Aloe Vera & Cucumber Mist - 100% Natural Skin Toner
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| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam Distilled Aloe Vera Extract (Aloe Barbadensis Leaf) | soothing, emollient, moisturizer/humectant | goodie | |
| Pure Cucumber Extract (Cucumis Sativus) | soothing, emollient | goodie | |
| Aqua | solvent |
Vaadi Aloe Vera & Cucumber Mist - 100% Natural Skin TonerIngredients explained
The extract coming from the juice containing leaves of the Aloe vera plant. It's usually a hydroglycolic extract (though oil extract for the lipid parts also exists) that has similar moisturizing, emollient and anti-inflammatory properties as the juice itself. We have written some more about aloe here.
Cucumber is a nice, non-irritating plant extract that’s known for it’s soothing and emollient properties. It’s not something new to put it on our face: even Cleopatra used it to “preserve her skin”.
It’s commonly believed that cucumber is the answer to puffy eyes, but there is no research confirming this. What research does confirm is that it contains amino acids and organic acids that’s helpful for the skin’s acid mantle. There is also an enzyme (called shikimate dehydrigenase) in the pulp that’s shown to have anti-inflammatory properties.
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.
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.
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| what‑it‑does | soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant |
| what‑it‑does | soothing | emollient |
| what‑it‑does | solvent |