| Ingredient |
Description |
Evaluation |
| Saccharide Isomerate |
Vegetable sugar with moisture preserving property |
limited recommendability |
| Safflower Oil |
Vegetable oil, rich content of linolic acid |
recommendable |
| Salvia officialis |
Sage extract, herbal agent with astringent and skin
tightening properties |
recommendable |
| Salicylic Acid |
Preservative, makes skin and epidermis come off,
irritating in higher concentrations |
limited recommendability |
| Santalum album |
Sandalwood, harmonizing, calming, nurturing, aphrodisiac
properties |
recommendable |
| Saponaria Officinalis |
Vegetable surfactant, irritating and allergenic potential |
not recommendable |
| SD Alcohol 39 |
Alcohol,
denaturated with diethylphthalate, preserving, soluble and refreshing
properties |
recommendable |
| SD Alcohol 40 |
Alcohol,
denaturated with brucine, quassine and butylalcohol, preserving, soluble and
refreshing properties |
recommendable |
| Seaweed extract |
Benefit for
beauty care products highly controversial |
limited recommendability |
| Semen Hippocastani |
Horse
chest nut extract, herbal capillary-active agent with varicose veins and
other visible skin vessels |
highly recommendable |
| Serica |
Silkworm
extract, unethical due to mass-killing of sideworms with the production of
that protein, benefit for beauty care products controve rsial |
not recommendable |
| Serine |
Amino acid, usually from animal origin, cruelty to
animals through intensive farming, benefit for beauty care products
controversial, moistur e preserver |
not recommendable |
| Serum Protein |
Protein
of blood plasma, benefit for beauty
care products highly controversial |
not recommendable |
| Sesame Oil |
Sesamum indicum, herbal oil with refattingen and slight
UV radiation protecting properties |
highly recommendable |
| Sesamum indicum |
Herbal oil with refatting and slight UV radiation
protecting properties |
highly recommendable |
| Sheabutter |
Oleum Butyrospermi Parkii, herbal oil with highly skin
friendly and nurturing quality |
highly recommendable |
| Shorea Stenoptera |
Extracted from the fruit of the shoreatree, rarely
applicated |
limited recommendability |
| Silica = Siliceous Earth |
Silicic acid, mineral raw material and powder material
with decreasing, cleansing properties |
highly recommendable |
| Silver |
Dye, benefit
for beauty care products controversial |
not recommendable |
| Simethicone |
Mixture
of silicagel and dimethicone (silicon oil) as skin care product, bad
biodegradability due to synthetically produced silicon oils |
not recommendable |
| Simmondsia Californica |
Jojoba
oil, oleum simmondsiae californicae, liquid wax with outstanding skin
nurturing quality, very high compatibility |
highly recommendable |
| Sitosterol |
Beta sitosterol, herbal agent, nurturing,
anti-inflammatory, improves the compatibility of chemical light protection
filters |
highly recommendable |
| Sodium Acrylate/Vinyl
Alco hol Copolymer |
Gel former of synthetic origin, with skin-compatible
quality, rejected by some experts due to possible impurities. From our point
of view this danger does not exist if processed in
accordance with the latest procedures |
recommendable |
| Sodium Ascorbyl
Phosphate |
Highly effective antioxidative, and vitamin C dispenser
for the skin. Is the storage form of vitamin C. Is transposed into natural
vitamin C in th e skin. Protects the skin against
the harmful effects of the dangerous oxygen radicals. Vitamins are an essential element for a healthy human
body and a healthy skin. |
highly recommendable |
| Sodium Benzoate |
Chemical
preservative, allergenic potential |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Borate |
Boric acid, preservative with disinfecting quality, might
penetrate the body and cause intoxications |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Carbomer |
Highly compatible gel former of synthetic origin |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate |
Inferior
emulsifier, might decrease and dry out the skin |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Chloride |
Natrium chloride, table salt, auxiliary substance, gel
former in surfactants, stabilizes W/O creams |
