
Unguent Pentru Piele Uscată "Ulei De Măsline Natural"
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Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
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Paraffinum Liquidum (Mineral Oil) | emollient, solvent | 0, 0-2 | |
Cera Microcristallina (Microcrystalline Wax) | viscosity controlling | ||
Paraffin | viscosity controlling, perfuming | ||
Canola Oil | emollient | ||
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride | emollient | ||
Lanolin | emollient, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 0, 0-1 | |
Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil | antioxidant, emollient, perfuming | 0, 0-2 | goodie |
Hydrogenated Castor Oil | emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 0, 1 | |
Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil | emollient | goodie | |
Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Seed Oil | 2, 3 | ||
Squalane | skin-identical ingredient, emollient | 0, 1 | goodie |
Tocopheryl Acetate | antioxidant | 0, 0 |
Ziaja Unguent Pentru Piele Uscată "Ulei De Măsline Natural"Ingredients explained
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.
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A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular.
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You probably know olive oil from the kitchen as a great and healthy option for salad dressing but it's also a great and healthy option to moisturize and nourish the skin, especially if it's on the dry side.
Similar to other emollient plant oils, it's loaded with nourishing fatty acids: oleic is the main component (55-83%), and also contains linoleic (3.5-20%) and palmitic acids (7-20%). It also contains antioxidant polyphenols, tocopherols (types of vitamin E) and carotenoids and it's one of the best plant sources of skin-identical emollient, Squalene.
A chemically modified version of castor oil that results in a solid, waxy material that serves as an emollient and consistency building material.
It also has some unique moisturizing properties as it is both occlusive and humectant. The former one is common for oils and waxes and it means that it sits on top of the skin hindering water to evaporate out of the top layers. The latter one, the humectant property, is surprising and comes from the unique property of ricinoleic acid (the dominant fatty acid in castor oil) having an extra water-loving -OH group on its otherwise oil-loving fatty chain. We have some more info about this at castor oil, so if you are interested, read on here.
The golden yellow oil coming from the Macadamia nut, a native Australian nut. Similar to other plant oils, it's loaded with emollient and nourishing fatty acids. It's a high oleic acid oil (50-67% oleic acid and only 0-5% linoleic acid) that makes it very emollient and ideal for dry skin types (and less ideal for acne-prone skin).
Its unique property is that it contains high amounts of a rare fatty acid called palmitoleic acid (12-25%) that give Macadamia oil a "cushiony" feel. It's also easily absorbed and makes the skin soft and supple.
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It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life.
It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy.
It’s the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it’s also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
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what‑it‑does | emollient | solvent |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling | perfuming |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
what‑it‑does | emollient | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-1 |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant | emollient | perfuming |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0-2 |
what‑it‑does | emollient | viscosity controlling | emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
what‑it‑does | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 2, 3 |
what‑it‑does | skin-identical ingredient | emollient |
irritancy, com. | 0, 1 |
what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |