BEST
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idebenone
A synthetic antioxidant similar to coenzyme Q10. Idebenone got a lot of
press as the best...
Categories: Antioxidants
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AVERAGE
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imidazolidinyl
urea
Considered a weaker preservative than its "cousin" diazolidinyl
urea because it is beneficial against...
Categories: Preservatives
|
GOOD
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inactive
ingredient
The list of inactive ingredients is the part of an ingredient label that
is not regulated by the...
Categories: Miscellaneous
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BEST
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inositol
Major component of lecithin that may have water-binding properties for
skin. It is not a vitamin,...
Categories: Skin-Replenishing
|
GOOD
|
iodopropynyl
butylcarbamate
A synthetic preservative that is typically used in concentrations of 0.1%
or less. It is very...
Categories: Preservatives
|
GOOD
|
iron oxides
Compounds of iron that are used as colorings in some cosmetics. They also
are used as a metal...
Categories: Coloring
Agents/Pigments
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AVERAGE
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iron powder
Iron powder is, as the name states, a powdered versoin of the mineral
iron. A natural ingredient, it's used as an opacifying agent in cosmetics.
Categories: Absorbent
|
GOOD
|
isoamyl
laurate
The ester of isoamyl alcohol and lauric acid, this plant- or
synthetic-based texture-enhancing ingredient feels velvety-soft.
Categories: Emulsifiers, Skin-Softening
|
GOOD
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isobutyl
acetate
Categories: Miscellaneous
|
GOOD
|
isobutylparaben
Parabens are a group of controversial preservatives that include
butylparaben...
Categories: Preservatives
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AVERAGE
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isocetyl
salicylate
Categories: Miscellaneous
|
GOOD
|
isododecane
Hydrocarbon ingredient used as a solvent. Isododecane enhances the
spreadability of products and...
Categories: Miscellaneous, Texture
Enhancer
|
BEST
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isoflavone
Plant derivative with antioxidant properties...
Categories: Antioxidants, Plant Extracts
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GOOD
|
isohexadecane
Used as a detergent cleansing agent, emulsifier, and thickening agent in
cosmetics.
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Cleansing
Agents, Texture
Enhancer
|
GOOD
|
isoleucine
Categories: Antioxidants, Skin-Replenishing
|
GOOD
|
isononyl
isononanoate
An ester that functions as a skin-conditioning agent. Occurs naturally in
cocoa and lavender oil.
Categories: Emollients
|
GOOD
|
isoparaffin
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Texture
Enhancer
|
POOR
|
isopropyl
alcohol
Categories: Sensitizing
|
GOOD
|
isopropyl
isostearate
The ester of isopropyl alcohol and isostearic acid. It is used as a
skin-conditioning agent and emollient in cosmetics products...
Categories: Emollients
|
GOOD
|
isopropyl
lanolate
Derived from lanolin, it is used in cosmetics as a thickening agent and
emollient.
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Texture
Enhancer, Emollients
|
GOOD
|
isopropyl
myristate
Texture enhancer and emollient as used in cosmetics.
Categories: Texture
Enhancer, Emollients
|
GOOD
|
isopropyl
palmitate
Texture enhancer and emollient as used in cosmetics. It can potentially
be...
Categories: Emollients, Texture
Enhancer
|
GOOD
|
isopropyl
titanium triisostearate
A synthetic or animal-derived ingredient used as a surface treatment for
cosmetic pigments...
Categories: Emulsifiers, Texture
Enhancer, Emollients
|
GOOD
|
isopropyl
titanium triisostearte/triethoxycaprylylsilane crosspolymer
A synthetic, silicone-enhanced polymer that occurs from combining
isopropyl titanium triisostearate...
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Silicones, Texture
Enhancer
|
GOOD
|
isostearamide
DEA
Used as a surfactant, water-binding agent, and thickening agent.
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Texture
Enhancer, Cleansing
Agents
|
GOOD
|
isostearic
acid
Fatty acid used as a binding agent and thickener.
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Texture
Enhancer
|
POOR
|
ivy extract
Plant extract that can be sensitizing due to its astringent
(skin-constricting) properties.
