Hair removal cream for sensitive areas.
Ingredients overview
Water, Urea, Sodium Diethylenetriamine Pentamethylene Phosphonate, Emulsifying Wax, PEG-2 Distearate, Paraffin Oil, Thioglycolic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Preservative, Rose Extract, Vitamin E
Warning: This ingredient list contains several ingredient names that do not follow the INCI nomenclature. Read here for more detail.
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Highlights
#alcohol-free #fragrance & essentialoil-free
Key Ingredients
Antioxidant: Thioglycolic Acid, Vitamin E
Skin-identical ingredient: Urea
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water | solvent | ||
| Urea | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | goodie | |
| Sodium Diethylenetriamine Pentamethylene Phosphonate | chelating | ||
| Emulsifying Wax | emulsifying | ||
| PEG-2 Distearate | |||
| Paraffin Oil | emollient, solvent | 0, 0-2 | |
| Thioglycolic Acid | antioxidant | ||
| Sodium Hydroxide | buffering | ||
| Preservative | |||
| Rose Extract |
Freedom Hair Removal CreamIngredients explained
Water
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.
Urea - goodie
Also-called: Carbamide | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant
Yes, it's the thing that can be found naturally in pee. And in the skin. It is an awesome natural moisturizing factor, aka NMF. NMFs are important components that help the skin to hold onto water and keep it plump, elastic and hydrated. Urea makes up about 7% of NMFs next to other things such as amino acids (40%), PCA (12%) or Lactate (12%).
What makes urea special, is that it is not only a simple moisturizer, but it is thought to be a "small-molecule regulator of epidermal structure and function" meaning that it has a bunch of extra biological activities. It acts as a mild keratolytic agent (some of its moisturizing action is thought to come from urea's ability to break down bonds in the protein called filaggrin and thus freeing up amino acids in the skin), enhances antimicrobial peptide expression and improves skin barrier function.
Sodium Diethylenetriamine Pentamethylene Phosphonate
What-it-does: chelating
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
