Whitening up to 1.5 shades, enamel remineralisation and hypersensitivity reduction.
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Ingredients overview
Aqua, Hydrated Silica, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, PEG-8, Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Cellulose Gum, Aroma, Calcium Lactate, Ci 77891, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Methylparaben, Hydroxyapatite, PVP, Sodium Saccharin, Fish Oil, Papain, Limonene
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Highlights
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Abrasive/scrub: Hydrated Silica, Sodium Bicarbonate, Hydroxyapatite
Buffering: Calcium Lactate, Sodium Bicarbonate
Colorant: Ci 77891
Emulsifying: Sodium Coco-Sulfate
Moisturizer/humectant: Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, PEG-8
Perfuming: Limonene
Preservative: Sodium Methylparaben
Solvent: Aqua, PEG-8, Limonene
Surfactant/cleansing: Sodium Coco-Sulfate
Viscosity controlling: Hydrated Silica, Cellulose Gum, PVP
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua | solvent | ||
| Hydrated Silica | abrasive/scrub, viscosity controlling | ||
| Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate | moisturizer/humectant | ||
| PEG-8 | moisturizer/humectant, solvent | ||
| Sodium Coco-Sulfate | surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying | ||
| Cellulose Gum | viscosity controlling | 0, 0 | |
| Aroma | |||
| Calcium Lactate | buffering | ||
| Ci 77891 | colorant | 0, 0 | |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | abrasive/scrub, buffering | ||
| Sodium Methylparaben | preservative | ||
| Hydroxyapatite | abrasive/scrub | ||
| PVP | viscosity controlling | 0, 0 | |
| Sodium Saccharin | |||
| Fish Oil | |||
| Papain | 0, 0 | ||
| Limonene | perfuming, solvent | icky |
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Ingredients explainedAqua
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.
Hydrated Silica
What-it-does: abrasive/scrub, absorbent/mattifier, viscosity controlling
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
What-it-does: moisturizer/humectant
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
PEG-8
What-it-does: moisturizer/humectant, solvent
A smallish polymer molecule (created from repeated units ofPolyethylene glycol, aka PEG) that's used as asolubilizer and viscosity control agent.
It is a clear, colorless liquid that is water-soluble and water-binding (aka humectant) and can help to solubilize sparingly-water soluble things (e.g. vanilla, perfumes) into water-based formulas. Thanks to its water-binding ability, it also prevents the drying out of formulas, especially when combined with the fellow hygroscopic agent, sorbitol.
Sodium Coco-Sulfate
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Cellulose Gum
Also-called: Carboxymethyl Cellulose | What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
A cellulose(thebig molecule found in the cell wall of green plants) derivative that is used as an emulsion stabilizer and thickener.
Aroma
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Calcium Lactate
What-it-does: astringent, buffering
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Ci 77891
Also-called: Titanium Dioxide/Ci 77891 | What-it-does: colorant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
Ci 77891 is the color code of titaniumdioxide.It's a white pigment with great color consistency and dispersibility.
Sodium Bicarbonate
What-it-does: abrasive/scrub, buffering, deodorant
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Sodium Methylparaben
What-it-does: preservative
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Hydroxyapatite
Also-called: apalight | What-it-does: abrasive/scrub, emulsion stabilising
Hydroxyapatite is a mineral found naturally in our bones and teeth. As for cosmetics, it is claimed to act as a sunscreen booster as well as a soft-focus agent.
PVP
Also-called: Poly Vinyl Pyrollidone | What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
These three letters stand for Poly Vinyl Pyrollidone, a big molecule created from repeated units of Vinyl Pyrrolidone, aka VP. Its main thing is being an importantfilm former. It was the first synthetic polymer introduced as a hair fixative in the 1950s instead of insect-derivedShellac.
So PVP likes to attach itself to surfaces such as the hair and the skin and forms a nice, thin, even film there. The film is useful for holding ahairstyleor extending the wear of color cosmetics and sunscreens. The disadvantage of PVP is that the film is a bit brittle and that PVP loves water (hygroscopic) that tends to destroy the film. This is the reason why hair styled with a PVP based product loses its style in high humidity. To fix this problem, there are now several versions of VP containing film formers that are less sensitive to humidity, for example, the molecule called VP/VA Copolymer.
Sodium Saccharin
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Fish Oil
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Papain
Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Limonene - icky
What-it-does: perfuming, solvent, deodorant
A supercommon and cheap fragrance ingredient. It's in many plants, e.g. rosemary, eucalyptus, lavender, lemongrass, peppermint and it's the main component (about 50-90%) of the peel oil of citrus fruits.
It does smellnice but the problemis that it oxidizes on air exposure and the resulting stuff is not good for the skin. Oxidizedlimonene cancause allergic contact dermatitis and counts asa frequent skin sensitizer.
Limonene's nr1 function is definitely being a fragrance component, but there are several studies showing that it's also a penetration enhancer, mainly for oil-loving components.
All in all, limonene has some pros and cons, but - especially if your skin is sensitive -the cons probably outweigh the pros.
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