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
GOOD
|
Japan wax
Vegetable wax obtained from sumac berries, and used as a thickening agent
and emollient in...
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Emollients, Texture
Enhancer
|
POOR
|
jasmine oil
Fragrant oil, often used as a source of perfume, that can be a skin
sensitizer...
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
|
POOR
|
Jasminium
grandiflorum
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
|
BEST
|
jojoba butter
The fattiest portion of jojoba oil, used as an intensive emollient.
Categories: Antioxidants, Emollients, Plant Extracts
|
BEST
|
jojoba esters
A complex mixture of esters from jojoba oil and hydrogenated jojoba oil.
The result is an...
Categories: Plant Extracts, Emollients
|
BEST
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jojoba oil
Emollient, non-fragrant oil (technically, a polyunsaturated wax)
extracted from the seeds of a perennial shrub.
Categories: Skin-Restoring, Plant Extracts, Skin-Replenishing, Emollients
|
BEST
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jojoba wax
Semi-solid portion of jojoba oil.
Categories: Plant Extracts, Skin-Replenishing, Emollients
|
POOR
|
jonquil
extract
Fragrant plant extract that poses a strong risk of skin sensitization.
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
Ju hua
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
jujube fruit
extract
Asian plant extract that has soothing properties and may also provide
other benefits...
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Plant Extracts, Antioxidants
|
POOR
|
juniper berry
Can have sothing properties for skin…
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
POOR
|
Juniperus
communis
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Sensitizing, Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
kaolin
Naturally occurring clay mineral (silicate of aluminum) that is used in
cosmetics for its absorbent...
Categories: Absorbent
|
POOR
|
Kathon CG
Categories: Preservatives, Sensitizing
|
POOR
|
kava-kava
extract
Extract of the Piper methysticum plant that has soothing properties,
but can...
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
POOR
|
kawa extract
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
GOOD
|
kelp extract
Categories: Antioxidants, Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Emollients, Plant Extracts
|
AVERAGE
|
Kigelia
africana extract
Extract of African plant commonly known as the sausage tree. The African
lore about this extract is...
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Antioxidants, Plant Extracts
|
AVERAGE
|
kiwi fruit
extract
As a food, kiwi has significant antioxidant properties that may even be
greater than those of...
Categories: Antioxidants, Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
GOOD
|
kojic acid
By-product of the fermentation process of malting rice for use in the
manufacture of sake, Japanese...
Categories: Antioxidants
|
GOOD
|
kojic
dipalmitate
A mixture of kojic acid and palmitic acid. It functions as a
skin-conditioning agent and antioxidant...
Categories: Antioxidants
|
AVERAGE
|
kola nut
One of the major components of the kola nut is caffeine, which in high
amounts can be a skin sensitizer...
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
BEST
|
kudzu root
Source of isoflavone, genistein, and daidzein, all plant estrogens..
Categories: Antioxidants, Plant Extracts
|
BEST
|
kukui nut oil
Non-volatile oil from a plant native to Hawaii; it has emollient
properties for skin (Source:...
Categories: Plant Extracts, Emollients
|
BEST
|
L-ascorbic
acid
Form of vitamin C that is a potent antioxidant and skin-soothing agent...
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Vitamins, Antioxidants
|
GOOD
|
L-cysteine
Categories: Antioxidants
|
BEST
|
lactic acid
Alpha hydroxy acid extracted from milk, although most forms used in
cosmetics are synthetic. It...
Categories: Exfoliant
|
GOOD
|
lactobionate
Polysaccharide that has water-binding properties for skin.
Categories: Skin-Replenishing
|
BEST
|
lactobionic
acid
Categories: Exfoliant
|
BEST
|
lactoperoxidase
Enzyme derived from milk; it has purifying benefits for skin and may be
helpful for...
Categories: Miscellaneous
|
POOR
|
lady's mantle
extract
Categories: Plant Extracts, Miscellaneous
|
BEST
|
lady's thistle
(milk thistle) extract
Extract for which there is a great deal of research showing it has many
applications...
Categories: Antioxidants, Plant Extracts, Skin-Restoring
|
AVERAGE
|
Lagerstroemia
indica extract
No research shows this plant as having any benefit for skin...
