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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Rosa Damascena Flower Water
Masking
Salvia Officinalis Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Calanthe Discolor Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Callus Culture Extract
Skin ConditioningRhododendron Ferrugineum Leaf Cell Culture Extract
Skin ConditioningVaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Ceramide As
Skin Conditioning
Polyglutamic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Squalane
Emollient
Raspberry Ketone
Masking
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
Masking
Rosa Damascena Flower Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil
Masking
Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Oil
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Salvia Officinalis Water, Glycerin, Calanthe Discolor Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Callus Culture Extract, Rhododendron Ferrugineum Leaf Cell Culture Extract, Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Fruit Extract, Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract, Niacinamide, Ceramide As, Polyglutamic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Squalane, Raspberry Ketone, Tocopherol, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningChamomilla Recutita Flower Water
MaskingGlycerin
Humectant
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Water, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Water, Glycerin, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Caulerpa Lentillifera Extract, Aphanizomenon Flos-Aquae Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil
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Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil is the oil from the bergamot orange and is primarily used as a fragrance. It has a "fresh" and "bright orange" scent.
The main aroma compounds found in this ingredient are limonene (~27-52%), linalool (~2-22%), and linalyl acetate (~27-40%). These are known EU fragrance allergens.
The term 'fragrance' is not regulated in many countries. In many cases, it is up to the brand to define this term. For instance, many brands choose to label themselves as "fragrance-free" because they are not using synthetic fragrances. However, their products may still contain ingredients such as essential oils that are considered a fragrance.
When used topically, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil is a photosensitizer due to the furanocoumarin content. Furanocoumarins absorb UV-A and cause phytophotodermatitis; this can look like redness, blistering, and lasting brown pigmentation on sun-exposed skin.
Due to this, this ingredient is capped at 0.4% in leave-on products applied to sun exposed skin.
Many modern formulas used a "furanocoumarin-free" version that sidesteps the phototoxicity issue, but still contains the fragrance allergens.
Learn more about Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit OilGlycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.
Topically, glycerin does several things at once:
Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.
Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.
This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.
Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
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