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Glycerin | cosmetic | Glycerin doesn’t sound very glamorous but it is a real oldie but a goodie . It’s been used in cosmetics for more than 50 years and it’s a totally natural ingredient that’s also in the outermost layer of our skin (called stratum corneum - SC). It’s a so-called humectant type of moisturiser meaning that it helps our ski... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 1
Ingredient Name = Glycerin
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Glycerin doesn’t sound very glamorous but it is a real oldie but a goodie . It’s been used in cosmetics for more than 50 yea... | 1 | not harmful | Info not available |
Butylene Glycol | cosmetic | Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. 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), mak... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 2
Ingredient Name = Butylene Glycol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating... | 2 | not harmful | Info not available |
Squalene | cosmetic | Squalene is an oily liquid that originally comes from shark liver but luckily it can also be found in a couple of plant oils. Olive (0.6%), peanut (0.1%) and pumpkin (0.35%) oils contain it, though not in huge amounts. What contains more of it, is the sebum (the oily stuff) that our skin produces. About 13% of human se... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 3
Ingredient Name = Squalene
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Squalene is an oily liquid that originally comes from shark liver but luckily it can also be found in a couple of plant oils.... | 3 | not harmful | Info not available |
Ceteareth-20 | cosmetic | A common functional ingredient that helps to keep the oil-loving and water-loving ingredients together (emulsifier), stabilizes and thickens the products. Chemically speaking, it is ethoxylated Cetearyl alcohol , meaning that some ethylene oxide is added to the fatty alcohol to increase the water-soluble part in the mo... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 4
Ingredient Name = Ceteareth-20
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
A common functional ingredient that helps to keep the oil-loving and water-loving ingredients together (emulsifier), stab... | 4 | not harmful | Info not available |
Glyceryl Stearate | cosmetic | A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth . Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid . It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 5
Ingredient Name = Glyceryl Stearate
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves t... | 5 | not harmful | Info not available |
Glyceryl Stearate SE | cosmetic | An oily kind of ingredient that can magically blend with water all by itself. This is called self-emulsifying and SE in its name stands for that. The difference between "normal" Glyceryl Stearate and this guy is that the SE grade contains a small amount of water-loving soap molecules, such as sodium stearate . This inc... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 6
Ingredient Name = Glyceryl Stearate SE
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
An oily kind of ingredient that can magically blend with water all by itself. This is called self-emulsifying and... | 6 | not harmful | Info not available |
Potassium Sorbate | cosmetic | It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon , aka a preservative. It’s not a strong one and doesn’t really work against bacteria, but more against mold and yeast. To do that it has to break down to its active form, sorbic acid. For that to happen, there has to be water in the product and ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 7
Ingredient Name = Potassium Sorbate
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon , aka a preservative. It’s not a strong o... | 7 | not harmful | Info not available |
Caprylyl Glycol | cosmetic | It’s a handy multi-tasking ingredient that gives the skin a nice, soft feel . At the same time, it also boosts the effectiveness of other preservatives , such as the nowadays super commonly used phenoxyethanol . The blend of these two (caprylyl glycol + phenoxyethanol) is called Optiphen, which not only helps to keep y... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 8
Ingredient Name = Caprylyl Glycol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It’s a handy multi-tasking ingredient that gives the skin a nice, soft feel . At the same time, it also boosts the eff... | 8 | not harmful | Info not available |
Squalane | cosmetic | It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 9
Ingredient Name = Squalane
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double b... | 9 | not harmful | Info not available |
Xanthan Gum | cosmetic | It's one of the most commonly used thickener s and emulsion stabilizers . If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredi... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 10
Ingredient Name = Xanthan Gum
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It's one of the most commonly used thickener s and emulsion stabilizers . If the product is too runny, a little xanthan g... | 10 | not harmful | Info not available |
Phenoxyethanol | cosmetic | It’s pretty much the current IT- preservative . It’s safe and gentle , but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. 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 ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 11
Ingredient Name = Phenoxyethanol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It’s pretty much the current IT- preservative . It’s safe and gentle , but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by... | 11 | not harmful | Info not available |
Sodium Hydroxide | cosmetic | The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. BTW, lye is not somethi... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 12
