Shower gel
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Ingredients overview
Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Aqua, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Glyceryl Oleate, Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil, PCA Glyceryl Oleate, Caprylyl/Capryl Glycosides, Polyglyceryl-5 Oleate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Citric Acid, Propanediol, Citric Acid
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Highlights
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Key Ingredients
Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerin
Other Ingredients
Antimicrobial/antibacterial: Sodium Anisate
Buffering: Citric Acid
Emollient: Glyceryl Oleate, PCA Glyceryl Oleate
Emulsifying: Glyceryl Oleate, Polyglyceryl-5 Oleate
Moisturizer/humectant: Glycerin, Propanediol
Perfuming: Glyceryl Oleate, Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil
Preservative: Glyceryl Caprylate
Solvent: Aqua, Propanediol
Surfactant/cleansing: Coco-Glucoside, Caprylyl/Capryl Glycosides, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coco-Glucoside | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Glycerin | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | superstar |
| Aqua | solvent | ||
| Sodium Levulinate | |||
| Sodium Anisate | antimicrobial/antibacterial | ||
| Glyceryl Oleate | emollient, emulsifying, perfuming | ||
| Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil | perfuming | ||
| PCA Glyceryl Oleate | emollient | ||
| Caprylyl/Capryl Glycosides | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Polyglyceryl-5 Oleate | emulsifying | ||
| Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Glyceryl Caprylate | preservative | ||
| Citric Acid | buffering | ||
| Propanediol | solvent, moisturizer/humectant | ||
| Citric Acid | buffering |
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Ingredients explainedCoco-Glucoside
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing
A vegetable origin (coconut/palm kernel oil, glucose) cleansing agent that givesmoderate to high stable foam. It's also biodegradable and mild to the skin.
Glycerin - superstar
Also-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
- A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
- A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
- Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
- Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
- High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
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Aqua
Also-called: Water | What-it-does: solvent
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.
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.
Sodium Levulinate
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Sodium Anisate
What-it-does: antimicrobial/antibacterial
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Glyceryl Oleate
What-it-does: emollient, emulsifying, perfuming
The attachment of glycerin andoleic acid that works mainly as a co-emulsifier and stabilizer to create stable water-oil mixes, aka emulsions. It is also popular in cleansing products as it helps to thicken them up and has some refatting and skin-smoothing effect.
Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil
What-it-does: perfuming
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
PCA Glyceryl Oleate
What-it-does: emollient
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Caprylyl/Capryl Glycosides
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Polyglyceryl-5 Oleate
What-it-does: emulsifying
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing
A vegetable based co-surfactant that helps to create mild cleansing formulas.
Glyceryl Caprylate
What-it-does: preservative
A 100% plant derived, natural (Ecocert approved) multi-functional ingredient that has emollient and moisturizing properties, can work as a co-emulsifier (meaning that next to other emulsifiers it can help water and oil to mix) and even more importantly has a strong antimicrobial activity.
Thanks to this last thing, it allows a lower percentage of traditional preservative or it might even be able to completelyreplace them.
Citric Acid
What-it-does: buffering
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA.
So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.
There is also some research showing that citric acid with regular use (think three monthsand 20% concentration) can help sun-damaged skin, increase skin thickness and some nice hydrating things called glycosaminoglycans in the skin.
But according to a comparative study done in 1995, citric acid has less skin improving magic properties than glycolic or lactic acid. Probably that’s why citric acid is usually not used as an exfoliant but more as a helper ingredient in small amounts to adjust the pH of a formulation.
Propanediol
Also-called: Zemea | What-it-does: solvent, moisturizer/humectant
Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often usedand often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved.
It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacyor to influence the sensory properties of the end formula.
Citric Acid
What-it-does: buffering
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA.
So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.
There is also some research showing that citric acid with regular use (think three monthsand 20% concentration) can help sun-damaged skin, increase skin thickness and some nice hydrating things called glycosaminoglycans in the skin.
But according to a comparative study done in 1995, citric acid has less skin improving magic properties than glycolic or lactic acid. Probably that’s why citric acid is usually not used as an exfoliant but more as a helper ingredient in small amounts to adjust the pH of a formulation.
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