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Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Masking, Solvent

We don't have a description for Butyl Acetate yet.

Cosmetic Colorant

This synthetic colorant is used to add a violet color to products. It is water-soluble.

Perfuming, Solvent

Ethyl Acetate is a fragrance.

Skin Conditioning

We don't have a description for Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein yet.

Isopropyl Alcohol is more commonly known as rubbing alcohol. It is most commonly used as a solvent, meaning it helps other ingredients dissolve.

This ingredient is an astringent alcohol. Astringent alcohols may also irritate skin as they high amounts may strip away your skin's natural oils.

Other types of astringent alcohols include:

According to the National Rosacea Society based in the US, you should be mindful of products with these alcohols in the top half of ingredients.

Any type of sanitizing product will have high amounts of alcohol to help kill bacteria and viruses.

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Perfuming, Solvent

N-Butyl Alcohol is a fragrance.

We don't have a description for Nitrocellulose yet.

We don't have a description for Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate yet.

We don't have a description for Triphenyl Phosphate yet.

Formaldehyde is an organic compound (meaning it has a special type of carbon bond) most commonly used as a preservative with fungicide and germicide properties.

Our bodies naturally produce small and non-harmful amounts. It is also naturally occurring in foods such as pears, apples, fish, bananas, carrots, and bulb vegetables.

This ingredient is considered to be toxic and carcinogenic in high amounts by the US, Canada, Australia, and the EU.

According to the government of Australia, this ingredient is water-soluble, rapidly metabolized in the body, and only tiny amounts are absorbed through skin.

Some preservatives release formaldehyde as a side-product. These are required to be labeled "contains formaldehyde" in the EU.

According to the FDA, these are formaldehyde-related ingredients on labels:

Tiny amounts are allowed in products such as hand cream, bath products, nail treatments, lotions, mouth wash, hair products, eye makeup, vaginal deodorants, and shaving cream.

Formaldehyde is water-soluble.

Irritation or contact-dermatitis usually occurs in levels exceeding 0.1% of this ingredient.

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