"Well, this is a good French brand" or "At least it's German, they do not lie" It has happened a lot that when you buy cosmetics with a friend and family member, you hear that just a product from a country that produces accessories Cosmetics are good, so it is the best choice for us. However, in some cases, it is better to abandon this belief and pay attention to other components, such as the ingredients of skin products, so that we do not suffer from their unwanted side effects when using cosmetics.
Make no mistake, this article is not to promote Iranian products, but is a guide to make a choice that suits your facial skin when preparing a cosmetic product.
Cosmetics make up a significant portion of the shelves of pharmacies and department stores. The things that it is better to pay attention to when buying, which are also on the cover of each cosmetic product, are the consistency of the product, its basic ingredients and active ingredients, and other things that we will discuss in detail below.
Follow us to the end of this article to find out why sometimes not only foreign products can be harmful to us, but also cause more damage to our skin.
Ingredients of skin products
Differences between medicine and cosmetic product
Before examining the ingredients of cosmetics, it may be helpful to know the difference between a cosmetic and a medicine:
In short, the cosmetic product does not have a significant effect on the function and structure of the skin, and its most expected effect is to cleanse, cleanse, moisturize, soften and beautify the skin. . However, in addition to affecting the structure, consistency and function of a tissue (especially skin tissue, which we mostly consider), a drug often requires a doctor's prescription and the correct method of its use.
Topical products:
Cosmetics are typically used topically, and each topical ingredient contains three main components, which we describe in detail:
Base material
Active substance
Add-ons (which are divided into several sections)
1. Basic material:
The base material of cosmetic products is in fact a base compound (although it can be composed of only one element) to transfer the active ingredient to the desired layer of our skin so that the active ingredient can have its effects. One of the most important points that can be mentioned is that this base material, although it may have its own restorative or moisturizing properties or other things, but does not change the composition of the active substance in any way.
In addition, the base material can be included in different classifications, for example, its forms such as liquid, semi-solid or solid, or the base material can be classified based on their hydrophilic and hydrophobic (hydrophile hydrophobes) or based on their constituent material. To divide.
Fat bases in cosmetics:
Fat or hydrocarbon bases such as Vaseline, paraffin or the like are composed of Vaseline and wax.
• Lanonin:
The base material of many moisturizers is this substance, which is available in industrial and animal types (animal type is less used today due to increased sensitivity).
• Sometimes these bases can be taken from plant materials such as olive oil, sunflower, soybean, etc. These fats have a very important advantage over their animal type, which is that the blocking properties of these oils are less, which means the possibility of Acne and pimples are much less common when using these substances.
Paraffin, which is yellow in color, prevents water from evaporating. Due to its blocking properties, it can have side effects such as increased acne and pimples.
Vaseline is another oily base substance that is sometimes used in cosmetics, and this substance with its blocking property prevents the evaporation of water, but at the same time can significantly aggravate acne.
• Oil:
If you have been looking for products that prevent acne from getting worse, you must have come across labels like oil free which indicate that the ingredients in this skin product are oil free and this lack of oil does not aggravate acne. The fact is that the liquid oil (liquid oil) is an excellent base material in cosmetic products, which causes a uniform distribution of the active ingredient throughout the product. The remarkable thing about oil-free products is that even these products can contain up to 13% oil.
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Water bases and their solutions in cosmetic products:
• Water:
Water evaporates from the outer layer of the skin. One of the reasons for excessive evaporation of water is the rinsing of the skin in large quantities. Ingredients of water-based and water-soluble skin products One of their main purposes is to hydrate and cool the skin.
Cold cream:
Emulsion means mixing two substances that do not mix together like water and oil. Cold Cream, which is a water-in-oil emulsion w / o is actually used to cool the skin surface in such a way that the water trapped in the oil of this cold cream evaporates and the skin surface feels cool.
