
Face Balm Fragrance-Free
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) | emollient, viscosity controlling | goodie | |
Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower Oil) | emollient | 0, 0 | goodie |
Cera Alba (Beeswax) | emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, perfuming | 0, 0-2 | |
Calendula Officinalis (Calendula Oil) | soothing, antioxidant | goodie | |
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba Oil) | emollient | 0, 0-2 | goodie |
BalmBalm Face Balm Fragrance-FreeIngredients explained
Unless you live under a rock you must have heard about shea butter. It's probably the most hyped up natural butter in skincare today. It comes from the seeds of African Shea or Karite Trees and used as a magic moisturizer and emollient.
But it's not only a simple emollient, it regenerates and soothes the skin, protects it from external factors (such as UV rays or wind) and is also rich in antioxidants (among others vitamin A, E, F, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate). If you are looking for rich emollient benefits + more, shea is hard to beat.
Sunflower does not need a big intro as you probably use it in the kitchen as cooking oil, or you munch on the seeds as a healthy snack or you adore its big, beautiful yellow flower during the summer - or you do all of these and probably even more. And by even more we mean putting it all over your face as sunflower oil is one of the most commonly used plant oils in skincare.
It’s a real oldie: expressed directly from the seeds, the oil is used not for hundreds but thousands of years. According to The National Sunflower Association, there is evidence that both the plant and its oil were used by American Indians in the area of Arizona and New Mexico about 3000 BC. Do the math: it's more than 5000 years – definitely an oldie.
It's the yellow, solid stuff that you probably know from beeswax candles. It's a natural material produced by honey bees to build their honeycomb.
As for skincare, it's used as an emollient and thickening agent. It's super common in lip balms and lipsticks.
The extract coming from the popular garden plant Calendula or Marigold. It's used traditionally as a skin-repairing and soothing plant extract.
Click here to read more at the calendula flower extract.
Jojoba is a drought resistant evergreen shrub native to South-western North America. It's known and grown for jojoba oil, the golden yellow liquid coming from the seeds (about 50% of the weight of the seeds will be oil).
At first glance, it seems like your average emollient plant oil: it looks like an oil and it's nourishing and moisturizing to the skin but if we dig a bit deeper, it turns out that jojoba oil is really special and unique: technically - or rather chemically - it's not an oil but a wax ester (and calling it an oil is kind of sloppy).
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what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | perfuming |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
what‑it‑does | soothing | antioxidant |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |