Turmeric Cream Tube 10g
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Vaseline | emollient | ||
Curcuma Longa (Zingiberaceae -) Root Extract | antioxidant, soothing, skin brightening, perfuming | goodie | |
Behenyl Beeswax | viscosity controlling | ||
Paraffinum Liquidum | emollient, solvent | 0, 0-2 | |
Isopropyl Palmitate | emollient | 1, 3-4 | |
Olive Oil Esters | |||
Pearl Extract | antioxidant | ||
Silica | viscosity controlling | ||
Nylon-12 | viscosity controlling | ||
Silanediol Salicylate | emollient | ||
Lanolin | emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 0, 0-1 | |
Kaolin | colorant, abrasive/scrub | 0, 0 | goodie |
Titanium Dioxide | sunscreen, colorant | goodie | |
Benzophenone-3 | sunscreen | 0, 0 | icky |
Paraffin | viscosity controlling, perfuming | ||
Allantoin | soothing | 0, 0 | goodie |
Thorakao Turmeric Cream Tube 10gIngredients explained
The famous Vaseline or Petroleum Jelly. Just like mineral oil, it is also a by-product of refining crude oil, aka petroleum, and it is also a mixture of hydrocarbons but with bigger (C18-90+) carbon chain length.
The unique thing about petrolatum is that it is the most effective occlusive agent known today. While the occlusivity of mineral oil is in the same league as the occlusivity of plant oils, petrolatum is in a league of its own. It sits on top of the skin and hinders so-called transepidermal water loss (TEWL) like nothing else.
Turmeric is the yellow spice you probably know from curry and Indian food. It's also a traditional herbal medicine used in Ayurveda for its bunch of anti-something magic abilities including being anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticarcinogenic.
As for turmeric and skincare, we have good news: studies show that the root extract and its main biologically active component, curcumin can do multiple good things for the skin. Thanks to its anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity, it shows some promise for acne-prone skin and a small study from 2013 showed that it might be able to regulate sebum production.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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 emollient ester (oily liquid from isopropyl alcohol + palmitic acid) that makes the skin nice and smooth. It has very good spreading properties and gives a silky touch to the products.
This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?!
A white powdery thing that's the major component of glass and sand. In cosmetics, it’s often in products that are supposed to keep your skin matte as it has great oil-absorbing abilities. It’s also used as a helper ingredient to thicken up products or suspend insoluble particles.
An odorless, slightly yellowish powder that's used as a polymer microsphere (a tiny little ball from repeated subunits). It gives products an elegant, silky texture and better slip. It can also scatter light to blur fine lines while letting enough light through so that the skin still looks natural.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Kaolin is a type of clay or to be precise, a naturally occurring hydrous aluminum silicate. When you hear clay, you probably think of a muddy greenish-black mess, but that one is bentonite, and this one is a fine, white powder. It is so white that it's also often used, in small amounts, as a helper ingredient to give opacity and whiteness to the cosmetic formulas.
As a clay, it's absorbent and can suck up excess sebum and gunk from your skin, but less so than the more aggressive bentonite. As it's less absorbent, it's also less drying and gentler on the skin, so it's ideal for dry and sensitive skin types.
Titanium Dioxide is one of the two members of the elite sunscreen group called physical sunscreens (or inorganic sunscreens if you’re a science geek and want to be precise).
Traditionally, UV-filters are categorized as either chemical or physical. The big difference is supposed to be that chemical agents absorb UV-light while physical agents reflect it like a bunch of mini umbrellas on top of the skin. While this categorization is easy and logical it turns out it's not true. A recent, 2016 study shows that inorganic sunscreens work mostly by absorption, just like chemical filters, and only a little bit by reflection (they do reflect the light in the visible spectrum, but mostly absorb in the UV spectrum).
A chemical sunscreen agent that absorbs UVB and short UVA rays (280-350nm) with its peak protection at 288 nm. Unlike many other chemical sunscreens, it is highly stable but its UV absorbing abilities are weak so it always has to be combined with other sunscreen agents for proper protection. More often than not, it's used as a photostabilizer rather than a proper sunscreen agent as it can protect formulas nicely from UV damage.
Regarding safety, BP-3 is somewhat controversial. First, its molecules are small (228 Da) and very lipophilic (oil loving) and these properties result in very good absorption. The problem is that you want sunscreens on the top of your skin and not in your bloodstream, so for BP-3 this is a problem. In fact, it absorbs so well that 4 hours after application of a sunscreen product with BP-3, it can be detected in urine.
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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.
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what‑it‑does | emollient |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | soothing | skin brightening | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient | solvent |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 1, 3-4 |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-1 |
what‑it‑does | colorant | abrasive/scrub |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | sunscreen | colorant |
what‑it‑does | sunscreen |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | soothing |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |