Olay Olay moisturizing cream

Olay Olay moisturizing cream Olay Olay moisturizing cream ingredients explained: Water, Glycerin, Mineral Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Petrolatum, Cyclopentasiloxane, Stearyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Palmitate, Carbomer, Dimethicone, Sodium Hydroxide, PEG-100 Stearate, Stearic Acid, Fragrance, Methylparaben, PEG/PPG-20/20 Dimethicone, Titanium Dioxide, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Propylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Benzyl Benzoate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Citronellol, Linalool, Amyl Cinnamal, Ci 17200 Show all ingredients by function Water solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Mineral Oil emollient, solvent 0, 0-2 Cetyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling 2, 2 Petrolatum emollient goodie Cyclopentasiloxane Stearyl Alcohol emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Isopropyl Palmitate 1, 3-4 Carbomer viscosity controlling 0, 1 Dimethicone Sodium Hydroxide buffering PEG-100 Stearate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Stearic Acid 0, 2-3 Fragrance perfuming icky Methylparaben preservative PEG/PPG-20/20 Dimethicone emulsifying Titanium Dioxide sunscreen, colorant Imidazolidinyl Urea Propylparaben preservative, perfuming Disodium EDTA chelating Benzyl Benzoate solvent, perfuming, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone Citronellol Linalool Amyl Cinnamal Ci 17200 colorant 2, 1 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 The famous or maybe rather infamous mineral oil. The clear oily liquid that is the "cheap by-product" of refining crude oil and the one that gets a lot of heat for its poor provenance. It is a very controversial ingredient with pros and cons and plenty of myths around it. So let us see them: The pros of mineral oil Trust us, if something is used for more than 100 years in cosmetic products, it has advantages. Chemically speaking, cosmetic grade mineral oil is a complex mixture of highly refined saturated hydrocarbons with C15-50 chain length. It is not merely a "by-product" but rather a specifically isolated part of petroleum that is very pure and inert. It is a great emollient and moisturizer working mainly by occlusivity. Occlusivity is one of the basic mechanisms of how moisturizers work and it means that mineral oil sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called trans-epidermal water loss, i.e water evaporating out of your skin. When compared to heavy-duty plant oil, extra virgin coconut oil, the two of them were equally efficient and safe as moisturizers in treating xerosis, a skin condition connected to very dry skin. The other thing that mineral oil is really good at is being non-irritating to the skin. The chemical composition of plant oils is more complex with many more possible allergens or irritating components, while mineral oil is simple, pure and sensitivity to it is extremely rare. If you check out the classic French pharmacy brands and their moisturizers for the most sensitive, allergy prone skin, they usually contain mineral oil. This is no coincidence. The cons of mineral oil The pros of mineral oil can be interpreted as cons if we look at them from another perspective. Not penetrating the skin but mostly just sitting on top of it and not containing biologically active components, like nice fatty acids and what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. emollient | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying sunscreen | colorant preservative | perfuming solvent | perfuming | antimicrobial/antibacterial

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