
Ingredients overview
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Parfum | perfuming | icky | |
Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract | |||
Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Fruit Extract | soothing, emollient, moisturizer/​humectant | ||
Angelica Archangelica Root Extract | perfuming | ||
Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract | antioxidant, skin brightening, soothing, emollient | goodie | |
Hexyl Cinnamal | perfuming | icky | |
Butylphenyl Methylpropional | perfuming | icky | |
Citronellol | perfuming | icky | |
Ethanol | antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling | icky |
Avon Fresh Apple & Honeysuckle Scented SpritzIngredients explained
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.
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When you hear the word Soy, you probably associate it with soy sauce or tofu, not skincare. But as it turns out, the soybean has a bunch of useful active components and soybean extract is an interesting cosmetic ingredient with a wide range of possible effects.
Its main active components are antioxidant phenolic acids and flavonoids as well as small and large soy proteins. The large proteins give soybean extract nice skin smoothing and softening properties, while the small proteins (soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) and Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI)) are thought to inhibit skin pigmentation and delay hair regrowth.
A common fragrance ingredient that smells like jasmine. It is one of the “EU 26 fragrances” that has to be labelled separately because of allergen potential. Best to avoid if your skin is sensitive.
A common fragrance ingredient that has a nice floral scent and also goes by the name Lilial. It’s one of the “EU 26 fragrances” that has to be labelled separately (and cannot be simply included in the term “fragrance/perfume” on the label) because of allergen potential. Best to avoid if your skin is sensitive.
Citronellol is a very common fragrance ingredient with a nice rose-like odor. In the UK, it’s actually the third most often listed perfume on the ingredient lists.
It can be naturally found in geranium oil (about 30%) or rose oil (about 25%).
Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas.
The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list.
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what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | soothing | emollient | moisturizer/humectant |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | skin brightening | soothing | emollient |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling |