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Image Skincare Clear Cell Salicylic Gel Cleanser

Image Skincare Clear Cell Salicylic Gel Cleanser Image Skincare Clear Cell Salicylic Gel Cleanser ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Ammonium Laureth Sulfate, Butylene Glycol, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Salicylic Aci

Image Skincare Clear Cell Salicylic Gel Cleanser Image Skincare Clear Cell Salicylic Gel Cleanser ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Ammonium Laureth Sulfate, Butylene Glycol, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Salicylic Acid, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Laureth-10, Ammonium Sulfate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Ammonium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Mentha Viridis Leaf Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Sodium Chloride, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Alcohol, Cinnamomum Camphora (Camphor) Bark Oil, Glyoxal, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract, Maltodextrin, Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract, Boswellia Serrata Extract, Mel Extract (Honey Extract), Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Oligopeptide-10 Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Ammonium Laureth Sulfate surfactant/​cleansing Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate com.:0 Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling Salicylic Acid exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Phenoxyethanol preservative Sodium Hydroxide buffering Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Laureth-10 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Ammonium Sulfate viscosity controlling Ethylhexylglycerin Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/​cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water soothing goodie Ammonium Chloride buffering, viscosity controlling Sodium Benzoate Mentha Viridis Leaf Oil Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil soothing, anti-acne, antioxidant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Sodium Chloride Arnica Montana Flower Extract perfuming icky Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling Cinnamomum Camphora (Camphor) Bark Oil Glyoxal antimicrobial/​antibacterial, perfuming Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract soothing, perfuming Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Extract antioxidant, emollient Maltodextrin Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract Boswellia Serrata Extract Mel Extract (Honey Extract) moisturizer/​humectant Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract Oligopeptide-10 antimicrobial/​antibacterial 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 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 We don't have description for this ingredient yet. 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. A pretty common cleansing agent that can be derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. It's liked for its great foaming abilities and can help to create a creamy and luxurious lather in bath products. It is chemically closely related to known-for-its -harshness SLS, but the Ammonium part makes it milder. 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. 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 handy helper ingredient (a polymer, i.e. big molecule from repeated subunits) that is used to stabilize emulsions as well as to thicken up products. It can also stabilize foam in cleansing products. It’s pretty much the current IT-preser what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant | solvent com. 0 surfactant/cleansing | viscosity controlling exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative moisturizer/humectant | emollient emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing buffering | viscosity controlling soothing | anti-acne | antioxidant | antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling antimicrobial/antibacterial | perfuming soothing | perfuming antioxidant | emollient moisturizer/humectant antimicrobial/antibacterial

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