Active/ Inactive Ingredients Flashcards
Inactive ingredient-
It’s put into a product to benefit the product and make it more appealing to the consumer.
Aka color, frangrances, thickners, preservatives.
Active Ingredients
Also known as performance ingredients
Put into the product to benefit the skin.
Ex: lavender, chamomile, seaweed, or collagen.
True or false
Cosmeutical companies must have ingredient listings on the package or on a insert or must be made easily available to the consumer.
True
Product ingredient labels
Ingredients are listed from highest to lowest concentrations
Commonly you will find water is the number one ingredient.
Active ingredient
These ingredients are listed separately because they are classified as a drug.
O.T.C stands for over the counter meaning no prescription required.
Inactives
Binders Colorants Frangrances Preservatives Solvents “dissolve” Surfactants Vehicles
Actives
Antioxidants Cleansers eMollients Healing agents Humectants Lubricants
Binders (inactive)
Substance such as glycerin that holds products together.
Colorants (inactive)
Substances such as artificial pigment or mineral dyes that give products their color.
Fragrances (inactive)
Can come from a mineral, animal, or plant sources. These perfumes give products their scent.
Preservatives
Chemical agents that inhibit the growth of microorganisms in cosmetic formulations.
The shelf life of an average product is 3 years. Unopened with proper storage.
Solvents ( inactive)
A substance or substances that dissolve other substances to form a solution
Water is known as the universal solvent
Organic substances are not soluble in water
Surfactants (inactive)
Surface (active) agents that reduce surface tension between the skin and the product to increase product spreadability.
Detergents and silicone are common ingredients that act as surfactants
Vechicles
Spreading agents and ingredients that carry or deli ever other ingredients into the skin and make them more effective
Antioxidants
Free radial scavengers
Substances that inhibit oxidation reactions, capable of neutralizing oxidation reaction.
Electron donors***
Vitamin A, C, E Black tea Green tea White tea Yeast Pomegranate extract Açaí
Free radicals
Unstable oxygen molecule that contributes to the break down of healthy tissue
Electron takers**
Free radical producing substances
Carbon monoxide
Smoking
Radiation\uv
Grilled meat/chard
Cleansers
Soaps and detergents that clean the skin
Emollients
Fatty materials used lubricate and softens the skin
Healing agents
Active
Substances such as zinc, chamomile, licorice, azulene, aloe that heal the skin.
Humectants
Ingredients with water loving (hydrophilic) molecules that attract water to the skins surface
Lubricants
Coats the skin and reduces the friction
