
Floral Oil Body Cleanser
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Mineral Oil | emollient | 0, 0-2 | |
Isopropyl Myristate | emollient | 3, 3-5 | |
Acetylated Lanolin | emollient, emulsifying | 0, 0 | |
Cetyl Acetate | emollient | 2, 4 | |
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol | emollient, emulsifying | 2, 4-5 | |
Oils Of Geranium | perfuming | icky | |
Jasmine | soothing, moisturizer/humectant, perfuming | ||
Rose | |||
Ylang Ylang | perfuming | icky | |
Patchouli | perfuming | ||
Petitgrain | |||
Rosewood | perfuming | ||
Fragrance | perfuming | icky |
Ella Baché Floral Oil Body CleanserIngredients explained
The famous or maybe rather infamous mineral oil. The clear oily liquid that is the "cheap by-product" of refining crude oil and the one that gets a lot of heat for its poor provenance. It is a very controversial ingredient with pros and cons and plenty of myths around it. So let us see them:
The pros of mineral oil
Trust us, if something is used for more than 100 years in cosmetic products, it has advantages. Chemically speaking, cosmetic grade mineral oil is a complex mixture of highly refined saturated hydrocarbons with C15-50 chain length. It is not merely a "by-product" but rather a specifically isolated part of petroleum that is very pure and inert.
It is a great emollient and moisturizer working mainly by occlusivity. Occlusivity is one of the basic mechanisms of how moisturizers work and it means that mineral oil sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called trans-epidermal water loss, i.e water evaporating out of your skin. When compared to heavy-duty plant oil, extra virgin coconut oil, the two of them were equally efficient and safe as moisturizers in treating xerosis, a skin condition connected to very dry skin.
A clear, colorless oil-like liquid that makes the skin feel smooth and nice (aka emollient) and it does so without it being greasy.
What's more, it can even reduce the heavy, greasy feel in products with high oil content. It's also fast-spreading meaning that it gives the formula a good, nice slip. It absorbs quickly into the skin and helps other ingredients to penetrate quicker and deeper.
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The fragrant essential oil coming from the whole plant of Rose Geranium. It has a lovely scent with a mix of rose and citrus.
Like most essential oils, it contains antioxidant and antimicrobial components, but the main ones are fragrant constituents (like geraniol and citronellol). Be careful with it, if your skin is sensitive.
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This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?!
Sweet, exotic and floral, it’ no surprise that Ylang Ylang is a popular essential oil. It is coming from the yellow, fragrant flowers of the Cananga tree native to tropical Asia and, similar to other essential oils, it is a chemically complex mixture with several pros and cons.
Unfortunately, these are a bit tricky to pin down as the composition varies largely depending on where it is sourced, how the oil is extracted and the grade of it that is used in the product, but we’ll do our best!
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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 than fragrance is not your best friend - no way to know what’s really in it.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 3, 3-5 |
what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 2, 4 |
what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying |
irritancy, com. | 2, 4-5 |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | soothing | moisturizer/humectant | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |