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First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Blemish Patrol Pads First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Blemish Patrol Pads ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Extract, Enantia Chlorantha Bark Extract, Epilobium Angustifolium Extract, Gipein, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Hexylene Glycol, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Oleanolic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Salicylic Acid, Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract, Symphytum Officinale Leaf Extract Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing goodie Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Polysorbate 20 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 0 Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Extract Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Extract antimicrobial/​antibacterial, antioxidant, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant, perfuming Enantia Chlorantha Bark Extract Epilobium Angustifolium Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract soothing, skin brightening superstar Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil soothing, anti-acne, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Oleanolic Acid Phenoxyethanol preservative Potassium Sorbate Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract Symphytum Officinale Leaf Extract 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. 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 >> 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), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. 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. Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients The active parts are called polyphenols, or more precisely catechins (EGCG being the most abundant and most active catechin) There can be huge quality differences between green tea extracts. The good ones contain 50-90% catechins (and often make the product brown and give it a distinctive smell) Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial Because of these awesome properties green tea is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin diseases including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis 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 what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing antioxidant | soothing moisturizer/humectant | emollient antimicrobial/antibacterial | antioxidant | emollient | moisturizer/humectant | perfuming soothing | skin brightening solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing soothing | anti-acne | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative

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