| Good |
Aluminum oxide, which is used as an abrasive, a thickening agent, and an absorbent in cosmetics.
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Absorbent, Scrub Agents, Thickeners/Emulsifiers
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| Good |
Salt that has absorbent and abrasive properties.
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Categories:
Scrub Agents, Absorbent
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| Average |
Often used as an abrasive agent in so-called "natural" scrubs. Apricot kernals have irregular and...
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Categories:
Scrub Agents
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| Average |
Legumes that are often ground up for use in skin-care scrub products.
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Categories:
Scrub Agents
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| Average |
Light-colored porous rock composed of the skeletons of minute sea creatures called diatoms....
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Categories:
Scrub Agents
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| Good |
A form of plastic (synthetic polymer) that has numerous functions in cosmetic products. Rounded...
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Categories:
Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Emollients, Scrub Agents
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| Good |
Also listed as PEG on ingredient labels, polyethylene glycol is an ingredient that self-proclaimed...
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Categories:
Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Scrub Agents
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| Average |
Can be effective as a topical scrub, but if left on skin it can increase skin sensitivity to UVB...
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Categories:
Scrub Agents, Irritants
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| Good |
More popularly known as common table salt. Used primarily as a binding agent in skin-care products...
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Categories:
Scrub Agents
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| Average |
Abrasive used in scrub products; not preferred to polyethylene beads.
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Categories:
Scrub Agents
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