The depilatory cream effectively removes even the shortest hair, moisturizes for up to 24 hours and gives the skin a silky smooth feel.
Ingredients overview
Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Potassium Thioglycolate, Paraffinum Liquidum, Calcium Hydroxide, Ceteareth-20, Talc, Glycerin, Parfum, Polyethylene, Sodium Gluconate, Geraniol, Citronellol, Limonene, Vaccinium Macrocarpon Fruit Extract, Punica Granatum Pericarp Extract
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Highlights
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Key Ingredients
Skin-identical ingredientGlycerin
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua | solvent | ||
| Cetearyl Alcohol | emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 1, 2 | |
| Potassium Thioglycolate | |||
| Paraffinum Liquidum | emollient, solvent | 0, 0-2 | |
| Calcium Hydroxide | buffering | ||
| Ceteareth-20 | emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 3, 2 | |
| Talc | abrasive/scrub | 0, 1 | |
| Glycerin | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | superstar |
| Parfum | perfuming | icky | |
| Polyethylene | viscosity controlling |
Veet Hair Removal Cream Normal SkinIngredients explained
Aqua
Also-called: Water | 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.
Cetearyl Alcohol
What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, surfactant/cleansing | Irritancy: 1 | Comedogenicity: 2
An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%.
It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin.
Potassium Thioglycolate
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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