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First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Polish

First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Polish First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Polish ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Behenyl Alcohol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Propanediol, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Sodi

First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Polish First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Polish ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Behenyl Alcohol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Propanediol, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Sodium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Nut Shell Powder, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Colloidal Oatmeal, Glycerin, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Peel Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Panthenol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Flower Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Rubus Occidentalis Fruit Extract, Symphytum Officinale Root Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Ethylhexylglycerin, C12-15 Alkyl Lactate, Carbomer, Hydroxypropyl Guar, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Phytate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Ceramide NP, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Benzoate, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate surfactant/​cleansing Behenyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Glyceryl Stearate SE emulsifying 2, 3 Sodium Chloride viscosity controlling Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Nut Shell Powder abrasive/​scrub Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract soothing goodie Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax emollient 0, 1 Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Colloidal Oatmeal soothing, antioxidant, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Peel Oil Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil antioxidant, emollient Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Flower Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening Rubus Occidentalis Fruit Extract Symphytum Officinale Root Extract Hydroxyethylcellulose Ethylhexylglycerin preservative C12-15 Alkyl Lactate Carbomer Hydroxypropyl Guar Sodium Hydroxide buffering Sodium Phytate chelating Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder Ceramide NP skin-identical ingredient Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Citric Acid Phenoxyethanol Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Sodium Benzoate Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) colorant 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. Expand to read more 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. A cleansing agent that's claimed to be so gentle on the skin that it hardly impacts the skin barrier. It also gives a rich, creamy foam, it's based on vegetable fatty acids and is readily biodegradable. It's an especially important and popular ingredient in "syndet bars" (or soapless soaps). Dr. Leslie Baumann says in her great Cosmetic Dermatology book that thanks to the unique molecular characteristic of Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, it "has defined a new dimension in the mildness of cleansing bars". A fatty alcohol (the non-drying type with a long oil loving chain of 22 carbon atoms) that is used to increase the viscosity of the formula and it also helps the oily and the watery parts to stay nicely mixed together (called emulsion stabilizing). A naturally derived, readily biodegradable cleansing agent that gives a rich, creamy foam, is milder to the skin than most sulfate-based cleansers and provides a luxurious, silky skin-feel. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. A thickening and foam-boasting co-surfactant with amphoteric structure meaning that its head contains both a positively and a negatively charged part (surfactants are most commonly anionic meaning their head has a negative charge). It's very mild and gentle, comes from coconut oil and is readily biodegradable. 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 increases Glyceryl Stearate's affinity for water and gives it stronger emulsifying abilities. Other than that, it’s a nice emollient that gives a smooth and soft appearance to the skin. You can read some more at Glyceryl Stearate >> Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt. If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing emollient | viscosity controlling solvent | moisturizer/humectant surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling irritancy, com. abrasive/scrub soothing | antioxidant | emollient | abrasive/scrub skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | emollient soothing | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing soothing | skin brightening exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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