Summer Fridays Flushed Lip Stain

Summer Fridays Flushed Lip Stain Summer Fridays Flushed Lip Stain ingredients explained: Water/Aqua/Eau, Propylene Glycol, Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Corn Starch, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Panthenol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Yellow 5 (Ci 19140), Red 28 (Ci 45410), Blue 1 (Ci 42090), Yellow 6 (Ci 15985), Red 33 (Ci 17200) Show all ingredients by function Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0 Alcohol antimicrobial/​antibacterial, solvent, viscosity controlling icky Hydrolyzed Corn Starch moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate surfactant/​cleansing, emulsifying Panthenol soothing, moisturizer/​humectant goodie Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Caprylyl Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, emollient Citric Acid buffering Sodium Benzoate preservative Potassium Sorbate Yellow 5 (Ci 19140) colorant Red 28 (Ci 45410) 0, 2 Blue 1 (Ci 42090) Yellow 6 (Ci 15985) Red 33 (Ci 17200) 2, 1 Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section) Simply alcohol refers to ethanol and it's a pretty controversial ingredient. It has many instant benefits: it's a great solvent, penetration enhancer, creates cosmetically elegant, light formulas, great astringent and antimicrobial. No wonder it's popular in toners and oily skin formulas. The downside is that it can be very drying if it's in the first few ingredients on an ingredient list. Some experts even think that regular exposure to alcohol damages skin barrier and causes inflammation though it's a debated opinion. If you wanna know more, we wrote a more detailed explanation about what's the deal with alcohol in skincare products at alcohol denat. (it's also alcohol, but with some additives to make sure no one drinks it). It's the chemically chopped up version of corn starch. According to manufacturer info it helps to keep formulas together (binding), and improves foam quality (makes nice, creamy foam :)). It's also a blend of poly- and monosaccharides and works as a skin moisturizer giving products a nice soft feel. A glycerin-derived gentle cleansing agent that is described as being skin and eye-friendly, and not leaving the skin dry or tight. It's also used as a co-emulsifier or solubilizer that helps to blend small amounts of oily things into water-based products. An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier. Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, preservatives or chemic what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. antimicrobial/antibacterial | solvent | viscosity controlling moisturizer/humectant | viscosity controlling surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying soothing | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant | emollient