The Inkey List Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Scalp Scrub

The Inkey List Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Scalp Scrub The Inkey List Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Scalp Scrub ingredients explained: Water (Aqua/Eau), Glycolic Acid, Propanediol, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Betaine, Glycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Polyquaternium-10, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Citronellyl Methylcrotonate, Panthenol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Mannitol, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sodium Benzoate, Tetraselmis Suecica Extract, Lactic Acid, Potassium Benzoate Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua/Eau) solvent Glycolic Acid exfoliant, buffering superstar Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Hydrogenated Castor Oil emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing 0, 1 PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Betaine moisturizer/​humectant goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 Sodium Hydroxide buffering Polyquaternium-10 viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide Citronellyl Methylcrotonate perfuming Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant Ethylhexylglycerin Dehydroacetic Acid Mannitol Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate chelating Sodium Benzoate Tetraselmis Suecica Extract Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Potassium Benzoate 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 the most researched AHA with the most proven skin benefits It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin It can help skin’s own collagen production that results in firmer, younger skin It can fade brown spots caused by sun damage or PIH Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product) Slight stinging or burning with a stronger AHA product is normal If your skin is very sensitive, rosacea prone choose rather a BHA or PHA product Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. A chemically modified version of castor oil that results in a solid, waxy material that serves as an emollient and consistency building material. It also has some unique moisturizing properties as it is both occlusive and humectant. The former one is common for oils and waxes and it means that it sits on top of the skin hindering water to evaporate out of the top layers. The latter one, the humectant property, is surprising and comes from the unique property of ricinoleic acid (the dominant fatty acid in castor oil) having an extra water-loving -OH group on its otherwise oil-loving fatty chain. We have some more info about this at castor oil, so if you are interested, read on here. A mildly viscous, amber-colored liquid with fatty odor, made from Castor Oil and polyethylene glycol (PEG). If it were a person, we’d say, it’s agile, diligent & multifunctional. It’s mostly used as an emulsifier and surfactant but most often it is used to solubilize fragrances into water-based formulas. A sugar beet-derived amino acid derivative with nice skin protection and moisturization properties. Betaine's special thing is being an osmolyte, a molecule that helps to control cell-water balance. It is also a natural osmoprotectant, meaning that it attracts water away from the protein surface and thus protects them from denaturation and increases their thermodynamic stability. what‑it‑does exfoliant | buffering solvent | moisturizer/humectant emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing irritancy, com. emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing moisturizer/humectant skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling soothing | moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering

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