Balea Vitamin C Face Serum - Highly Active Vitamin C For Your Skin - 30ml

Ingredients overviewAqua, Dicaprylyl Ether, Pentylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate, Glycerin, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, Sclerotium Gum, Stearyl Alcohol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Xanthan Gum, Limonene, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Malpighia Glabra Fruit Juice, Maltodextrin, Sodium Hydroxide, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate, Tocopherol, Geraniol, CitralRead more on how to read an ingredient list >>Compare  Report Error  EmbedHighlights#alcohol-freeKey IngredientsAntioxidant: Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, TocopherolSkin brightening: Ascorbyl TetraisopalmitateSkin-identical ingredient: GlycerinShow all ingredients by function
Skim throughIngredient name what-it-does irr., com. ID-RatingAqua solvent Dicaprylyl Ether emollient, solvent Pentylene Glycol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate emollient, emulsifying Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 SuperstarPrunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil emollient 0, 1-2 GoodieAscorbyl Tetraisopalmitate antioxidant, skin brightening GoodiePhenoxyethanol preservative Parfum perfuming IckySclerotium Gum viscosity controlling [more]Dm Balea Balea Vitamin C Face SerumIngredients explainedAquaALSO-CALLED: Water - WHAT-IT-DOES: solventGood old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. 
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. 

Dicaprylyl EtherWHAT-IT-DOES: emollient, solventA clear, colorless and odorless oily liquid that works as a fast-spreading emollient with a dry skin feel. 
Pentylene GlycolWHAT-IT-DOES: solvent, moisturizer/humectantA multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as an emulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also a moisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improve water-resistance of sunscreens. 
Polyglyceryl-6 StearateWHAT-IT-DOES: emollient, emulsifyingA glycerin and stearic acid based ingredient that helps oil and water to mix nicely together, aka emulsifier.  It is PEG-free and based on renewable raw materials.
It usually comes to the formula with its emulsifier buddy,  Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, and the duo is especially recommended for formulating low-viscous serums, lotions, and sprays.  As an added bonus, the duo is also described as providing "outstanding moisturization properties".
Glycerin - SuperstarALSO-CALLED: Glycerol - WHAT-IT-DOES: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant - IRRITANCY: 0  - COMEDOGENICITY: 0 A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skinA super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 yearsNot 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 barrierEffective from as low as 3% with even more benefits at higher concentrations up to 20-40% (around 10% is a good usability-effectiveness sweet spot)High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skinRead all the geeky details about Glycerin here >>Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil - GoodieALSO-CALLED: Apricot Kernel Oil - WHAT-IT-DOES: emollient - IRRITANCY: 0  - COMEDOGENICITY: 1-2 The emollient plant oil coming from the kernel (the seed of the seed) of the delicious apricot fruit. Like other plant oils, it contains antioxidant vitamin E and nourishing fatty acids (mostly oleic acid 54-74%, linoleic acid 12-35%).
It's a nice general purpose emollient, has nourishing and moisturizing properties (as a high oleic oil it's ideal for dry skin types) and is quite easily absorbed into the skin.
Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate - GoodieALSO-CALLED: Form of Vitamin C, Ascorbyl Isotetrapalmitate, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, ATIP;Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate - WHAT-IT-DOES: antioxidant, skin brighteningTetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate is a stable, oil-soluble form of skincare big shot Vitamin C. If you do not know, why Vitamin C is such a big deal in skincare, click here and read all about it. We are massive vitamin C fans and have written about it in excruciating detail.
So now, you know that Vitamin C is great and all, but it's really unstable and gives cosmetics companies many headaches. To solve this problem they came up with vitamin C derivatives, and one of them is Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (let's call it ATIP in short).

PhenoxyethanolWHAT-IT-DOES: preservativeIt’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mos