Starface Hydro-Star + Tea Tree Ingredients Explained

Name: Hydro-Star + Tea Tree
Brand: Starface

Facial Treatment

Updated on January 26, 2024 Submitted by Lapaki

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What it is

Facial treatment with 2 ingredients

Cool Features

It is vegan, cruelty-free, fungal acne (malassezia) safe, and reef safe

Suited For

It has ingredients that are good for oily skin

Free From

It doesn't contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, parabens, silicones or sulfates

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Starface is from United States.

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Facial treatment with 2 ingredients

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Benefits

Ingredients 2

Hydrocolloid

Hydrocolloid is technically not a cosmetic ingredient. It is a type of material used to dress uninfected wounds. Hydrocolloid is coated with a mix of gelatin, pectin, xanthan gum, carrageenan, and other biopolymers.

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Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil Antioxidant, Perfuming

Antioxidant • Fragrance • Oil • Good for Oily Skin

This tea tree oil comes from the leaves of the Tea Tree plant. Tea tree oil has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties.

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Hydrocolloid, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil

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Ingredients Explained

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Hydrocolloid

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Hydrocolloid patches made for treating pimples often have other ingredients, such as tea tree oil, salicylic acid, niacinamide, glycolic acid, and more. Unfortunately, unless a company discloses this information, we won't have a way to know what other ingredients are present.

When hydrocolloid is applied to a wound, the polysaccharides and polymers absorb water to form a gel. These moist conditions help promote wound healing without breaking down cell tissue.

A study from 2021 found Hydrocolloid may aid in scar healing.

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Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil

Antioxidant, Perfuming

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This tea tree oil comes from the leaves of the Tea Tree plant. Tea tree oil has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties.

According to the book Journal of Profiles of Drug Substances, tea tree helps in reducing acne-causing bacteria such as Propionibacterium acnes. This is due to the Terpinen components of tea tree oil.

Tea tree may cause sensitivity and irritation for some people. This oil naturally contains fragrance such as linalool and limonene.

However, research shows irritation usually occurs when using pure tea tree oil and not in cosmetic products.

Tea tree oil was found to help relieve the symptoms of psoriasis in one study.

Tea tree oil is toxic when ingested. Another study showed it to caused damage to the nervous system of dogs and cats when applied to their skin or given orally.

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