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Pearl Extract
INCI: Water (and) Glycerin (and) Hydrolyzed Pearl (and) Sea Salt
What is it?
Hydrolyzed pearl is made from pearl powder, which is mostly calcium carbonate with a small amount of a structural shell protein called conchiolin, broken down through acid and enzyme hydrolysis into smaller water-soluble peptides. Lab studies on a closely related purified shell-protein fraction have found a genuine,...
How is it used?
Add it to the water phase, ideally during cooldown to protect the peptide content from heat.
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