Nu Skin Ageloc Lumispa Cleanser (Normal/Combo) - INCIDecoder

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Ingredients overview

Water (Aqua), Coco-Betaine, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Glycerin, Acrylates Copolymer, Diisopropyl Sebacate, Glycol Distearate, Peg-8, Rhododendron Ferrugineum Extract, [more]Nannochloropsis Oculata Extract, Schizandra Chinensis Fruit Extract, Porphyra Umbilicalis Extract, Silybum Marianum Seed Oil, Narcissus Tazetta Bulb Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Acrylates/​C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Polyquaternium-39, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Benzoate, Phytic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Phytate, Fragrance (Parfum), Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Alumina, Tin Oxide[less] Read more on how to read an ingredient list >> Compare Report Error Embed

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Key Ingredients

Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerin Sunscreen: Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891)

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Other Ingredients

Abrasive/scrub: Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract, Alumina, Tin Oxide Antimicrobial/antibacterial: Chlorphenesin Buffering: Sodium Hydroxide Chelating: Phytic Acid, Sodium Phytate Colorant: Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Tin Oxide Emollient: Diisopropyl Sebacate, Glycol Distearate, Silybum Marianum Seed Oil Emulsifying: Glycol Distearate Moisturizer/humectant: Glycerin, Peg-8, Nannochloropsis Oculata Extract Perfuming: Fragrance (Parfum) Preservative: Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Sodium Benzoate Solvent: Water (Aqua), Diisopropyl Sebacate, Peg-8 Surfactant/cleansing: Coco-Betaine, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate Viscosity controlling: Coco-Betaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Glycol Distearate, Acrylates/​C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Alumina, Tin Oxide

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Ingredient name	what-it-does	irr., com.	ID-Rating
Water (Aqua)	solvent
Coco-Betaine	surfactant/​cleansing, viscosity controlling
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate	surfactant/​cleansing
Glycerin	skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant	0, 0	superstar
Acrylates Copolymer	viscosity controlling
Diisopropyl Sebacate	emollient, solvent
Glycol Distearate	emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling
Peg-8	moisturizer/​humectant, solvent
Rhododendron Ferrugineum Extract
Nannochloropsis Oculata Extract	moisturizer/​humectant
Schizandra Chinensis Fruit Extract
Porphyra Umbilicalis Extract
Silybum Marianum Seed Oil	emollient	goodie
Narcissus Tazetta Bulb Extract
Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract	abrasive/​scrub
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer	viscosity controlling
Polyquaternium-39
Phenoxyethanol	preservative
Chlorphenesin	preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial
Sodium Benzoate	preservative
Phytic Acid	chelating
Sodium Hydroxide	buffering
Sodium Phytate	chelating
Fragrance (Parfum)	perfuming	icky
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite	viscosity controlling
Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891)	sunscreen, colorant	goodie
Alumina	viscosity controlling, abrasive/​scrub
Tin Oxide	colorant, abrasive/​scrub, viscosity controlling

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Nu Skin Ageloc Lumispa Cleanser (Normal/Combo)Ingredients explained

Water (Aqua)Also-called: Aqua | What-it-does: solvent

Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.

It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.

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Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.

One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.

Coco-Betaine What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing, viscosity controlling

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Glycerin - superstarAlso-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0

• A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
• A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
• Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
• Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
• High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin

Read all the geeky details about Glycerin here >> Acrylates Copolymer What-it-does: viscosity controlling

A big polymer molecule that has a bunch of different versions and thus different uses. It can act as a film former, asa thickening agent, or it can increase the water-resistance in sunscreens. It is also used to entrap pigments/inorganic sunscreens within a micron size matrix for even coverage and easy application.

Diisopropyl Sebacate What-it-does: emollient, solvent

A clear, colorless, practically odorless, light liquid that works as a handy helper ingredient in sunscreen formulas. It helps to create high-SPF formulas with reduced concentrations of UV-filters and it also helps to create cosmetically elegant formulas (and that's no easy feat when it comes to sunscreens). It absorbs rapidly, makes the product easily spreadable and reduces greasiness coming from the oil-soluble sunscreen agents.

