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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Salicylic Acid (2%) | exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative | superstar | |
Alcohol (50% V/V) | antimicrobial/antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling | icky | |
Allantoin | soothing | 0, 0 | goodie |
Capryloyl Glycine | surfactant/cleansing | ||
Fragrance | perfuming | icky | |
Isoceteth-20 | emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | ||
Jojoba Wax PEG-120 Esters | surfactant/cleansing | ||
PEG-8/Smdi Copolymer | |||
Phytic Acid | chelating | ||
Purified Water | solvent | ||
Trisodium EDTA | chelating | ||
Trolamine | buffering | 0, 2 |
OXY Maximum Action 3 In 1 Acne Treatment PadsIngredients explained
- It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin
- It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores
- It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent
- It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne
- For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid
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.
Super common soothing ingredient. It can be found naturally in the roots & leaves of the comfrey plant, but more often than not what's in the cosmetic products is produced synthetically.
It's not only soothing but it' also skin-softening and protecting and can promote wound healing.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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.
A handy helper ingredient that works as an emulsifier or solubilizer to include oil-loving ingredients (such as fragrance) into water-based products.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Though its name says acid, it's not really an exfoliant. It's a plant extract with some antioxidant properties. Its main thing in cosmetic products is to neutralize the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. It's a natural alternative to sometimes bad-mouthed chelating agents, EDTAs.
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.
A common helper ingredient that works as a so-called chelating agent. It helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.
It’s a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It’s very alkaline (you know the opposite of being very acidic): a 1% solution has a pH of around 10.
It does not have the very best safety reputation but in general, you do not have to worry about it.
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what‑it‑does | exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative |
what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | soothing |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | surfactant/cleansing |
what‑it‑does | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing |
what‑it‑does | surfactant/cleansing |
what‑it‑does | chelating |
what‑it‑does | solvent |
what‑it‑does | chelating |
what‑it‑does | buffering |
irritancy, com. | 0, 2 |