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Performance Ingredients - Answer- ✔✔Ingredients that do the actual work of cleansing,
normalizing, moisturizing, or otherwise treating the skin.
Cause actual changes in appearance of skin
AKA active ingredients
Phytotherapy - Answer- ✔✔Therapeutic benefits from plants
Season or activities - Answer- ✔✔Reasons why a person's skin care needs change
Cosmetic act of 1938 - Answer- ✔✔How the fda views cosmetics
Cosmetics - Answer- ✔✔Articles that are intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled or
otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying,
promoting attractiveness of altering the appearance
Functional ingredients - Answer- ✔✔Majority of a product. Allow products to spread,
give them body and texture and give a specific form i.e. Cream, lotion or gel. Do not
affect appearance of the skin but are necessary in product formulation. Ex. Preservative
Glycerin - Answer- ✔✔Hydrates skin surface
AHAs - Answer- ✔✔Exfoliate the corneum
Lipids - Answer- ✔✔Help patch the skin's barrier
Cosmeceuticals - Answer- ✔✔Products intended to improve the skin's health and
appearance. Have stronger performance ingredients that may cause biochemical
reactions and physiological effects to the skin. Not yet recognized by FDA
Hypoallergenic - Answer- ✔✔Ingredients that may be less likely to cause allergic
reaction
Noncomedogenic - Answer- ✔✔Ingredients that will not clog pores or cause comedones
, Anhydrous - Answer- ✔✔Products that do not contain any water
Designed for dry skin
Emollients - Answer- ✔✔Fatty materials used to lubricate and moisturize skin
In loose powder help to slip evenly across and adhere to skin
Occlusion - Answer- ✔✔Moisturizing technique in which emollients lie on top of skin and
prevent dehydration by trapping water and decreasing tewl
Mineral oil - Answer- ✔✔Come from the earth, specifically from petroleum sources.
Offer excellent protection against dehydration and helps prevent irritant skin contact.
Lubricants - Answer- ✔✔Coat the skin and reduce friction
Fatty acids - Answer- ✔✔beneficial for skin that does not produce enough sebum.
Lubricant ingredients derived from plant oils or animal fats.
Ex. Oleic acid, stearic acid, and caprylic acid
Coconut and palm oil - Answer- ✔✔Two of the fattiest and heaviest oils
Fatty alcohols - Answer- ✔✔Fatty acids that have been exposed to hydrogen.
Not drying
Wax-like consistency and are used as emollients or spreading agents
Ex. Cetyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, stearyl alcohol
Fatty esters - Answer- ✔✔Produced from combining fatty acids and fatty alcohols
Almost always end in -ate
Ex. Isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, glyceryl stearate
Silicones - Answer- ✔✔Group of oils chemically combined with silicon and oxygen and
leave a noncomedogenic protective film on the surface of the skin
Helps to keep moisture in skin yet allow oxygen in and out of the follicles
Ex dimethicone, cyclomethicone, phenyl trimethicone