrate, and protect the skin. The starches in colloidal oatmeal are able to bind water, keeping the skin hydrated.

The cellulose and fiber in colloidal oatmeal help reduce inflammation. This can also help the skin feel softer.

Colloidal Oatmeal is also an antioxidant. Antioxidants protect our skin from free-radical damage.

Oatmeal also contains beneficial compounds:

This ingredient is created by mixing grounded oatmeal and a liquid base.

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Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide

Emulsion Stabilising, Skin Conditioning

Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide are the sugars from the snow mushroom.

Snow mushroom is rich in polysaccharides, giving it moisturizing benefits. As a humectant, snow mushroom helps draw moisture from the air to the skin. Polysaccharides are able to mimic our skin's natural carbohydrates to help the skin retain water.

Myrothamnus Flabellifolia Extract

Humectant

We don't have a description for Myrothamnus Flabellifolia Extract yet.

Carnosine

Skin Conditioning

Carnosine is a dipeptide made from two amino acids.

This ingredient helps:

Glycation is the process of sugars binding to and damaging proteins. Too much sugar in our skin can lead to damaged collagen, contributing to factors of aging.

Carnosine is water-soluble and is not able to travel deeper layers of skin. This leads to some doubt about whether it can boost collagen in skin, since collagen is located in the deeper layers of skin.

Fun fact: Carnosine can be naturally found in our muscles and brain.

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