Ingredient Name = Sodium Hydroxide
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust th... | 12 | not harmful | Info not available |
Ethoxydiglycol | cosmetic | A nice odorless liquid used mainly as a superior solubilizer and efficacy booster for cosmetic active ingredients such as skincare bigshot vitamin C , self-tanning active DHA or the anti-acne gold standard, benzoyl peroxide . Other than that it can also be used in hair care products where it gives a longer-lasting and ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 13
Ingredient Name = Ethoxydiglycol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
A nice odorless liquid used mainly as a superior solubilizer and efficacy booster for cosmetic active ingredients such... | 13 | not harmful | Info not available |
Carbomer | cosmetic | A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula . It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide ) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 14
Ingredient Name = Carbomer
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel f... | 14 | not harmful | Info not available |
Hyaluronic Acid | cosmetic | Hyaluronic acid (HA) and its various forms are the current IT-moisturizer s. So let’s see, what is hyaluronic acid and even more importantly what’s the big deal about it? HA is a nice big sugar molecule from repeated subunits (polymer) that can be found naturally in our body . It’s the most dominant, and most important... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 15
Ingredient Name = Hyaluronic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Hyaluronic acid (HA) and its various forms are the current IT-moisturizer s. So let’s see, what is hyaluronic acid an... | 15 | not harmful | Info not available |
Centella Asiatica Extract | cosmetic | Centella Asiatica - or sometimes also called Gotu Kola or Cica - has been used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It’s traditionally used to improve small wounds , burns and scratches and it’s also a well known anti-inflammatory agent for eczema. Recently science has taken an interest in Gotu Kola as well and it t... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 16
Ingredient Name = Centella Asiatica Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Centella Asiatica - or sometimes also called Gotu Kola or Cica - has been used in folk medicine for hundred... | 16 | not harmful | Info not available |
Triethanolamine | cosmetic | It’s a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It’s very alkaline (you know the opposite of being very acidic): a 1% solution has a pH of around 10. It does not have the very best safety reputation but in general, you do not have to worry about it. What is true is t... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 17
Ingredient Name = Triethanolamine
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It’s a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It’s very alkali... | 17 | not harmful | Info not available |
Lactic Acid | cosmetic | Lactic acid is the second most well-known and most well researched among the AHAs . The no. 1 is glycolic acid. If you're new to AHAs we strongly suggest that you head over to our description about glycolic acid . There you will find a super detailed geeky description and many of the things we wrote are true to all AHA... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 18
Ingredient Name = Lactic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Lactic acid is the second most well-known and most well researched among the AHAs . The no. 1 is glycolic acid. If you're... | 18 | not harmful | Info not available |
Ascorbic Acid | cosmetic | If Vit C was a person it would be someone like Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez or Mariah Carey. Serious performance, A-list superstar but at the same time shows some major divaish behaviour. But before we dive into it let’s just take a quick look where Vit C comes from. By the 18th century sailors noticed that if they eat plen... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 19
Ingredient Name = Ascorbic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
If Vit C was a person it would be someone like Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez or Mariah Carey. Serious performance, A-list sup... | 19 | not harmful | Info not available |
Ferulic Acid | cosmetic | Ferulic Acid (FA) is a goodie that can be found naturally in plant cell walls. There is a lot of it especially in the bran of grasses such as rice, wheat and oats. FA - whose main job is to be an antioxidant - owes its fame to a 2005 research that discovered that adding in 0.5% FA to a 15% Vitamin C + 1% Vitamin E solu... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 20
Ingredient Name = Ferulic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Ferulic Acid (FA) is a goodie that can be found naturally in plant cell walls. There is a lot of it especially in the br... | 20 | not harmful | Info not available |
Limonene | cosmetic | A super common and cheap fragrance ingredient . It's in many plants, e.g. rosemary, eucalyptus, lavender, lemongrass, peppermint and it's the main component (about 50-90%) of the peel oil of citrus fruits. It does smell nice but the problem is that it oxidizes on air exposure and the resulting stuff is not good for the... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 21
Ingredient Name = Limonene
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
A super common and cheap fragrance ingredient . It's in many plants, e.g. rosemary, eucalyptus, lavender, lemongrass, pepper... | 21 | not harmful | Info not available |
Panthenol | cosmetic | An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin . It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 22