highly recommendable |
| Sodium Chondroitin |
Chondroitinsulfate, mucopolyssaccharide of animal origin,
intensive farming, possible BSE risk |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Citrate |
Natriumcitrate, natural complex former for binding heavy
metals |
recommendable |
| Sodium Dehydroacetate |
Dehydroacetic acid, chemical preservative, occasionally
allergenic and irritating |
not recommendable |
| Sodium EDTA |
Ethylene-Diamino-Tetra-Acetate, chemical auxiliary
substance, as a complex former it
supports the effect of preservatives, bad biodegrad ability |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Glutamate |
Taste enhancer in food, no benefit for beauty care
products |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Glycollate |
Natrium salt of glycol acid, smallest effective AHA acid,
for peelings, should not be used for daily skin care but in form of cures |
recommendable |
| Sodium Hyaluronate |
Mucopolysaccharide,
usually produced by means of biotechnology, with moisturizing and moisture
preserving properties, also extracted fr om cock’s
crowns thus with cruelty to animals through intensive farming, so ask the
producer for the origin of the product |
highly recommendable if produced biotech nologically |
| Sodium Hydrogenated
Tallo w Glutamate |
Mild surfactant of animal origin, intensive farming, cruelty to animals,
possible BSE risk |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Hydroxide |
Natrium hydroxide, alkalizer for the neutralization of acidly compounds |
recommendable |
| Sodium Lactate |
Natrium lactate, natrium salt of lactic acid,
skin-physiological with high moisture preserving property. Is a milky acid
turned into a PH- value of 5,5 and because of this
an essential element of the natural moisturizing factor (NMF of Natural
Moisturizing Factor) and the acid protecting layer of the skin. |
highly recommendable |
| Sodium Sodium Laureth
Sulf ate |
Frequently
utilized basic surfactant, rejected by some experts due to possible
impurities. From our point of view this danger does not exist if processed in accordance with the latest
procedures |
recommendable |
| Sodium Sodium Laureth
Sulf ate (and) Glycol Distearate (and) Cocamide MEA |
Syntetized surfactant and brightener, improves the
optical appearance of shampoos and washing gels |
limited recommendability |
| Sodium Lauryl Carboxylate |
mild co tenside |
highly recommendable |
| Sodium Mannuronate -Meth ylsilanol |
Sea
weed extract, herbal agent, moisture preserving, skin-tightening, often
component of cellulite products, results (function) questionable |
limited recommendability |
| Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taur ate |
Mild basic surfactant |
highly recommendable |
| Sodium
Palmitate |
Natriumpalmitate, cheap surfactant and basic for soap |
not recommendable |
| Sodium PCA |
Natrium salt of Pyrrolidoncarbonacid, moisture preserving
and smoothing property |
recommendable |
| Sodium
Phenylbenzimidazol e Sulfonate |
One of the most compatible UV-radiation filters |
recommendable |
| Sodium Polyacrylates |
Gel former rejected by some experts due to possible
impurities. From our point of view this danger does not exist if processed in
accordan ce with the latest procedures |
recommendable |
| Sodium Sorbate |
Natrium salt of sorbic acid, nature identical chemical
preservative, irritating and allergenic potential |
not recommendable |
| Sodium Sulfide |
Strong
reductor, utilized in hair colouring products, allergenic potential |
not recommendable |
| Solubilized Oxygen |
According to INCI incorrect naming for dissolved oxygen
while no carrier named, benefit of oxygen in beauty care products not
apparent |
not recommendable |
| Soluble Collagen |
Agent made of dead animals (intensive farming, cruelty to
animals, possible BSE risk, low benefit, can't penetrate the skin, no
anti-wrinkle q uality |
not recommendable |
| Sorbic Acid |
Nature identical chemical preserving, slight irritating
and allergenic potential, in food safe |
not recommendable |
| Sorbitan Isostearate |
Emulsifier of vegetable or animal origin, moisture
preserving, be aware about intensive farming ! |
recommendable if of vegetable origin |
