Simple Kind to Skin Soothing Eye Balm contains the perfect blend of multi-vitamins and skin-loving ingredients to reduce puffiness and wind down your tired eyes. Containing simple ingredients that provide impressive results such as pro-vitamin B5, vitamin E, bisabolol and jojoba oil, this under eye cream is designed for sensitive skin, yet loved by all skin types. Here is a brown algae extract (the most common type, about 59% of macroalgae), also just called Algae Extract on the product label that is simply claimed to be a free radical scavenger, aka antioxidant. These were just three random examples from three manufacturers all called Algae extract even though they all come from different algae with different claims.

It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic.An often used glycol that works as a solvent, humectant, penetration enhancer and also gives a good slip to the products. Research also shows that it might be useful for wound healing as it promotes fibroblast (nice type of cells in our skin that produce skin-firming collagen) proliferation.

It's dermatologically tested, hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic so you can use it worry-free. Our eye cream balm contains no skin-harmful ingredients like artificial perfumes, colours, alcohol, or harsh chemicals that could lead to skin irritation. How to use: Apply a dash of the balm to your delicate eye area and gently pat until absorbed. Super common little helper ingredient thathelps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, preservatives or chemical sunscreens) in the product. If that wasn’t enough panthenol is also useful in nail and hair care products. A study shows that a nail treatment liquide with 2% panthenol could effectively get into the nail and significantly increase the hydration of it.Simple Kind to Skin Soothing Eye Balm from the UK’s #1 facial skincare brand* helps to reduce puffiness and relax tired eyes Also-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant| Irritancy: 0 Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. 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. Aqua, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Glycerin, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Cetearyl Alcohol, Panthenol, C15-19 Alkane, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Polyglyceryl-6 Laurate, Polyglycerin-6, Sorbitan Oleate, Sorbitan Isostearate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pantolactone, Bisabolol.