What Skin Virtue’s marketing says about Line Filler
Skin Virtue says…
A rapid wrinkle filler that helps to provide hydration and
the look of an Instant filling effect to wrinkles
But does it do what it says it can do? Let us find out…
Disclaimer: What the company says about a product should be given very little importance when considering the product. Decisions should be based on what the ingredients in the product do.
Read the review below to find out if the product ‘ actually’ does what its marketing says it does…
Line Filler Review
The product’s ingredients
Description of what the ingredients in Line Filler do
Ingredient 1 – Water
Function: Solvent
A solvent helps in dissolving other ingredients in the product.
Dissolved ingredients can spread better.
Ingredient 2 – Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate
Function: Emollient, Texture enhancer
Softens and smoothens the skin. It also forms a thin layer on top of the skin and reduces the evaporation of skin’s hydration into the atmosphere – and thus helps in keeping the skin hydrated.
Enhances the texture of the product.
Ingredient 3 – C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
Function: Emollient
Softens and smoothens the skin. It also forms a thin layer on top of the skin and reduces the evaporation of skin’s hydration into the atmosphere – and thus helps in keeping the skin hydrated.
Ingredient 4 – Glyceryl Stearate Se
Function: Emulsifier
Keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients of the product together – blends, unlike ingredients. Brings the ingredients in the product together.
Ingredient 5 – Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Function: Emollient
Softens and smoothens the skin.
Ingredient 6 – Glycerin
Function: Humectant
Glycerin is a humectant. Humectants are water magnets. They attract water. They are like a sponge to water.
When applied on the skin’s surface, glycerin draws water vapour from the atmosphere to the skin.
Hydrated skin is plump and firm.
Glycerin is a powerful humectant.
Ingredient 7 – Talc
Function: Shinning effect
Soft mineral. Extracted from talc rocks. Absorbs excess oil. Reduces the shine that excess oil can cause.
Ingredient 8 – Butylene Glycol
Function: Humectant, Solvent
It pulls water molecules from the atmosphere and draws hydration to the skin. Keeps skin hydrated, plump and firm.
Dissolves ingredients that are not water-soluble. Dissolved ingredients can spread and penetrate better.
Ingredient 9 – Butyrospermum Parkii(Shea)Butter
Function: Occlusive (keeps the skin hydrated)
Extracted from the kernels of the fruit of the shea tree. It forms a protective layer on the skin, seals the water in, and prevents water from the skin’s surface from evaporating into the atmosphere.
Ingredient 10 – C12-20 Acid Peg-8 Ester
Function: Stabiliser, Emulsifier
A stabiliser aids in emulsion and increases the shelf life of the product.
Keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients together.
A quick note on other ingredients
These ingredients are all further down the ingredient list. So the amount used in the product is less. The amount of an ingredient used reduces as we go down the ingredient list. And for most functional ingredients, when used at lower rates, their effect won’t be the same as when used at higher rates.
It is important to remember that in most skincare products when it comes to how much its ingredients help the skin, only the first 5 ingredients matter the most. After about the 7th ingredient, how much the ingredient can help the skin reduces significantly.
It contains dimethicone and jojoba oil, which soften and smooth the skin. Alumina and titanium dioxide absorb excess oil and add a good shine to the face.
It has retinyl palmitate. This ingredient has a well-ageing (anti-ageing) effect. It boosts collagen production and reduces fine lines and wrinkles. Retinyl Palmitate belongs to the category of anti-aging ingredients that come under retinol and its related ingredients. In this category of anti-ageing ingredients, Retinyl Palmitate is the least effective.
It also contains tocopheryl acetate, tocopherol, and ascorbyl palmitate—all three are antioxidants that will brighten the skin. Only a very small percentage of these ingredients is used in the product.
It has sodium hyaluronate, which is a good humectant. It hydrates the skin.
