1. According to the General Labeling Instructions for Consumer Cosmetics issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standardization Administration Committee, from June 10 to June 17, all cosmetics produced in China and imported for inspection need to be clearly marked with the names of all ingredients added in the product formula.
2. All-ingredient labels include all cosmetics produced and sold in China, such as skin care products, make-up, hair care products and hair styling products (gels, hairsprays, styling sprays and mousses, etc.). ), hair dyeing products, perm products, toothpaste and mouthwash.
3. In the ingredient list marked with all ingredients, the names of ingredients should be arranged according to the addition amount. The higher the ranking, the greater the proportion of this ingredient in cosmetics.
4. In addition, in the all-ingredient label, the ingredients with the addition amount less than or equal to 1% are not arranged in order after the ingredients with the addition amount greater than 1%. Therefore, in the total composition table, the latter components may have no relationship, that is, they basically do not play a functional role.
5. It is also worth noting that flavors and fragrances are uniformly marked in the list of all ingredients containing flavors, while pigments are marked with the number of colorants or Chinese names.
Second, by understanding the single ingredient, we can understand the corresponding efficacy of the product.
Soothing: The products you choose should have corresponding safe and soothing ingredients. (asiaticoside, ceramide, myrrh, lecithin, shea butter, chamomile extract, aloe juice, sterol, etc. ).)
Moisturizing: The skin care products you choose should contain (hyaluronic acid, glycerin, butanediol, ceramide, shea butter, mineral oil, allantoin, mineral elements, etc. )
Whitening: The skin care products you choose should contain these ingredients (VC, ascorbic acid and its derivatives, nicotinamide, kojic acid, tranexamic acid, Glycyrrhiza glabra extract, arbutin, etc. )
Anti-aging: The skin care products you choose should contain (retinol and its derivatives, nicotinamide, peptide, amino acid peptide, boson, ceramide, soybean isoflavone, polyphenol, etc. ).
Thirdly, if the plant extract in a product ranks behind preservatives and emulsifiers such as carbomer, xanthan gum (thickener), phenoxyethanol (commonly used preservative), its function can be basically ignored and can only be understood as a propaganda concept or gimmick;
On the contrary, if the position of plant extracts in the ingredient list is far ahead of preservatives and emulsifiers, skin care products with this concentration of plant extracts can basically play the role of skin care required by the ingredients themselves.
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Wrong label
Fairies who often pay attention to skin care should notice that many ingredients in cosmetics have more than one name, such as hyaluronic acid, fruit acid, alcohol A, VC and so on. These are nicknames of ingredients, or terms that are commonly used in our lives, not the real names of ingredients, so they can't be found in the ingredient list at all.
According to national regulations, the names of ingredients in Chinese labels must be named according to the internationally accepted naming method. For example, the following common ingredients:
If a fairy finds another name of a certain ingredient in the ingredient list of a product, it should be noted that this product can basically be judged as illegal or even a regular brand.
If the words "whitening factor" and "moisturizing factor" appear in the ingredient list, you should be more careful. This is definitely a mistake. It is impossible to pass the examination of the relevant state departments, but you bought it, so this product should be carefully considered ~
However, there is no problem in labeling "spices" in the ingredient list, and the state allows such ingredients to be labeled "spices" directly.
It should be noted that the spices and essences added in cosmetics are generally synthetic, which are synthetic products of multiple ingredients, not single ingredients (unless they are natural spices, which are quite expensive), and the risk of skin allergy is relatively high. It is suggested to avoid using skin care products containing flavors and fragrances as much as possible, especially the little fairy with fragile skin barrier.
Whether the concentration is high or not depends on the order.
The order of ingredients in the cosmetic ingredient list is not arranged by way, but by concentration. When the concentration of ingredients is lower than 1%, they can be randomly arranged.
For most products, water and polyols (usually butanediol, glycerol, propylene glycol and pentanediol) constitute the basic components, so the concentrations of these two components in the products are generally the highest, that is to say, they are ranked high, generally ranking first, second and third.
In addition to the concentration of active ingredients, it is easy to see the concentration of some ingredients with high sensitization risk in the ingredient list, such as ethanol (alcohol) which is irritating to the skin. Dry skin and sensitive skin are recommended to be carefully selected.
References:
Phoenix. Com-1 minute to show you the ingredient list of skin care products.