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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Water | solvent | ||
Disodium EDTA | chelating | ||
Laurylpyridinium Chloride | antimicrobial/antibacterial, surfactant/cleansing | ||
Hydroxyacetophenone | antioxidant | ||
Butylene Glycol | moisturizer/humectant, solvent | 0, 1 | |
Sodium Bicarbonate | abrasive/scrub, buffering | ||
Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract | soothing |
Soonsu Wet WipesIngredients explained
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.
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so 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 is typically used in tiny amounts, around 0.1% or less.
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A handy multifunctional ingredient that works as a preservative booster, as well as an antioxidant and soothing agent.
Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product.
BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin.
It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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what‑it‑does | solvent |
what‑it‑does | chelating |
what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial | surfactant/cleansing |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant | solvent |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
what‑it‑does | abrasive/scrub | buffering |
what‑it‑does | soothing |