Glycol Distearate What-it-does: emollient, emulsifying, viscosity controlling

A so-called diester created from two stearic acid molecules and an ethylene glycol molecule. Its main thing is being an opacifier and pearling agent in cleansing products making them white and glossy. It can also give body to creams and emulsions.

Peg-8 What-it-does: moisturizer/humectant, solvent

A smallish polymer molecule (created from repeated units of Polyethylene glycol, aka PEG) that's used as a solubilizer and viscosity control agent.

It is a clear, colorless liquid that is water-soluble and water-binding (aka humectant) and can help to solubilize sparingly-water soluble things (e.g. vanilla, perfumes) into water-based formulas. Thanks to its water-binding ability, it also prevents the drying out of formulas, especially when combined with the fellow hygroscopic agent, sorbitol.

Rhododendron Ferrugineum Extract

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Nannochloropsis Oculata Extract What-it-does: moisturizer/humectant

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Schizandra Chinensis Fruit Extract

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Porphyra Umbilicalis Extract

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Silybum Marianum Seed Oil - goodieAlso-called: Milk Thistle Oil | What-it-does: emollient

The emollient plant oil coming from Milk Thistle, the yearling plant with purple flowers. Similar to many other plant oils, its main fatty acids are barrier-repairing linoleic (53%) and skin-nourishing oleic (21%) and also contains some antioxidant vitamin E (600 mg/kg).

It is claimed to be a cosmetically elegant oil that spreads easily and absorbs quickly into the skin. The manufacturer also recommends the oil for skin types suffering from chronic inflammatory disorders such as psoriasis or acne.

Narcissus Tazetta Bulb Extract What-it-does: astringent

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Oryza Sativa (Rice) Extract What-it-does: absorbent/mattifier, abrasive/scrub

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Acrylates/​C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising

Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers) is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer. Both of them are big molecules that contain acrylic acid units, but Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer also contains some other monomers that are hydrophobic, i.e. water-hating.

This means that our molecule is part water- and part oil-loving, so it not only works as a thickener but also as an emulsion stabilizer. It is very common in gel-type formulas that also contain an oil-phase as well as in cleansers as it also works with most cleansing agents (unlike a lot of other thickeners).

Polyquaternium-39

We don't have description for this ingredient yet.

Phenoxyethanol What-it-does: preservative

It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben.

It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic.

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Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).

It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.

Chlorphenesin What-it-does: preservative, antimicrobial/antibacterial

A little helper ingredient that works as a preservative. It works against bacteria and some species of fungi and yeast. It's often combined with IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol.

Sodium Benzoate What-it-does: preservative

A helper ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It works mainly against fungi.

It’s pH dependent and works best at acidic pH levels (3-5). It’s not strong enough to be used in itself so it’s always combined with something else, often with potassium sorbate.

Phytic Acid What-it-does: chelating

Though its name says acid, it's not really an exfoliant. It's a plant extract with some antioxidant properties. Its main thing in cosmetic products is to neutralize the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. It's a natural alternative to sometimes bad-mouthed chelating agents, EDTAs.

Sodium HydroxideAlso-called: lye | What-it-does: buffering

The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right.

For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed.

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BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers.

Sodium hydroxide in itself is a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totally harmless.

Sodium Phytate What-it-does: chelating

It’s one of those little helper ingredients that makes sure the product stays the same over time. No color change or anything like that. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.

Fragrance (Parfum) - ickyAlso-called: Fragrance, Parfum;Parfum/Fragrance | What-it-does: perfuming

Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).

If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.

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Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).

Synthetic FluorphlogopiteAlso-called: Synthetic Mica | What-it-does: viscosity controlling

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite is the synthetic version of the super commonly used mineral, Mica. The advantage of being synthetic is that it has a more consistent quality, fewer impurities and an even lower heavy metal content than Mica (not that Mica's heavy metal content is high). It is also more transparent and has improved light reflection.

The two main use cases for Synthetic Fluorphlogopite is being used neat as a superior "filler" or skin tone enhancer or it can also serve as a base for multi-layered, composite pigments such as pearl effect pigments where it is coated with one or more layers of metal oxide, most commonly titanium dioxide.

Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) - goodie What-it-does: sunscreen, colorant

Titanium Dioxide is one of the two members of the elite sunscreen group called physical sunscreens (or inorganic sunscreens if you’re a science geek and want to be precise).

Traditionally, UV-filters are categorized as either chemical or physical. The big difference is supposed to be that chemical agents absorb UV-light while physical agents reflect it like a bunch of mini umbrellas on top of the skin. While this categorization is easy and logical it turns out it's not true. A recent, 2016 study shows that inorganic sunscreens work mostly by absorption, just like chemical filters, and only a little bit by reflection (they do reflect the light in the visible spectrum, but mostly absorb in the UV spectrum).

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Anyway, it doesn't matter if it reflects or absorbs, Titanium Dioxide is a pretty awesome sunscreen agent for two main reasons: it gives a nice broad spectrum coverage and it's highly stable. Its protection is very good between 290 - 350 nm (UVB and UVA II range), and less good at 350-400 nm (UVA I) range. Regular sized Titanium Dioxide also has a great safety profile, it's non-irritating and is pretty much free from any health concerns (like estrogenic effect worries with some chemical filters).

The disadvantage of Titanium Dioxide is that it's not cosmetically elegant, meaning it's a white, "unspreadable" mess. Sunscreens containingTitanium Dioxide are often hard to spread on the skin and they leave a disturbing whitish tint. The cosmetic industry is, of course, really trying to solve this problem and the best solution so far is using nanoparticles. The itsy-bitsy Nano-sized particles improve both spreadability and reduce the whitish tint a lot, but unfortunately, it also introduces new health concerns.

The main concern with nanoparticles is that they are so tiny that they are absorbed into the skin more than we want them (ideally sunscreen should remain on the surface of the skin). Once absorbed they might form unwanted complexes with proteins and they might promote the formation of evil free radicals. But do not panic, these are concerns under investigation. A 2009 review article about the safety of nanoparticles summarizes this, "to date, in-vivo and in-vitro studies have not demonstrated percutaneous penetration of nanosized particles in titanium dioxide and zinc oxide sunscreens". The English translation is, so far it looks like sunscreens with nanoparticles do stay on the surface of the skin where they should be.

All in all, Titanium Dioxide is a famous sunscreen agent and for good reason, it gives broad spectrum UV protection (best at UVB and UVA II), it's highly stable, and it has a good safety profile. It's definitely one of the best UV-filter agents we have today, especially in the US where new-generation Tinosorb filters are not (yet) approved.

AluminaAlso-called: Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3 | What-it-does: viscosity controlling, absorbent/mattifier, abrasive/scrub

A multi-functional helper ingredient that's used mainly as a pigment carrier. The pigment can be an inorganic sunscreen (such as titanium dioxide) or a colorant that is blended with alumina platelets and then often coated with some kind of silicone (such as triethoxycaprylylsilane). This special treatment enables pigments to be evenly dispersed in the formula and to be spread out easily and evenly upon application. It is super useful both for mineral sunscreens as well as for makeup products.

Other than that, alumina can also be used as an absorbent (sometimes combined with the mattifying powder called polymethylsilsesquioxane), a viscosity controlling or an opacifying (reduces the transparency of the formula) agent.

Tin OxideAlso-called: CI 77861, Tin Dioxide | What-it-does: colorant, abrasive/scrub, viscosity controlling

Far from the tin cans you find in the supermarket, Tin Oxide is mostly used when dealing with so-called effect pigments, tricky composite pigments that can do color travel (change color depending on the viewing angle) or give multiple color effect.

It's often found alongside Mica (as a base material) and Titanium Dioxide (as a coating) to give a glossy, pearlescent effect. Together, they make up a trademarked technology called RonaFlair Blanace from the German manufacturer Merck. According to their info, this combination can balance out undesirable tones in the skin, making it a popular choice for brightening products and highlighters.

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Other than that, CosIng (the official EU INCI database) lists its uses as being a bulking agent (to increase the volume of products), as well as a physical exfoliant or an opacifying agent, but being part of composite effect pigments is a much more common use case.

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