Aqua [water / eau], cetrimonium chloride, polyquaternium-11, amodimethicone, polyquaternum-37, panthenol, guar hydroxyporpyltrimonium chloride, hydroxyethylcellulose, dimethicone copolyol, propylene glycol, dmdm hydantoin, parfum [fragrance], limonene, polysorbate 20, methylparaben, tallowtrimonium Chloride, mercapto-10, citric acid, propylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, ppg-1, tridecyl-6, dibenzopyrene-4, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed wheat starch, Chinese Kiwi [Jojoba Seed] oil, CI 19140 [yellow 5], CI 42090 [blue 1] CI 16035 [red 40].
Take a look at this list of ingredients. How much do you know? Most people will drop the carriage after the "water". This is a list of the actual ingredients of conditioners I have used a few years ago. At this time, I was only interested in knowing what the products I used every day. After looking at the list of ingredients, I threw the bottles out.
This list contains many strange names, and it is almost impossible to learn with your heart. Fortunately, there are ways to help understand ingredient declarations or better understand INCI [International Nomenclature for Cosmetic Ingredients].
- less is more. The first thing to do is to look at the number of ingredients and the difficulty of the words. Simply put, the more difficult it is to pronounce the ingredients, the more likely they are to deteriorate. Of course not always like this - from
Butyrospermum Parkii from
It may not sound like the first thing you rub on your skin, but it's actually shea butter, of course all natural, perfect for skin and hair. Still, the difficulty of these words may give you hints about what kind of products you have in your hands and the extent of chemical production. - Focus on the first one. In order to prevent others from making accurate copies of the product, the cosmetic company does not have to write out the amount of each ingredient contained in the product. They still have to arrange INCI in order of quantity. So the first ingredient is that you should be the least, because the products are mainly composed of them. Typically, the first 4-8 ingredients are large ingredients, while the remaining ingredients are only included in very small amounts.
- -cones and -ols. Even if such an ingredient may not tell you anything, sometimes a part of the word may give you a hint about what it is. For example, something ending in -cone is silica gel, which is mainly used in hair products and is generally considered to be something to avoid. If it ends with -ol, it is an alcohol, if a substance is hydrolyzed, it is a protein, and so on.
- American and European style. When the product contains natural extracts, they must also write commonly used English names in the United States, as shown above [simonensia chinese]. This makes it easier, and people will understand that Butyrospermum Parkii [shea butter] is not necessarily bad. However, in Europe, this is not necessary.
- FGI. When you have a list of ingredients [most of which can be found through Google search], you can view them and see what they say. Some of the information I use comes from: "The truth about cosmetics" in Rita Stiens, Good Guide and Skin Depth Database.
- The vulnerability of the cosmetics company. Some things make it harder to read the INCI list. In one aspect, ingredients containing less than 1% can be added in any order. This means that if a product contains 0,0001% of natural ingredients, such as olive oil, and 0.99% of undesirable ingredients, such as parabens, you can notice olive oil and parabens before. Gives you the impression that the product contains more olive oil than parabens. In addition, cosmetics companies can still keep some ingredients confidential. They will be replaced by seven numeric codes, or simply "and other components." This makes it more difficult or impossible to understand what the product actually contains.
Orignal From: International Cosmetic Ingredient Naming - How to know what's in your beauty product
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