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Mixsoon Bifida Ferment Essence

Name: Bifida Ferment Essence
Brand: Mixsoon
Rating: 4.12 (17 reviews)

4.1 · 17 reviews

This barrier-repair essence is formulated around Bifida Ferment Extract to strengthen the skin barrier.

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What's inside

Ingredients List

Water

Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol

Humectant

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Bifida Ferment Extract

Humectant

Glycerin

Humectant

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Water, Butylene Glycol, Bifida Ferment Extract, Glycerin

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Benefits

Ingredients Explained

Water

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!

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Butylene Glycol

Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.

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Bifida Ferment Extract

Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Bifida Ferment Extract is the extract from fermented Bifidobacterium.

This ingredient is a well-tolerated ingredient that can help with barrier repair, antioxidant protection, and calming reactive skin.

Glycerin

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Glycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.

Topically, glycerin does several things at once:

Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.

Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.

This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.

Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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