Ch.6 Skin Care Products (ingredients)

Question 1

What is a natural sourced ingredient?

Answer 1

Ingredients sourced from plant, animals or vitamins

Question 2

What is a synthetic ingredient?

Answer 2

Sources in a lab through chemical compound

Question 3

DID YOU KNOW :

naturally sourced products can have powerful skin benefits but some of the most effective are synthetically produced.

Question 4

What are the 10 popular terms used in relation to skin care products & ingredients?

Answer 4

•Natural (all natural
•organic
•cruelty free
•vegan
•gluten free
•noncomedogenic
•comedogenic
•hypoallergenic, derm tested, no irritating
•fragrance free
•unscented

Question 5

What does natural, organic and cruelty free mean?

Answer 5

Used in marketing for :
Natural- derived from natural sources
Organic- naturally sourced without pesticide or chemicals. (USDA USES TERM AS IT APPLIES TO FOOD)
cruelty free- not tested on animals

Question 6

What’s does gluten free, hypoallergenic mean?

Answer 6

Gluten free - free of proteins found in wheat, rye and triticale (cross between wheat&rye) to establish this claim th FDA set threshold of 20 parts per million (ppm)

Hypoallergenic- aka derm tested / non irritating, are ingredients or products less likely to cause allergic reactions.

Question 7

What does comedogenic and non comedogenic mean?

Answer 7

Comedogenic- ingredients that tend to clog pores

Non comedogenic- tend not to clog pores

Question 8

What does fragrance free and unscented mean?

Answer 8

Fragrance free- no additional ingredients were added to the product to specifically provide a fragrance but may already contain an ingredient that already has a scent. (Ex : lavender)

Unscented- ingredients have been added to mal the smell