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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Citronella Oil | |||
Lemongrass Oil | |||
Clove Oil | perfuming | ||
Isopropyl Alcohol | solvent, viscosity controlling, perfuming | 0, 0 | icky |
Lauric Acid | anti-acne, surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying | 1, 4 | goodie |
Water | solvent | ||
Vanillin |
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A 12 carbon length fatty acid that can be found naturally in coconut milk, coconut oil, laurel oil, and palm kernel oil. It's also in breast milk. As a skincare ingredient, it can be used as an emulsifier or as a cleansing agent.
What's more, there is emerging research about lauric acid being a good anti-acne ingredient. A 2009 study found that the lowest concentration to prevent evil acne-causing P. acnes growth of lauric acid is over 15 times lower than that of gold standard anti-acne ingredient benzoyl peroxide.
Though the studies are only in-vitro (made in the lab, not on real people), and it also has a high comedogenicity index, it might be worth a try if you are prone to inflamed acne (the type that's caused by P. acnes bacteria).
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
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what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | solvent | viscosity controlling | perfuming |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | anti-acne | surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying |
irritancy, com. | 1, 4 |
what‑it‑does | solvent |