Ingredient Name = Panthenol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the... | 22 | not harmful | Info not available |
Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract | cosmetic | Prickly pear is a cactus that’s native to Mexico. It has large, sweet fruit that’s called tunas and has been used as a source of food since pre-Hispanic Mexico. Currently jams and jellies are produced from it and also a traditional Mexican alcoholic drink called colonche . But what is it doing in our skincare products?... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 23
Ingredient Name = Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Prickly pear is a cactus that’s native to Mexico. It has large, sweet fruit that’s called tunas and has ... | 23 | not harmful | Info not available |
Glycolic Acid | cosmetic | Unless you have avoided every bit of skin care info out there so far (in this case special welcome to you! :)) you must have heard of glycolic acid. Or at least about AHA s or to put it even more nice-sounding fruit acids . AHAs (alpha-hydroxy acids) stand for a whole group of ingredients and glycolic acid is one of th... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 24
Ingredient Name = Glycolic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Unless you have avoided every bit of skin care info out there so far (in this case special welcome to you! :)) you must... | 24 | not harmful | Info not available |
Linalool | cosmetic | Linalool is a super common fragrance ingredient. It’s kind of everywhere - both in plants and in cosmetic products. It’s part of 200 natural oils including lavender, ylang-ylang, bergamot, jasmine, geranium and it can be found in 90-95% of prestige perfumes on the market. The problem with linalool is, that just like li... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 25
Ingredient Name = Linalool
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Linalool is a super common fragrance ingredient. It’s kind of everywhere - both in plants and in cosmetic products. It’s par... | 25 | not harmful | Info not available |
Tocopherol | cosmetic | Vitamin E is the major fat-soluble antioxidant in our skin . As a strong antioxidant it’s an A-player in protecting the skin cells from the nasty little things called free-radicals that want to destroy the lovely collagen that makes our skin nice and firm. Because it’s fat soluble our skin just loves to absorb it (as o... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 26
Ingredient Name = Tocopherol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Vitamin E is the major fat-soluble antioxidant in our skin . As a strong antioxidant it’s an A-player in protecting the sk... | 26 | not harmful | Info not available |
Biosaccharide Gum-1 | cosmetic | Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a pretty interesting kind of sugar ingredient that is created from sorbitol via bacterial fermentation. According to the manufacturer it’s a “S.M.A.R.T.” sugar : it has Soothing, Moisturizing, Anti-aging, Restructuring and Touch properties. Let’s look at them quickly one by one. Soothing : the ma... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 27
Ingredient Name = Biosaccharide Gum-1
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a pretty interesting kind of sugar ingredient that is created from sorbitol via bacterial ... | 27 | not harmful | Info not available |
Beta-Glucan | cosmetic | Beta-Glucan is a nice big molecule composed of many smaller sugar molecules (called polysaccharide). It’s in the cell walls of yeast, some mushrooms, seaweeds, and cereals. It’s a real goodie no matter if you eat it or put it on your face. Eating it is anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, and even lowers blood cholesterol. Putt... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 28
Ingredient Name = Beta-Glucan
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Beta-Glucan is a nice big molecule composed of many smaller sugar molecules (called polysaccharide). It’s in the cell wal... | 28 | not harmful | Info not available |
Lactococcus Ferment Lysate | cosmetic | Lactococcus Ferment Lysate is a fairly new probiotic ingredient that is obtained from the Gram-positive bacteria, Lactococcus lactis. The lysate is a fluid substance that is produced when you break down the cell membrane, which means it contains interesting things including cytoplasm and cell wall fragments. According ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 29
Ingredient Name = Lactococcus Ferment Lysate
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Lactococcus Ferment Lysate is a fairly new probiotic ingredient that is obtained from the Gram-positive ba... | 29 | not harmful | Info not available |
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extract | cosmetic | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) is the fancy name for common baker’s yeast. Usually different kind of yeast extracts are used in skincare for their great hydrating, and general skin conditioning properties. We could find one research paper to back this up: It has found that SC indeed increases skin moisture and had impr... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 30
Ingredient Name = Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) is the fancy name for common baker’s yeast. Usually different kind of... | 30 | not harmful | Info not available |
Water | cosmetic | 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.... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 31
Ingredient Name = Water
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of th... | 31 | not harmful | Info not available |
Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate | cosmetic | Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate is the fancy name of a liquidy, almost-water-like stuff that you get by fermenting and filtering yeast. According to manufacturer info it’s rich in all kinds of good-for-your-skin things : essential minerals, amino acids, beta-glucan and vitamins. It’s definitely great for skin moisturiza... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 32
Ingredient Name = Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate is the fancy name of a liquidy, almost-water-like stuff that you get by... | 32 | not harmful | Info not available |
Citronellol | cosmetic | Citronellol is a very common fragrance ingredient with a nice rose-like odor . In the UK, it’s actually the third most often listed perfume on the ingredient lists. It can be naturally found in geranium oil (about 30%) or rose oil (about 25%). As with all fragrance ingredients, citronellol can also cause allergic conta... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 33
Ingredient Name = Citronellol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Citronellol is a very common fragrance ingredient with a nice rose-like odor . In the UK, it’s actually the third most of... | 33 | not harmful | Info not available |
Bifida Ferment Lysate | cosmetic | Bifida Ferment Lysate is a probiotic ingredient that’s used in one of the most iconic serums in the world, the Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair. Based on manufacturer info it potently protects against UV-induced damage in the skin and helps with DNA repair. An Estee Lauder patent from 2009 also talks about DNA repair... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 34
Ingredient Name = Bifida Ferment Lysate
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Bifida Ferment Lysate is a probiotic ingredient that’s used in one of the most iconic serums in the world, the ... | 34 | not harmful | Info not available |
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer | cosmetic | Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers) is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer . Both of them are big molecules that contain acrylic acid units, but Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer also contains some other... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 35
Ingredient Name = Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repea... | 35 | not harmful | Info not available |
Sodium Hyaluronate | cosmetic | It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF , hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have a super detailed, geeky explanation about it here . The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to h... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 36
Ingredient Name = Sodium Hyaluronate
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It’s the - sodium form - cousin of the famous NMF , hyaluronic acid (HA). If HA does not tell you anything we have... | 36 | not harmful | Info not available |
Azelaic Acid | cosmetic | Azelaic acid is a superstar acid with some serious magic properties. Before we list them out here's just a short intro. Azelaic acid is a so-called carboxylic acid. It’s not an AHA or BHA but a distant relative to them (all being carboxylic acids). It can be found naturally in wheat, rye, and barley. Magic property no.... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 37
Ingredient Name = Azelaic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Azelaic acid is a superstar acid with some serious magic properties. Before we list them out here's just a short intro. ... | 37 | not harmful | Info not available |
Propylene Glycol | cosmetic | Propylene Glycol (PG) is a colorless liquid, whose main job, usually, is to improve the so-called freeze-thaw stability of the products. This means that it makes sure that a product doesn’t freeze or melt in low or high temperatures. To achieve this, small amounts - usually less than 2% - is used. Other functions of PG... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 38
Ingredient Name = Propylene Glycol
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Propylene Glycol (PG) is a colorless liquid, whose main job, usually, is to improve the so-called freeze-thaw stabil... | 38 | not harmful | Info not available |
Salicylic Acid | cosmetic | If you have ever struggled with let’s just call it “problem skin” (you know, acne, blackheads, whiteheads, large pores) then most probably you are familiar with salicylic acid (SA). Even if the name does not ring a bell, you have probably used it. Next to benzoyl peroxide, it’s the gold standard ingredient for treating... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 39
Ingredient Name = Salicylic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
If you have ever struggled with let’s just call it “problem skin” (you know, acne, blackheads, whiteheads, large pores... | 39 | not harmful | Info not available |
Parfum/Fragrance | cosmetic | Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!). If you are someone who likes t... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 40
Ingredient Name = Parfum/Fragrance
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fr... | 40 | not harmful | Info not available |
Palmitoyl Grapevine Shoot Extract | cosmetic | It’s a grape-derived ingredient that’s exclusive to French grape-centered skincare brand, Caudalie. Because of this there is not much independent info on it, but the brand claims that this is a very effective ingredient for fading brown spots . The Radiance Serum that contains it (and it does not contain any other skin... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 41
Ingredient Name = Palmitoyl Grapevine Shoot Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It’s a grape-derived ingredient that’s exclusive to French grape-centered skincare brand, Caudalie.... | 41 | not harmful | Info not available |
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract | cosmetic | Cucumber is a nice, non-irritating plant extract that’s known for it’s soothing and emollient properties. It’s not something new to put it on our face: even Cleopatra used it to “preserve her skin”. It’s commonly believed that cucumber is the answer to puffy eyes, but there is no research confirming this. What research... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 42
Ingredient Name = Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Cucumber is a nice, non-irritating plant extract that’s known for it’s soothing and emollient propertie... | 42 | not harmful | Info not available |
Citric Acid | cosmetic | Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA. So citric acid is an exfoliant , that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it mo... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 43
Ingredient Name = Citric Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and ... | 43 | not harmful | Info not available |
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract | cosmetic | We will tell you straight away that we are big green tea fans. Drinking it and slathering it all over your face are both great ideas. But as this is INCIDecoder and not a find-out-what’s-healthy-to-drink site we will now just focus on why you should put it on your face. Our first reason is that green tea does not only ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 44
Ingredient Name = Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
We will tell you straight away that we are big green tea fans. Drinking it and slathering it all over ... | 44 | not harmful | Info not available |
Rubus Idaeus Fruit Extract | cosmetic | Raspberry is one of the colorful berries that’s not only delicious but contains many biologically active, healthy compounds. It has polyphenols including anthocyanins and ellagitannins that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. According to skin care expert Paula Begoun , it’s antibacterial as well but due... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 45
Ingredient Name = Rubus Idaeus Fruit Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Raspberry is one of the colorful berries that’s not only delicious but contains many biologically active, ... | 45 | not harmful | Info not available |
Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil | cosmetic | If you have an interest in elephants and Africa, you have probably heard of elephants getting drunk from the fruit of the Marula tree. Though this seems to be only a legend , what is true is that the Marula fruit is really nice (and elephants do love to eat it) and there is a stone in it with several oil-rich kernels i... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 46
Ingredient Name = Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
If you have an interest in elephants and Africa, you have probably heard of elephants getting drunk from... | 46 | not harmful | Info not available |
Vitis Vinifera Juice Extract | cosmetic | It's a liquid extract coming from grape. According to manufacturer info , it's a skin peeling agent, aka exfoliant , that contains a nice mix of AHA acids (if those magic three letters do not tell you anything, you must click here now .) About 40% of the extract is a mix of tartaric, malic , lactic , citric and gluconi... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 47
Ingredient Name = Vitis Vinifera Juice Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It's a liquid extract coming from grape. According to manufacturer info , it's a skin peeling agent, aka... | 47 | not harmful | Info not available |
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer | cosmetic | It's a special "cross-linked" from of IT-moisturizer, hyaluronic acid (HA). Cross-linked means that "normal" HA pieces (1-2 million Da molecular weight) are chemically bound togeather to create a big, "infinite" mesh. The special HA mesh has a remarkable water-binding capacity, 5 times more than the already crazy water... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 48
Ingredient Name = Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
It's a special "cross-linked" from of IT-moisturizer, hyaluronic acid (HA). Cross-linked means that "... | 48 | not harmful | Info not available |
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice | cosmetic | Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous dermatologist Leslie Baumann warns us in her book that most of the evidence is anecdotal and the plant might be a bit overhyped. What research does confirm about Aloe is that it’s a great moisturizer and has several a... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 49
Ingredient Name = Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Aloe Vera is one of today’s magic plants. It does have some very nice properties indeed, though famous de... | 49 | not harmful | Info not available |
Aesculus Hippocastanum Seed Extract | cosmetic | Horse Chestnut is an often-used ingredient thanks to a couple of nice magic properties. It contains the active ingredient called escin that helps to maintain healthy blood circulation and strengthen capillaries . This makes horse chestnut useful for rosacea-prone skin and it’s also often used in toners for a fresh skin... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 50
Ingredient Name = Aesculus Hippocastanum Seed Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Horse Chestnut is an often-used ingredient thanks to a couple of nice magic properties. It contai... | 50 | not harmful | Info not available |
Buddleja Davidii Meristem Cell Culture | cosmetic | The extract of summer lilac or butterfly-bush in itself is a nice ingredient with some antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and the manufacturer claims that the meristem cell culture is even better. It contains among others verbascoside and isoverbascoside that have not only antioxidant and anti-inflammatory b... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 51
