First Aid Beauty Oil-Minimizing Toner

First Aid Beauty Oil-Minimizing Toner First Aid Beauty Oil-Minimizing Toner ingredients explained: Aqua (Water, Eau), Polysorbate 20, Salicylic Acid, Glycerin, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra, Sodium PCA, Lactic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Benzoic Acid, Tetrasodium EDTA Show all ingredients by function Aqua (Water, Eau) solvent Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative superstar Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing goodie Dipropylene Glycol Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract antioxidant, soothing, emollient, abrasive/​scrub Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Glycyrrhiza Glabra soothing, skin brightening Sodium PCA Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Maltodextrin Citric Acid buffering Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Benzoate Potassium Sorbate Benzoic Acid Tetrasodium EDTA chelating 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. It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula. It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40% High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin The distillate created from different parts of the hazelnut-bush-like magic tree, commonly called Witch Hazel. Hamamelis Virginiana Water is a bit of a sloppy ingredient name as the leaves, the twigs and the bark can be used to create extracts or distillates and the different parts contain different amounts of biologically active components. But what you are getting is probably a nice water with astringent, soothing, antioxidant and antibacterial magic properties. We went into great detail about Witch Hazel in cosmetics here, detailing the main biologically active components and how they are different in different parts of the plant. Click here and read more >> A clear, colorless liquid that works as a solvent and viscosity decreasing ingredient. It also has great skin-moisturizing abilities. We don't have description for this ingredient yet. When you hear oatmeal, you probably think of breakfast, but the finely ground version of whole oat kernels, aka colloidal oatmeal, can do good things for your skin, especially if it's dry, itchy or prone to skin-rashes or eczema. Oat is loaded with compounds good for the body, inside or outside, such as soothing agent beta-glucan (5%), lipids (3-11%) including barrier repairing omega-3 and 6 fatty acids or phenolic antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents (avenanthramides). The soothing, antioxidant and skin-protecting abil what‑it‑does emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | soothing | emollient | abrasive/scrub antioxidant | soothing soothing | skin brightening exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering moisturizer/humectant | solvent

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