

LANEIGE
Lip Sleeping Mask
Uploaded on 03/18/2018
A leave-on lip mask that soothes and moisturizes for smoother, more supple lips.
Le Labo
Lip Balm
Uploaded on 11/04/2019
A nonsticky, nonglossy lip balm. This unscented, plant-based formula is
made with shea butter to nourish, olive oil to moisturize and jojoba seed to soften. It comes in an easy-to-squeeze tube.
Ingredients
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
A polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that's used as a gloss improver for lipsticks and lipglosses. Combined with polyacrylate-13 and polysorbate 20, it forms a very effective tickener-emulsifier trio.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
Jojoba oil - a wax ester (chemically not a real oil), that's very similar to human sebum. It's uniquely excellent at helping the skin with its protective barrier and helping it to stay moisturized.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
A vegetable origin emollient that has a similar consistency to lard (solid at room temperature) but melts rapidly upon contact with the skin. Makes the skin nice and smooth, and not shiny or heavy.
what‑it‑does | emollient |
Shea butter that's considered to be a magic moisturizer and emollient. It is also soothing and rich in antioxidants.
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what‑it‑does | soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant |
Jojoba-derived emollient wax esters (fatty acid + fatty alcohol) that make your skin feel nice and smooth.
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what‑it‑does | emulsifying |
An ester coming from sorbitol and the fatty acids of olive oil. It often comes to the formula coupled with Cetearyl Olivate and the two together help water and oil to blend (emulsifier). It's a natural and Ecocert approved duo.
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
Olive oil - an oleic acid-rich (55-83%) emollient plant oil that can moisturize dry skin. Also, it contains antioxidant polyphenols and vitamin E.
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what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying | viscosity controlling |
A medium viscosity, odorless oily liquid that leaves an excellent afterfeel, with the skin feeling soft and conditioned. The feel is described by the manufacturer as slightly oily but not tacky or sticky.
Dipentaerythrityl Hexacaprylate/Hexacaprate often comes to the formula mixed with two other emollients, Tridecyl Stearate, and
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
A viscous, thick liquid emollient that gives lubricity and cushion at low use levels.
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what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
A clear, colorless oily liquid that works as a medium feel emollient. It absorbs very quickly into the skin, leaves no shine and gives a nice, velvety after-feel.
what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
A form of vitamin E that works as an antioxidant. Compared to the pure form it's more stable, has longer shelf life, but it's also more poorly absorbed by the skin.
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what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant | emollient |
A handy multi-tasking ingredient that gives the skin a nice, soft feel and also boosts the effectiveness of other preservatives.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
An emollient ester (basically an oil like liquid) with a light, elegant and silky feel. It gives a matte finish to the products.
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what‑it‑does | buffering |
An AHA that comes from citrus fruits. It is usually used as a helper ingredient to adjust the pH of the formula.
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what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
irritancy, com. | 0-3, 0-3 |
Pure Vitamin E. Great antioxidant that gives significant photoprotection against UVB rays. Works in synergy with Vitamin C.
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what‑it‑does | emollient | surfactant/cleansing |
what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling |
irritancy, com. | 2, 1 |
A synthetic liquid oil that can replace mineral oil or silicone oils in the cosmetic formulas. There are different grades depending on the molecular weight ranging from very light, volatile, non-residue leaving ones to more substantial, slight residue leaving ones.Apart from leaving the skin soft and smooth (emollient), it'
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what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
A vegetable wax coming from the leaves of the North Mexican candelilla shrubs. It is used to stabilize products and give body to them, or to keep stick type formulas solid.
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what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
A helper ingredient that's used as a gelling agent.
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what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
A helper ingredient that's used as an oil gelling agent.
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what‑it‑does | colorant |
A mineral powder used to improve skin feel, increase product slip, give the product some light-reflecting properties, enhance skin adhesion or serve as an anti-caking agent. A real multi-tasker.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
what‑it‑does | colorant |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
Titanium dioxide as a colorant. It's a white pigment with great color consistency and dispersibility.
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
A very common silicone that gives both skin and hair a silky smooth feel. It also forms a protective barrier on the skin and fills in fine lines. Also used for scar treatment.
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what‑it‑does | perfuming |
The generic term for nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. It is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average.
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what‑it‑does | emulsifying |
what‑it‑does | preservative |
A preservative that works mainly against fungi and has only milder effect against bacteria. Popular in natural products.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
Bearing a close relationship to the famous Dimethicone, Methicone is the slightly trimmed down version missing the methyl (-CH3) groups on one side of the silicone chain.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
A vegetable wax coming from the leaves of the Brazilian tropical palm tree, Copernicia cerifera. Similar to other waxes, it is used to stabilize and give body to products.
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what‑it‑does | emulsifying |
what‑it‑does | colorant |
what‑it‑does | colorant |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
what‑it‑does | emulsifying |
A dispersing agent that's used in inorganic (titanium dioxide/zinc oxide based) sunscreens or in make-up products to help to distribute the pigments nicely and evenly on the skin.
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what‑it‑does | solvent |
Normal (well kind of - it's purified and deionized) water. Usually the main solvent in cosmetic products.
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what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | solvent | moisturizer/humectant |
A natural corn sugar derived glycol. It can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula.
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what‑it‑does | skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
A real oldie but a goodie. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health.
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what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling |
Simple alcohol that's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent, and antimicrobial. In large amount can be very drying.
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what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | soothing |
Raspberry is one of the colorful berries that’s not only delicious but contains many biologically active, healthy compounds. It has polyphenols including anthocyanins and ellagitannins that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. According to skin care expert Paula Begoun, it’s antibacterial as well but due to its tannin content it can cause also irritation to the very s
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what‑it‑does | surfactant/cleansing |
Soapberry/Washnut - The fruit of a big tree living in tropical Asia that's traditionally used as a cleansing agent.
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what‑it‑does | soothing |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
A helper ingredient that is used as a bulking and viscosity controlling agent. It is also an emulsion stabilizer in water-in-oil emulsions, where water droplets are dispersed in the continuous oil phase and not the other way round.
It can also be used as a heat generating agent in water-less formulas as it has an instant heat-generating chemical reaction with water.
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what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
It's the salt form of famous humectant and natural moisturizing factor, hyaluronic acid. It can bind huge amounts of water and it's pretty much the current IT-moisturizer.
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what‑it‑does | soothing | moisturizer/humectant |
A great skin soother and moisturizer, and it even shows promising anti-aging benefits. It‘s also shown to have wound healing properties and is a mild antioxidant.
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what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | skin brightening |
A stable and easy to formulate form of skincare superstar, vitamin C. In-vitro studies show that it shows all the three anti-aging benefits (antioxidant protection + collagen boosting + fading hyperpigmentation) that pure vitamin C does.
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