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Benefits

Hydrating

Brightening

Ingredient Info

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alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

Ingredients Overview

Here's our quick-to-read summary of the ingredients in this product. Keep scrolling if you'd like to learn more about what each ingredient does!

Ingredient

Com. / Irr. Rating

Features

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Emollient, Emulsifying, Skin Conditioning

Emulsion Stabilising, Stabilising

Cleansing, Emulsifying

Cleansing, Foaming

Emulsion Stabilising

Humectant

Emollient, Humectant

Astringent, Perfuming, Skin Conditioning, Tonic

Masking, Skin Conditioning

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

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Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning, Solvent

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Ingredients Explained

This product contains 16 ingredients. Click on any ingredient to learn more about it

Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Lauramide Dea

What it does:

We don't have a description for Lauramide Dea.

Glycol Distearate

What it does: Emollient, Emulsifying, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Glycol Distearate serves as a pearlizing or opacifying agent in cosmetic products.

It's often included in cleansers and haircare products to give them a lustrous or shimmering appearance.

It is derived from stearic acid, a natural fatty acid commonly found in vegetable oils and animal fats.

Glycol Distearate isn't fungal acne safe.

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Hydroxyethylcellulose

What it does: Emulsion Stabilising, Stabilising

Community Rating: Mixed

Hydroxyethylcellulose is used to improve the texture of products. It is created from a chemical reaction involving ethylene oxide and alkali-cellulose. Cellulose is a sugar found in plant cell walls and help give plants structure.

Hydroxyethylcellulose helps stabilize products by preventing ingredients from separating. It can also help thicken the texture of a product.

This ingredient can also be found in pill medicines to help our bodies digest other ingredients.

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Sodium/Mea-Peg-3 Cocamide Sulfate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

Sodium/Mea-Peg-3 Cocamide Sulfate is a type of sulfate.

Sodium Taurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

We don't have a description for Sodium Taurine Cocoyl Methyltaurate.

Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate

What it does: Cleansing, Foaming

We don't have a description for Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate.

Glycosyl Trehalose

What it does: Emulsion Stabilising

We don't have a description for Glycosyl Trehalose.

Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate

What it does: Humectant

We don't have a description for Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate.

Ribes Nigrum Seed Extract

What it does: Emollient, Humectant

We don't have a description for Ribes Nigrum Seed Extract.

Citrus Grandis Seed Extract

What it does: Astringent, Perfuming, Skin Conditioning, Tonic

Citrus Grandis Seed Extract is a fragrance.

Sodium Glutamate

What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning

We don't have a description for Sodium Glutamate.

Glycerin

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Butylene Glycol

What it does: Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Mixed

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

It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
It helps improve product application.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient. It is unlikely to irritate skin, and works well with pretty much all other ingredients.

EDTA

What it does:

Community Rating: Very Disliked

EDTA is the shortened name for ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid. It is a chelating agent and used to stabilize products.

Chelating Agents are used to prevent trace metal ions from binding to other ingredients. This can prevent unwanted reactions or changed efficacy of products.

Etidronic Acid

What it does:

We don't have a description for Etidronic Acid.

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