Face Mask Kentang
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Kaolin | colorant, abrasive/​scrub | 0, 0 | goodie |
Solanum Tuberosum Starch | viscosity controlling | ||
Hectorite | viscosity controlling | ||
Hydroxyethylcellulose | viscosity controlling | ||
Methylparaben | preservative | 0, 0 | |
2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol | preservative |
Viva Cosmetics Face Mask KentangIngredients explained
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.
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A nice little helper ingredient that can thicken up cosmetic products and create beautiful gel formulas. It's derived from cellulose, the major component of the cell wall of green plants. It is compatible with most co-ingredients and gives a very good slip to the formulas.
The most common type of feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason parabens. It's a cheap, effective and well-tolerated ingredient to make sure the cosmetic formula does not go wrong too soon.
Apart from the general controversy around parabens (we wrote about it more here), there is a 2006 in-vitro (made in the lab not on real people) research about methylparaben (MP) showing that when exposed to sunlight, MP treated skin cells suffered more harm than non-MP treated skin cells. The study was not done with real people on real skin but still - using a good sunscreen next to MP containing products is a good idea. (Well, in fact using a sunscreen is always a good idea. :))
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what‑it‑does | colorant | abrasive/scrub |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | preservative |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
what‑it‑does | preservative |