Professional Detox Algae Mask
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A large sugar molecule (aka polysaccharide) that's used as a gelling agent and comes from brown seaweed.
Combined with calcium salts, it forms a rigid gel used in "rubber masks".
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- Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients
- The active parts are called polyphenols, or more precisely catechins (EGCG being the most abundant and most active catechin)
- There can be huge quality differences between green tea extracts. The good ones contain 50-90% catechins (and often make the product brown and give it a distinctive smell)
- Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial
- Because of these awesome properties green tea is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin diseases including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).
If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.
Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
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| what‑it‑does | abrasive/scrub |
| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
| irritancy, com. | 4, 4 |
| what‑it‑does | abrasive/scrub |
| what‑it‑does | buffering | chelating |
| what‑it‑does | buffering | chelating |
| what‑it‑does | abrasive/scrub | buffering |
| what‑it‑does | abrasive/scrub |
| what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial |
| what‑it‑does | emollient |
| what‑it‑does | antioxidant | soothing |
| what‑it‑does | perfuming |