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potential ingredients to avoid –
Irritating Ingredients In Topical Skin Care Products
- Preservatives
- Parabens (methyl-, butyl-, ethyl-, and propyl-)
- Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde-releasing preservatives
- bronopol (often listed as 2-brono-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol)
- diazolidinyl urea
- DMDM hydantion
- imidazolidinyl urea
- quaternium 15
- benzoic acid
- Imidazolidinyl urea and Diazolidinyl urea
- Fragrance
- Phthalates
- methylene chloride
- toluene
- methyl ethyl ketone
- methyl isobutyl ketone
- ethyl alcohol
- benzyl chloride
- Surfactants in cleansers (Anionic Surfactants)
- fatty acids (saturated)
- fatty alcohols (not an irritant, non-ionic)
- Cetyl Alcohol (palmityl alcohol)
- Cetearyl Alcohol (Cetostearyl alcohol)
- Ceteareth–20 (polyethylene glycol ether of Cetearyl Alcohol )
- sulfonate and sulfate ions – “sodium-based
- Emulsifier
- diethanolamine (DEA) and DEA related derivatives
- oleamide DEA, lauramide DEA, cocamide DEA
- saturated fatty acids
- fatty alcohols (not an irritant)
- Cetyl Alcohol (palmityl alcohol)
- Cetearyl Alcohol (Cetostearyl alcohol)
- Ceteareth–20 (polyethylene glycol ether of Cetearyl Alcohol )
- Thickening Agents (gel formulation)
- diethanolamine (DEA)
- cellulose (Microcrystalline Cellulose)
- carbomer (Carbomer 940, Tea-Carbomer 940)
- fatty alcohols (not an irritant)
- Cetyl Alcohol (palmityl alcohol)
- Cetearyl Alcohol (Cetostearyl alcohol)
- Ceteareth–20 (polyethylene glycol ether of Cetearyl Alcohol )
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