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Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

Betaine is a common humectant (a substance that promotes retention of moisture). It's known to be gentle on the skin and can help balance hydration.

1,2-Hexanediol is a multi-tasker ingredient. It acts as a preservative to increase shelf-life and can aid other preservatives in preventing microbe growth. 1,2-Hexanediol also helps the skin retain moisture as a humectant.

Sodium Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid's salt form. It is commonly derived from the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid.

Polyglutamic Acid is made up many glutamic acids chained together. It is created from bacterial fermentation.

We don't have a description for Mentha Viridis Extract.

We don't have a description for Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract.

Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract comes from the common Marigold plant. This ingredient is a skin conditioner.

Carbomer is a polymer of acrylic acid. Its main role is to create gel consistency within products.

Disodium EDTA plays a role in making products more stable by aiding other preservatives.

Pentylene glycol is typically used within a product to thicken it. It also adds a smooth, soft, and moisturizing feel to the product. It is naturally found in plants such as sugar beets.

Tromethamine is an aliphatic compound. An aliphatic compound is an organic compound with open-chained carbon atoms. It is synthetically created. Tromethamine is used to balance pH and improve texture.

C12-14 Pareth-12 is created from a mixture of synthetic C12-14 alcohols that have about 12 moles of ethylene oxide.

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

Caprylyl Glycol is a humectant and emollient, meaning it attracts and preserves moisture.

Hydroxyacetophenone is antioxidant and helps with skin conditioning.

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

Parfum is a catch-all term for an ingredient or more that is used to give aroma to products. Parfum, or fragrance, can be a blend of hundreds of chemicals or plant oils. This means every product with "fragrance" or "Parfum" in the ingredients list is a different mixture.

Linalool is a fragrance and helps add scent to products. It's derived from common plants such as cinnamon, mint, citrus, and lavender.

Limonene is a fragrance that adds scent and taste to a formulation.