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| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sd Alcohol 40-B | solvent, viscosity controlling | icky | |
| Purified Water | solvent | ||
| Acrylates Copolymer | viscosity controlling | ||
| Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer | |||
| Phytantriol | moisturizer/humectant | 2, 2 | |
| PEG-12 Dimethicone | |||
| Aminomethyl Propanol | buffering |
Vanicream Hair SprayIngredients explained
SD-Alcohol and some numer+letter refers to alcohol (or ethanol) being denaturated with different kind of additives. These additives make sure that the alcohol is poisonous and bad tasting so that nobody drinks their alcohol-loaded toner. 40-B specifically means the additives are denatonium benzoate and t-butyl alcohol.
As for Alcohol Denat in skincare, it's a controversial ingredient. It's a great solvent and makes cosmetically elegant, light formulas but at best it's skin-drying, at worst it's skin-barrier damaging. We have written about alcohol way more here.
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.
A big polymer molecule that has a bunch of different versions and thus different uses. It can act as a film former, as a thickening agent, or it can increase the water-resistance in sunscreens. It is also used to entrap pigments/inorganic sunscreens within a micron size matrix for even coverage and easy application.
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A fluid silicone that reduces surface tension. It can improve oil (or silicone) in water emulsions with faster absorption, better spreading, and a lighter feel.
An alkaline (high pH, aka basic) material that is used to set the pH of the cosmetic formula to the right value.
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| what‑it‑does | solvent | viscosity controlling |
| what‑it‑does | solvent |
| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
| what‑it‑does | moisturizer/humectant |
| irritancy, com. | 2, 2 |
| what‑it‑does | buffering |