Vichy
Mineral 89
Uploaded on 11/07/2017
Combines 89% Mineralizing Thermal Water and naturally derived Hyaluronic Acid.
Minéral 89 helps strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier, makes skin more resistant to visible aging caused by environmental factors and hydrates and plumps skin.
Kiehl’s
Hydro-Plumping Re-Texturizing Serum Concentrate
Uploaded on 12/18/2018
Plump and moisturize skin for a smoother appearance with our
hydrating serum. This formula provides intense hydration to help plump skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines. Infused with 15% Glycerin and Shiso Leaf Extract, our hydrating serum helps revive dull skin for a smooth, healthy-looking appearance.
Ingredients
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | emulsifying |
A PEG-modified self-emulsifying crosslinked silicone elastomer surfactant that helps water to mix nicely with silicone oils, aka a water in silicone emulsifier.
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A spherical texturizing powder that's used as a texture enhancer and soft focus agent.
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| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt.
If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list.
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| what‑it‑does | preservative |
Pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, and can be used up to 1% worldwide.
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| what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant | solvent |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
An often used glycol that works as a solvent, humectant, penetration enhancer and also gives a good slip to the products.
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| what‑it‑does | preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial |
A little helper ingredient that works as a preservative. It works against bacteria and some species of fungi and yeast.
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| what‑it‑does | chelating | buffering |
A helper ingredient that is used to adjust the pH of the product. Also helps to keep products stay nice longer by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula.
| what‑it‑does | preservative |
Though the official function of P-Anisic Acid is masking (meaning that it helps to mask not so nice smells in the product), according to manufacturer info it is rather used as a preservative.
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| what‑it‑does | chelating |
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.
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| what‑it‑does | emulsifying |
A silicone emulsifier that helps water and silicone oils to mix nicely together.
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| what‑it‑does | buffering |
Lye - A solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amount to adjust the pH of the product.
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| what‑it‑does | cell-communicating ingredient |
An important compound in our body that has a vital cell-signalling role. It is wound healing, anti-inflammatory and can help with barrier repair.
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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 | moisturizer/humectant |
A glycerin derived, synthetic oily liquid that is also water soluble and works as a great skin moisturizer.
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| what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant |
A corn sugar-derived, water-soluble, pale yellow syrup, that nicely moisturizes the skin. It has a light and smooth skin feel.
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| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
A handy white powder that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula.
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| 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 | 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 | soothing | moisturizer/humectant |
Biosaccharide Gum-1 is a pretty interesting kind of sugar ingredient that is created from sorbitol via bacterial fermentation.
According to the manufacturer it’s a “S.M.A.R.T.” sugar:
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