Ingredient Name = Buddleja Davidii Meristem Cell Culture
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
The extract of summer lilac or butterfly-bush in itself is a nice ingredient with some antiox... | 51 | not harmful | Info not available |
Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract | cosmetic | Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi is a little plant with nice red berries that lives in the North and is also called bearberry or kinnikinnick. According to Wikipedia the uva-ursi part means “grape of the bear”. As for skincare bearberry is interesting because it contains the well-known skin lightening agent arbutin . The leaves... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 52
Ingredient Name = Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi is a little plant with nice red berries that lives in the North and is a... | 52 | not harmful | Info not available |
Niacinamide | cosmetic | Niacinamide, or as us normal people call it vitamin B3, is a real skincare superstar that has had so many studies and has so many skin benefits that we have to warn you that this "geeky details" description will not be short. Just as an intro a couple of thing about the stuff itself: it's a water-soluble vitamin that u... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 53
Ingredient Name = Niacinamide
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Niacinamide, or as us normal people call it vitamin B3, is a real skincare superstar that has had so many studies and has... | 53 | not harmful | Info not available |
Hamamelis Virginiana Leaf Extract | cosmetic | The extract created from the leaves of the hazelnut-bush-like-magic-tree, commonly called Witch Hazel. We have gone into detail about Witch Hazel in cosmetic products here (it's astringent, soothing, antioxidant and antibacterial), but the important part to know about the leaves is that they contain much, much less act... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 54
Ingredient Name = Hamamelis Virginiana Leaf Extract
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
The extract created from the leaves of the hazelnut-bush-like-magic-tree, commonly called Witch Ha... | 54 | not harmful | Info not available |
Galactoarabinan | cosmetic | Galactoarabinan is a natural polysaccharide (a big carbohydrate molecule) that comes from the Larch trees. According to the manufacturer it can do all kinds of good in a formula: it can reduce trans-epidermal-water-loss (a fancy way of saying that it's moisturizing ), improve the appearance of skin’s superficial fine l... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 55
Ingredient Name = Galactoarabinan
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Galactoarabinan is a natural polysaccharide (a big carbohydrate molecule) that comes from the Larch trees. According ... | 55 | not harmful | Info not available |
Adenosine | cosmetic | Adenosine is an important little compound in our body that has a vital cell-signalling role . Research on smearing it on our face is also promising and shows so far a couple of things: It can help with wound healing It’s a good anti-inflammatory agent It might even help with skin’s own collagen production and improve s... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 56
Ingredient Name = Adenosine
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Adenosine is an important little compound in our body that has a vital cell-signalling role . Research on smearing it on ou... | 56 | not harmful | Info not available |
Urea | cosmetic | Yes, it's the thing that can be found naturally in pee. And in the skin. It is an awesome natural moisturizing factor, aka NMF. NMFs are important components that help the skin to hold onto water and keep it plump, elastic and hydrated. Urea makes up about 7% of NMFs next to other things such as amino acids (40%), PCA ... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 57
Ingredient Name = Urea
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Yes, it's the thing that can be found naturally in pee. And in the skin. It is an awesome natural moisturizing factor, aka NMF. ... | 57 | not harmful | Info not available |
Glutamic Acid | cosmetic | Glutamic acid is a little molecule and non-essential (our body can synthesize it) amino acid with the important job of being a neurotransmitter in the human body meaning that it helps your nervous system work correctly. As for what it's doing in cosmetics, Glutamic acids' main thing (similar to other amino acids) is be... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 58
Ingredient Name = Glutamic Acid
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
Glutamic acid is a little molecule and non-essential (our body can synthesize it) amino acid with the important job of ... | 58 | not harmful | Info not available |
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil | cosmetic | The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds . Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nourishing fatty acids ( oleic acid - 55-86% and linoleic acid 7-35%) and contains several other skin goodies such as antioxidant vitamin E and vitamin B versions. It's a nice, basic oil that is often used due to its g... | Info not available |
Ingredient Index_Id = 59
Ingredient Name = Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Ingredient Category = cosmetic
Ingredient Is Harmful = not harmful
Ingredient Description:
The emollient plant oil that comes from almonds . Similar to other plant oils, it is loaded with skin-nou... | 59 | not harmful | Info not available |
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