Categories: Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
Laminaria
digitata
Categories: Antioxidants, Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Plant Extracts, Texture
Enhancer
|
GOOD
|
Laminaria
longicruris
Categories: Antioxidants, Texture
Enhancer, Plant Extracts, Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Emollients
|
GOOD
|
Laminaria
ochroleuca extract
The Latin name for a species of kelp, also known as brown seaweed.
Applied topically, it helps...
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
Laminaria
sacharrina
Categories: Antioxidants, Emollients, Plant Extracts, Thickeners/Emulsifiers
|
BEST
|
Lamium album
flower extract
A species of the nettle plant that is used topically as as a soothing
ingredient...
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Antioxidants, Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
lanolin
Emollient, very thick substance derived from sheep. Lanolin has long
been...
Categories: Emollients, Skin-Replenishing
|
GOOD
|
lanolin
alcohol
Emollient derived from lanolin.
Categories: Emollients, Skin-Replenishing
|
GOOD
|
lappa extract
Categories: Skin-Soothing, Plant Extracts, Antioxidants
|
GOOD
|
Larrea
divaricata extract
Categories: Antioxidants, Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
Larrea
tridentata
Categories: Antioxidants, Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
lauramphocarboxyglycinate
Mild detergent cleansing agent.
Categories: Cleansing
Agents
|
GOOD
|
laurdimonium
hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed soy protein
Categories: Miscellaneous
|
GOOD
|
laurdimonium
hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein
Categories: Miscellaneous
|
GOOD
|
laureth-23
Derived from lauryl alcohol and used either as a surfactant or emulsifier
(or, in many cases, as...
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Cleansing
Agents, Texture
Enhancer
|
GOOD
|
laureth-4
Derived from lauryl alcohol and used either as a surfactant or emulsifier
(or, in many cases, as...
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Texture
Enhancer, Cleansing
Agents
|
GOOD
|
laureth-7
A form of lauryl alcohol (a non-irritating fatty alcohol derived from
coconut oil) that can...
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Cleansing
Agents
|
GOOD
|
laureths
Substances that in various combinations create a wide range of mild detergent
cleansing agents...
Categories: Cleansing
Agents
|
BEST
|
lauric acid
One of several fatty acids found in coconut oil and other natural fats.
Categories: Skin-Replenishing, Cleansing
Agents
|
GOOD
|
lauroyl lysine
Amino acid derivative that functions as a skin- and hair-conditioning
agent. It also contributes to...
Categories: Miscellaneous
|
POOR
|
Laurus nobilis
Categories: Antioxidants, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts, Plant Extracts
|
GOOD
|
lauryl alcohol
Categories: Cleansing
Agents
|
GOOD
|
lauryl
glucoside
Categories: Cleansing
Agents
|
GOOD
|
lauryl lactate
Mixture of lauryl alcohol and lactic acid that functions as a
skin-conditioning agent and...
Categories: Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts, Emollients
|
BEST
|
lauryl laurate
An ester of lauryl alcohol and lauric acid...
Categories: Emollients, Texture
Enhancer
|
GOOD
|
lauryl PEG-9
polydimethylsiloxyethyl dimethicone
A silicone polymer that has multiple functions in cosmetic products,
including skin/hair...
Categories: Emulsifiers, Miscellaneous, Texture
Enhancer, Thickeners/Emulsifiers
|
POOR
|
lavandin oil
Essential oil of the hybrid lavender plant Lavandula hybrida and
used in cosmetics as a fragrance...
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
|
POOR
|
Lavandula angustifolia
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
|
POOR
|
Lavandula
officinalis
Categories: Plant Extracts, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
POOR
|
lavender
extract and oil
In-vitro research indicates that components of lavender oil, specifically
linalool and linalyl acetate, can have...
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
|
BEST
|
lecithin
Phospholipid found in egg yolks and may be plant or animal derived. It is
widely used in...
Categories: Emollients, Skin-Replenishing
|
POOR
|
lemon
Potent skin sensitizer. Though it can have beneficial properties...
Categories: Plant Extracts, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts, Sensitizing
|
POOR
|
lemon balm
Categories: Plant Extracts, Sensitizing, Fragrance:
Synthetic and Fragrant Plant Extracts
|
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