Cosmetic Laws
They regulate cosmetic safety issues, product claims, and labeling issues.
Who are the FDA?
This is the most commonly used cosmetic ingredient. It can be a performance ingredient, functional ingredient, or both.
What is water?
Citric, glycolic, malic, mandelic, tartartic, and lactic acid fall into this category.
What are Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA's)?
What are modelage masks?
It is the law that distinguishes cosmetics from drugs.
What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
These ingredients generally end in -ate on product labels?
What are fatty esters?
These ingredients can be derived from fruit or animal sources and they eat surface-level keratin protein.
What are enzymes?
This product dissolves makeup, oil, and dirt and does not strip the skin's natural pH balance.
What is a cleansing cream?
This cosmetic product includes a day cream, sunscreen, foundation, targeted serums, and corrective ingredients.
What is a BB cream?
In the cosmetic industry, this term refers to ingredients that change the appearance of the skin. Sometimes people incorrectly refer to them as "active ingredients."
What are performance ingredients?
These ingredients are used to thicken creams.
This oil-soluble exfoliating ingredient is derived from willow bark and meadowsweet. You must check for aspirin allergies before you use it.
What is salicylic acid (BHA)?
Astringents contain more alcohol than fresheners or toners and are best for this type of skin.
What is oily and/or acne-prone skin?
This product is the same as a serum, but instead of a dropper bottle or pump, it is packaged in single-use containers.
What are ampoules?
This term is only regulated for agricultural products in the United States.
What is "organic?"
Surfactants allow incompatible materials like oil and water to combine. Their molecules have a hydrophilic head and this kind of tail.
What is lipophilic (oil-loving)?
What is a gommage?
What is 100 percent?
This setting mask could trigger an allergic reaction in someone with a shellfish allergy.
What is an alginate mask?
This amount of gluten can exist in a product and still receive a designation of "gluten-free"
What is 20 parts per million?
This ingredient is not a preservative, but it boosts the efficacy of preservatives.
What is a chelating agent?
Jojoba beads, ground nuts, and beeswax are all examples of this.
What are natural exfoliants? (Also correct: physical/mechanical/granular exfoliants)
Treatment creams (a type of moisturizer) are designed to be particularly effective at this time.
What is nighttime/during sleep?
Oily, dehydrated, and acne-prone skin would benefit from this product that is formulated to add water but not excess oil to the skin.
What is a hydrator?