Matter
pH
Cosmetic Products
Product Ingredients
Miscellaneous
100

All matter that is now living or was alive at one time, with carbon present, falls within this scientific division.

Organic Chemistry

100

This is what pH stands for in chemistry.

Potential Hydrogen

100

These products that are produced using ingredients that have been grown without pesticides, herbicides or genetic modifications.

Organic

100

This is an ingredient that is less likely to provoke an allergic reaction. 

Hypoallergenic

100

Protons have this type of electrical charge.

Positive

200

This state of matter has definite weight and volume, but not definite shape. 

Liquid

200

Acids tend to taste:

Sour

200

A granular scrub used to assist in physically removing dead skin cells is this type of exfoliant.

Mechanical (physical)

200

These functional ingredients are used to remove oil and/or dirt and are also known as a cleansing agent.

Surfactants 

200

This type of UV ray is longer-penetrating and causes collagen breakdown.

UVA

300

This is created when amino acids join together in chains.

Proteins

300

This pH is 10 times more acidic than a pH of 6.

pH of 5
300

This is a substance that is able to dissolve another substance.

Solvent

300

This is how ingredients are listed on a product label.

Descending order by weight concentration

300

This is why pure water is considered a neutral substance.

Positive and negative ions balance each other out.

400

When a substance gains an electron and oxygen is released, this process is called:

Reduction

400

This is the pH range for pH balaned products.

4.5 to 5.5

400

Mixtures of fats and oils converted to fatty acids by heat then purified are this type of cosmetic item.

Soaps

400

This type of delivery system requires friction to release the performance ingredient.

Microcapsules

400

This cosmetic ingredient helps to prevent moisture loss.

Emollient

500

When two hydrogen atoms combine with one oxygen atom, the result is a water molecule which is a(n):

Compound

500

This is what happens when an alkali is placed in water.

Alkali decreases the concentration of hydrogen ions

500

These are masks with the primary purpose if absorbing excess oil, fighting and refining the pores and aiding in preventing clogging. 

Clay/Mud Masks

500

Liposomes, microsponges and hydrogels all fall under this delivery system. 

Microencapsulation 
500

These types of ingredients help hold a product together, provide a base and contain a preservative system.

Functional