Herb that can have anti-inflammatory properties, but is used primarily as a thickening agent. Read More »
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Plant Extracts, Anti-Irritants
Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. Read More »
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Emollients
Categories: Emollients, Thickeners/Emulsifiers
A synthetic polymer that blends stearth-20 with one or more forms of methacrylic acid. Functions as... Read More »
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers
See algae
Categories: Emollients, Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Antioxidants, Plant Extracts
Categories: Emollients, Antioxidants, Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Plant Extracts
Categories: Plant Extracts, Antioxidants, Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Emollients
Categories: Emollients, Plant Extracts, Antioxidants, Thickeners/Emulsifiers
Algae are very simple, chlorophyll-containing organisms in a family that includes more than 20,000... Read More »
Categories: Emollients, Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Plant Extracts, Antioxidants
Brown algae. Read More »
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Emollients, Plant Extracts, Antioxidants
Identified on skin-care product labels as DEA, triethanolamine (TEA), and monoethanolamine (MEA),... Read More »
See mallow
Latin name for the marshmallow plant. Read More »
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Anti-Irritants, Plant Extracts
Aluminum oxide, which is used as an abrasive, a thickening agent, and an absorbent in cosmetics. Read More »
Categories: Absorbent, Scrub Agents, Thickeners/Emulsifiers
A synthetic ingredient that functions as an opacifying agent and skin protectant. Secondary uses... Read More »
Categories: Absorbent, Thickeners/Emulsifiers
Powdery thickening agent, absorbent, and anticaking agent used in cosmetics. Read More »
Categories: Thickeners/Emulsifiers, Absorbent
The aluminum salt of stearic acid that functions as a thickening agent and helps stabilize products. Read More »
Derived from peanut oil and used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. Read More »
Produced from phospholipids and fatty acids. There is research showing that this is potentially... Read More »
Waxy substance used as a thickening agent and emollient in cosmetics. Read More »
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