Enriched with a soothing blend of avène thermal spring water, glycerin and trehalose, the formula caresses the skin in moisture for long-lasting hydration.
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Ingredients overview
Avene Thermal Spring Water (Avene Aqua), Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate Hcl, Fragrance (Parfum), Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate, Trehalose, Water (Aqua)
Warning: This ingredient list seems to miss preservatives necessary for creating safe products. Read here for more detail.
Highlights
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Key Ingredients
Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerin
Other Ingredients
Buffering: Citric Acid
Emulsifying: Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate
Moisturizer/humectant: Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Trehalose
Perfuming: Fragrance (Parfum)
Solvent: Pentylene Glycol, Water (Aqua)
Surfactant/cleansing: Coco-Glucoside
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avene Thermal Spring Water (Avene Aqua) | |||
| Glycerin | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | superstar |
| Pentylene Glycol | solvent, moisturizer/humectant | ||
| Citric Acid | buffering | ||
| Coco-Glucoside | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate Hcl | |||
| Fragrance (Parfum) | perfuming | icky | |
| Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate | emulsifying | ||
| Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate | emulsifying | ||
| Trehalose | moisturizer/humectant | goodie | |
| Water (Aqua) | solvent |
Avene Make Up Removing Micellar Water
Ingredients explainedAvene Thermal Spring Water (Avene Aqua)
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Glycerin - superstar
Also-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
- A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
- A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
- Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
- Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
- High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
Read all the geeky details about Glycerin here >>
Pentylene Glycol
What-it-does: solvent, moisturizer/humectant
A multi-functional, silky feeling helper ingredient that can do quite many things. It's used as anemulsion stabilizer, solvent and a broad spectrum antimicrobial. According to manufacturer info, it's also amoisturizer and helps to make the product feel great on the skin. It works synergistically with preservatives and helps to improvewater-resistance of sunscreens.
Citric Acid
What-it-does: buffering
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA.
So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.
There is also some research showing that citric acid with regular use (think three monthsand 20% concentration) can help sun-damaged skin, increase skin thickness and some nice hydrating things called glycosaminoglycans in the skin.
But according to a comparative study done in 1995, citric acid has less skin improving magic properties than glycolic or lactic acid. Probably that’s why citric acid is usually not used as an exfoliant but more as a helper ingredient in small amounts to adjust the pH of a formulation.
Coco-Glucoside
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing
A vegetable origin (coconut/palm kernel oil, glucose) cleansing agent that givesmoderate to high stable foam. It's also biodegradable and mild to the skin.
Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate Hcl
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Fragrance (Parfum) - icky
Also-called: Fragrance, Parfum;Parfum/Fragrance | What-it-does: perfuming
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).
If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.
Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate
What-it-does: emulsifying
A water-loving emollient that is used as a solubilizer in water-based, toner-like formulas. Solubilizersare handy helper ingredients to dissolve small amounts of oil-loving materials (such as essential oils or fragrances) into watery liquids. Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate also has some emollient properties, making the skin feel nice and smooth.
Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate
What-it-does: emulsifying
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Trehalose - goodie
What-it-does: moisturizer/humectant
A type of sugar that haswater-bindingproperties and helps to keep your skinhydrated.
Water (Aqua)
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.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
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