Acne Clearing Rapid Rescue Treatment
Ingredients overview
| what‑it‑does | exfoliant | anti-acne | soothing | preservative |
| what‑it‑does | solvent |
| what‑it‑does | antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling |
| what‑it‑does | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
| what‑it‑does | soothing | moisturizer/humectant |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
| what‑it‑does | buffering |
| what‑it‑does | soothing |
| what‑it‑does | chelating |
| what‑it‑does | antioxidant | soothing | antimicrobial/antibacterial |
| what‑it‑does | emulsifying | solvent | surfactant/cleansing |
| irritancy, com. | 0-1, 0-2 |
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| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salicylic Acid (2%) | exfoliant, anti-acne, soothing, preservative | superstar | |
| Aqua (Water) | solvent | ||
| Alcohol Denat | antimicrobial/antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling | icky | |
| Polysorbate 20 | emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 0, 0 | |
| Dehydroxanthan Gum | viscosity controlling | ||
| Ammonium Glycyrrhizate | |||
| Panthenol | soothing, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | goodie |
| Ammonium Hydroxide | buffering | ||
| Bisabolol | soothing | goodie | |
| Tetrasodium Edta | chelating | ||
| Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract | antioxidant, soothing, antimicrobial/antibacterial | superstar | |
| Hexylene Glycol | emulsifying, solvent, surfactant/cleansing | 0-1, 0-2 |
Ingredients 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
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.
- It's a super common and super debated skincare ingredient
- It has several benefits: great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial
- It can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list
- Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion (read more in geeky details tab)
It's a common little helper ingredient that helps water and oil to mix together. Also, it can help to increase the solubility of some other ingredients in the formula.
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An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid).
Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier.
It's one of the active parts of Chamomile that contains about 30% of bisabolol. It's a clear oily fluid that is used in skincare as a nice anti-inflammatory and soothing ingredient.
A handy 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.
- Green tea is one of the most researched natural ingredients
- The active parts are called polyphenols, or more precisely catechins (EGCG being the most abundant and most active catechin)
- There can be huge quality differences between green tea extracts. The good ones contain 50-90% catechins (and often make the product brown and give it a distinctive smell)
- Green tea is proven to be a great antioxidant, UV protectant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antimicrobial
- Because of these awesome properties green tea is a great choice for anti-aging and also for skin diseases including rosacea, acne and atopic dermatitis
Similar to other glycols, it's a helper ingredient used as a solvent, or to thin out thick formulas and make them more nicely spreadable.
Hexylene Glycol is also part a preservative blend named Lexgard® HPO, where it helps the effectiveness of current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol.
