Four Reasons Sensitive Heat Protection Spray Ingredients Explained
Updated January 23, 2024 • Added by tsmeu
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Heat protectant with 10 ingredients
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It is vegan, cruelty-free, fungal acne (malassezia) safe, and reef safe
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It doesn't contain any common allergens, oils, parabens or sulfates
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Ingredients, at a glance
What's in this product, and how it might affect your skin.
Concerns
Ingredients List
Dive into the full list of ingredients.
Alcohol Denat. is an alcohol with a denaturant property. It is created by mixing ethanol with other additives.
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.
Bisamino Peg/Ppg-41/3 Aminoethyl Pg-Propyl Dimethicone is a type of silicone.
Aminomethyl Propanol is used to adjust the pH of products. It is also used as a base to create other organic compounds. Having a balanced pH is important for protecting your skin.
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Ingredients Explained
Alcohol Denat. is an alcohol with a denaturant property. It is created by mixing ethanol with other additives.
This ingredient gets a bad rep because it is irritating and drying - mostly due to its astringent property. Astringents draw out natural oils in tissue, constricting pores and leaving your skin dried out.
However, alcohol denat. is not all that bad.
Due to its low molecular weight, alcohol denat. tends to evaporate quickly. One study on pig skin found half of applied alcohol evaporated in 10 seconds and less than 3% stayed on skin.
This also helps other ingredients become better absorbed upon application.
Studies are conflicted about whether this ingredient causes skin dehydration. One study from 2005 found adding emollients to propanol-based sanitizer decreased skin dryness and irritation. Another study found irritation only occurs if your skin is already damaged.
Small amounts of alcohol are generally tolerated by oily skin or people who live in humid environments.
The rule of thumb is if this alcohol is near the end of an ingredients list, it will probably not affect your skin much.
Also...
This ingredient has antimicrobial and solvent properties.
The antimicrobial property helps preserve products and increase their shelf life. As a solvent, it helps dissolve other ingredients.
Other types of astringent alcohols include:
Learn more about Alcohol Denat.We don't have a description for Butane yet.
We don't have a description for Propane yet.
We don't have a description for Isobutane yet.
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.
So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.
You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!
Learn more about WaterBisamino Peg/Ppg-41/3 Aminoethyl Pg-Propyl Dimethicone is a type of silicone.
We don't have a description for Polyurethane-14 yet.
We don't have a description for Amp-Acrylates Copolymer yet.
Aminomethyl Propanol is used to adjust the pH of products. It is also used as a base to create other organic compounds. Having a balanced pH is important for protecting your skin.
Aminomethyl propanol is safe to use in cosmetics up to 1%. It is soluble in water.
Triethyl Citrate is a fragrance.
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