First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Lip Balm

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Lip Balm First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Lip Balm ingredients explained: Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, (Candelilla) Wax, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Oryza Sativa Bran Wax, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Oryza Sativa Bran Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Tocopherol Show all ingredients by function Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 0-1 Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2 emollient Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 0, 0-2 goodie (Candelilla) Wax 0, 1 Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil antioxidant, emollient 0, 0-3 Oryza Sativa Bran Wax Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter Oryza Sativa Bran Extract Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Castor oil is sourced from the castor bean plant native to tropical areas in Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is an age-old ingredient (it’s over 4,000 years old!) with many uses including as a shoe polish, food additive and motor lubricant. You would be reasonable to think that putting shoe polish on your face wouldn’t be the best idea, but it turns out castor oil has some unique properties that make it a stalwart in thick and gloss-giving formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters). So what is so special about it? The answer is its main fatty acid, called ricinoleic acid (85-95%). Unlike other fatty acids, ricinoleic acid has an extra water-loving part (aka -OH group) on its fatty chain that gives Castor Oil several unique properties. First, it is thicker than other oils, then its solubility is different (e.g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), and it allows all kinds of chemical modifications other oils do not, hence the lots of Castor oil-derived ingredients. It is also more glossy than other oils, in fact, it creates the highest gloss of all natural oils when applied to the skin. Other than that, it is a very effective emollient and occlusive that reduces skin moisture loss so it is quite common in smaller amounts in moisturizers. Expand to read more While it is very unlikely (and this is true for pretty much every ingredient), cases of reactions to castor oil have been reported, so if your skin is sensitive, it never hurts to patch test. A thick, paste-like emollient ester that is touted as a vegetable-derived lanolin alternative. It has a smooth spreadability and touch, and it gives a substantive film to protect and moisturize the skin. Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil). At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it's not an oil but a wax ester (and calling it an oil is kind of sloppy). So what the heck is a wax ester and why is that important anyway? Well, to understand what a wax ester is, you first have to know that oils are chemically triglycerides: one glycerin + three fatty acids attached to it. The fatty acids attached to the glycerin vary and thus we have many kinds of oils, but they are all triglycerides. Mother Nature created triglycerides to be easily hydrolyzed (be broken down to a glycerin + 3 fatty acid molecules) and oxidized (the fatty acid is broken down into small parts) - this happens basically when we eat fats or oils and our body generates energy from it. Mother Nature also created wax esters but for a totally different purpose. Chemically, a wax ester is a fatty acid + a fatty alcohol, one long mole what‑it‑does emollient | perfuming irritancy, com. antioxidant | emollient antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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