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Ingredients overview
Aqua, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Dimethicone, Trideceth-6, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Niacinamide, Phenylpropanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, PEG-50 Shea Butter, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil, Ci 14720
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Highlights
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Alcohol Free
Fragrance and Essential Oil Free
Key Ingredients
Anti-acne: Niacinamide
Antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil
Cell-communicating ingredient: Niacinamide
Skin brightening: Niacinamide
Other Ingredients
Antimicrobial/antibacterial: C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
Colorant: Ci 14720
Emollient: Dimethicone, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil
Emulsifying: Trideceth-6, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, PEG-50 Shea Butter
Moisturizer/humectant: Niacinamide
Perfuming: Phenylpropanol
Preservative: Ethylhexylglycerin
Solvent: Aqua, Phenylpropanol
Surfactant/cleansing: Trideceth-6
Viscosity controlling: Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua | solvent | ||
| Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer | viscosity controlling | ||
| Dimethicone | emollient | 0, 1 | |
| Trideceth-6 | emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | ||
| PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone | emulsifying | ||
| Niacinamide | cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant | superstar | |
| Phenylpropanol | perfuming, solvent | ||
| Ethylhexylglycerin | preservative | ||
| PEG-50 Shea Butter | emulsifying | ||
| C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate | emollient, antimicrobial/antibacterial | ||
| Tocopheryl Acetate | antioxidant | 0, 0 | |
| Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil | antioxidant, emollient | goodie | |
| Ci 14720 | colorant |
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Ingredients explainedAqua
Also-called: Water | What-it-does: solvent
Good 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.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising
A copolymer is a big molecule that consists not of one but of two repeating subunits. This particular copolymer is a handy helper ingredient to form nice gel textures.
It usually comes to the formula combined with emollients (such as C13-14 Isoparaffin, Isohexadecane, Isononyl Isononanoate or Squalane) and can be used as anemulsifier and/or thickener to produce milky gel emulsions with a soft and non-tacky skin feel.
Dimethicone
What-it-does: emollient | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1
Probably themost common silicone of all. It is a polymer (created from repeating subunits) molecule and has different molecular weight and thus different viscosity versions from water-light to thickliquid.
As for skincare, it makes the skin silky smooth, creates a subtle gloss and forms a protective barrier (aka occlusive). Also, works well to fill in fine lines and wrinkles and give skin a plump look (of course that is only temporary, but still, it'snice). There are also scar treatment gels out there using dimethicone as their base ingredient. It helps to soften scars and increase their elasticity.
As for hair care, it is a non-volatile silicone meaning that it stays on the hair rather than evaporates from it andsmoothes the hairlike no other thing. Depending on your hair type, it can bea bit difficult to wash out and might cause some build-up (btw, this is not true to all silicones, only the non-volatile types).
Trideceth-6
What-it-does: emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone
What-it-does: emulsifying
A silicone emulsifier that helps to create water in silicone emulsions.
Niacinamide - superstar
Also-called: vitamin B3, nicotinamide | What-it-does: cell-communicating ingredient, skin brightening, anti-acne, moisturizer/humectant
- A multi-functional skincare superstar with several proven benefits for the skin
- Great anti-aging, wrinkle smoothing ingredient used at 4-5% concentration
- Fades brown spots alone or in combination with amino sugar, acetyl glucosamine
- Increases ceramide synthesis that results in a stronger, healthier skin barrier and better skin hydration
- Can help to improve several skin conditions including acne, rosacea, and atopic dermatitis
Read all the geeky details about Niacinamide here >>
Phenylpropanol
What-it-does: perfuming, solvent
A naturally occurringfloral component with a delicate scent that can mask the odor of other raw materials but is not noticeable in the final product. It also has remarkable antimicrobial and preservative boosting abilities and canhelp to create "preservative-free" formulas.
Ethylhexylglycerin
What-it-does: preservative, deodorant
If you have spottedethylhexylglycerinon the ingredient list, most probably you will see there also the current IT-preservative,phenoxyethanol. They are good friends becauseethylhexylglycerincan boost the effectiveness of phenoxyethanol (and other preservatives) and as an added bonus it feels nice on the skin too.
Also,it's an effective deodorant and a medium spreadingemollient.
PEG-50 Shea Butter
What-it-does: emulsifying
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
What-it-does: emollient, antimicrobial/antibacterial
An often used emollient with a light and silky feel. It's very mild to both skin and eyes and spreads nicely and easily. It's often used in sunscreens as it's also an excellent solvent for sunscreen agents.
Tocopheryl Acetate
Also-called: Vitamin E Acetate | What-it-does: antioxidant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
It’s the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it’s also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil - goodie
Also-called: Pomegranate Seed Oil | What-it-does: antioxidant, emollient
The emollient plant oil coming from the seeds ofPomegranate. The red fruit has lots of seeds (100-200 per fruit), but 7 kg of them are needed for 1 kg of oil. Among the many similar plant oils, Pomegranate oil is a really unique one, as its main fatty acid (60%) is a rare one called punic acid, a so-called conjugated fatty acid with three double bonds. It also contains the common linoleic (2-10%) and oleic acids (3-12%), but only in small amounts.
Punic acid is thought to be a biologically activecompound, a powerful anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant agent. The oil itself is also claimed to have strong antioxidant properties as well as having excellent nourishing and moisturizingabilities. On top of that, we also found a research that examinedPomegranate as a cosmeceutical source and it concluded that the seed oil can nicely promote the regeneration of the epidermis (the top layer of the skin).
Ci 14720
What-it-does: colorant
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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