Ethanol. Makes products feel light and dry fast, but high up the list in leave-on products it can dry out and irritate skin.
Can irritate
Also written Ethanol, Ethyl Alcohol
Ingredients
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5 ingredients · Solvent or base
ClearDenatured (drinking-unfit) ethanol. Makes products feel light and dry fast, but high up the list in leave-on products it can dry out and irritate skin.
Can irritate
Also written Denatured Alcohol, SD Alcohol, SD Alcohol 40
Water. The base of most creams, lotions and cleansers — usually the first ingredient.
Also written Aqua/Water/Eau, Deionized Water, Eau
A light humectant and solvent that helps other ingredients penetrate and keeps textures smooth. Well tolerated.
A plant-derived glycol that dissolves other ingredients and adds a little moisture. Rarely irritating.
Also written 1,3-Propanediol