May 09, 2018
Aqua (water / water), cetrimonium chloride, polyquaternium-11, amodimethicone, polyquaternum-37, panthenol, hidroxiporpiltrimonio guar chloride, hydroxyethylcellulose, dimethicone copolyol, propylene glycol, DMDM hydantoin, perfume (fragrance), limonene, polysorbate 20, methyl parahydroxybenzoate, tallow-trimonium chloride, nonxynol-10, citric acid, dicaprylate / propylene glycol dicaprate, PPG-1, trideceth-6, benzofenileno-4, hydrolysed wheat protein, hydrolyzed wheat starch, Chinese simondsia (jojoba oil seed), CI 19140 (yellow 5), CI 42090 (blue 1) CI 16035 (red 40).
Take a look at this list of ingredients. How much do you understand? Most people fall out of the car after "water". It's a real list of conditioning ingredients that I used a few years ago. It was at the time, I wanted to know what was really in the products used every day and, after reviewing the list of ingredients, threw the bottle.
This list contains many strange names that would be almost impossible to memorize. Fortunately, there are ways that help you understand a little better ingredient declaration, or INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients).
Less is more. The first thing to do is to observe the amount of ingredients and the difficulty of the words. In short, the harder they are to pronounce the ingredients, the more likely they are bad. Of course, this is not always the case: Butyrospermum parkii might not look like the first thing frotarÃas on your skin, but it is actually shea butter, which of course is quite natural and excellent skin and the hair. Yet, the difficulty of words can give you an idea of what type of product you have in your hands and to what extent chemically produced.
Concentrate on the first ones. To prevent others from making exact copies of their products, cosmetics companies should not write down the amount of each ingredient contained in a product. Even so, they have to organize the INCI in the order of quantity. Thus, the first ingredients are those that should be more cautious because the product is mainly composed of them. Usually, the first 4-8 ingredients are the most important, while the rest are only included in very small quantities.
-cones and -ols. Although an ingredient could not say anything, sometimes part of the word can give an idea of what it is. For example, which ends in -Filter is a silicone, which is mainly used in hair products and is generally considered something to avoid. If ends with -ol, is an alcohol, if something is hydrolyzed is a protein and so on.
American style vs. European. When a product includes natural extracts, in America too they must write the common name, as seen above [Chinese simonensia (jojoba seed oil)]. This makes it a little easier, and you will understand that Butyrospermum (shea butter) is not necessarily bad. In Europe, however, it is not necessary.
IGF. When you have a list of ingredients (most can be found by Google search), you can look to see what is said about them. Some of the sources I use are: "The truth about cosmetics" Rita Stiens, good database Skin and tips.
Gaps for cosmetics companies. Some things make reading INCI lists more difficult. On the one hand, ingredients included with less than 1% can be added in an order of preference. This means that if a product contains 0.0001% of a natural ingredient, for example olive oil, and 0.99% of a bad ingredient, such as parabens, we can observe olive oil before and after parabens, giving the impression that the product contains more olive oil than parabens. In addition, cosmetic companies can still keep some ingredients secret. Instead, they are replaced by a seven-digit code, or simply "other ingredients". This makes it more difficult, or frankly impossible, to know what the product is.
For more information on getting all natural cosmetics and how to make your own skin and hair care, visit: http://hildablue.com/
Take a look at this list of ingredients. How much do you understand? Most people fall out of the car after "water". It's a real list of conditioning ingredients that I used a few years ago. It was at the time, I wanted to know what was really in the products used every day and, after reviewing the list of ingredients, threw the bottle.
This list contains many strange names that would be almost impossible to memorize. Fortunately, there are ways that help you understand a little better ingredient declaration, or INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients).
Less is more. The first thing to do is to observe the amount of ingredients and the difficulty of the words. In short, the harder they are to pronounce the ingredients, the more likely they are bad. Of course, this is not always the case: Butyrospermum parkii might not look like the first thing frotarÃas on your skin, but it is actually shea butter, which of course is quite natural and excellent skin and the hair. Yet, the difficulty of words can give you an idea of what type of product you have in your hands and to what extent chemically produced.
Concentrate on the first ones. To prevent others from making exact copies of their products, cosmetics companies should not write down the amount of each ingredient contained in a product. Even so, they have to organize the INCI in the order of quantity. Thus, the first ingredients are those that should be more cautious because the product is mainly composed of them. Usually, the first 4-8 ingredients are the most important, while the rest are only included in very small quantities.
-cones and -ols. Although an ingredient could not say anything, sometimes part of the word can give an idea of what it is. For example, which ends in -Filter is a silicone, which is mainly used in hair products and is generally considered something to avoid. If ends with -ol, is an alcohol, if something is hydrolyzed is a protein and so on.
American style vs. European. When a product includes natural extracts, in America too they must write the common name, as seen above [Chinese simonensia (jojoba seed oil)]. This makes it a little easier, and you will understand that Butyrospermum (shea butter) is not necessarily bad. In Europe, however, it is not necessary.
IGF. When you have a list of ingredients (most can be found by Google search), you can look to see what is said about them. Some of the sources I use are: "The truth about cosmetics" Rita Stiens, good database Skin and tips.
Gaps for cosmetics companies. Some things make reading INCI lists more difficult. On the one hand, ingredients included with less than 1% can be added in an order of preference. This means that if a product contains 0.0001% of a natural ingredient, for example olive oil, and 0.99% of a bad ingredient, such as parabens, we can observe olive oil before and after parabens, giving the impression that the product contains more olive oil than parabens. In addition, cosmetic companies can still keep some ingredients secret. Instead, they are replaced by a seven-digit code, or simply "other ingredients". This makes it more difficult, or frankly impossible, to know what the product is.
For more information on getting all natural cosmetics and how to make your own skin and hair care, visit: http://hildablue.com/