| Sorbitan Palmitate |
Vegetable
emulsifier, may be derived from suet, cruelty to animals through intensive
farming, so ask the producer for the origin of the prod uct |
recommendable if of vegetable origin |
| Sorbitan Peroleate |
Vegetable
emulsifier, may be derived from suet, cruelty to animals through intensive
farming, so ask the producer for the origin of the prod uct |
recommendable if of vegetable origin |
| Sorbitan Sesqui-Oleate |
Vegetable
emulsifier, may be derived from suet, cruelty to animals through intensive
farming, so ask the producer for the origin of the prod uct |
recommendable if of vegetable origin |
| Sorbitan Stearate |
Emulsifier of vegetable or animal origin, moisture
preserving, be aware about intensive farming ! |
recommendable if of vegetable origin |
| Sorbitan Tristearate |
Emulsifier of vegetable or animal origin, moisture
preserving, be aware about intensive farming ! |
recommendable if of vegetable origin |
| Sorbit = Sorbitol |
Vegetable sugar with moisturizing property |
recommendable |
| Soy Lecithin |
Herbal
emulsifier with moisturizing property, raw material for the production of
liposomes from phospholipids |
highly recommendable |
| Soy Sterole |
Sterine, unsoapable portion of soy oil, herbal
emulsifier, water preserving property on the skin |
recommendable |
| Soybean Oil |
Herbal oil |
recommendable |
| Soybean Phospholipids |
Phospholipids of soy, constituent of the intercellular
substance |
highly recommendable |
| Soybean Sterole |
Sterine, unsoapable portion of soy oil, herbal
emulsifier, water preserving property on the skin |
recommendable |
| Sphingolipids |
Constituent of the intercellular substance, pre-step of
the ceramide, derived from soy oil, may also be from animal origin, cruelty
to animals through intensive farming, possible BSE
risk |
recommendable if of vegetable origin |
| Spirulina |
Blue
Algae rich in Minerals, proteins and Vitamins e.g. Carotinoide (pro vitamin
A) Folic acid, biotin and Pantothenic acid a vitamin of the Vita min B complex that plays an important role in the
oxidation of fats and carbohydrates |
recommendable |
| Spleen Extract |
Spleen extract, agent made of dead animals, benefit for
beauty care products controversial, possible BSE risk |
not recommendable |
| Squalane |
extracted from Shark liver oil, also now from olive
oil or made form synthetic material |
recommended only when obtained from v egetable extracts |
| Starch (and) Magnesium
Ox ide |
Starch from magnesium oxide, raw material for powders,
starch pores the skin and clogs up the pores |
recommendable |
| Stearamine Oxide |
Mild
surfactant, with anti-static property, |
recommendable |
| Stearate |
Stearin acid, co-emulsifier and gel former |
recommendable |
| Steareth-n |
Polyethylenglycol-Stearylether,
chemical emulsifier, n means a number from 2 up to 30 = number of PEG units,
rejected by some experts du e to possible
impurities. From our point of view this danger does not exist if processed in
accordance with the latest procedures |
recommendable |
| Stearic Acid |
Stearin
acid, co-emulsifier and gel former. An important element of the skin sebum
and the intercellular substance of the human horny layer . |
highly recommendable |
| Stearoxy Dimethicone |
Silicon oil compound, synthetically produced, also for
hair wax, smoothing property, may effect colour of hair, utilized as foam
reducer, ba d biodegradability |
not recommendable |
| Stearyl Alcohol |
Fatty alcohol as gel former |
highly recommendable |
| Stearyl Caprylate |
Octadecyloctanoat, skin care oil |
limited recommendability |
| Stearyl Dimethicone |
Silicon oil compound, synthetically produced, also for
hair wax, smoothing property, may effect colour of hair, utilized as foam
reducer, ba d biodegradability |
not recommendable |
| Stearyl glycyrrhetinate |
Derived from liquorice, benefit for beauty care products
controversial |
not recommendable |
| Stearyl Heptanoate |
Synthesized skin care
oil |
limited recommendability |
| Stearyl Octanoate |
Synthesized skin care
oil |
recommendable |
| Styrene/Acrylate
Copolymer |
Gel former and film former |
limited recommendability |
| Sucrose |
Sugar, vegetable moisture preserving agent |
recommendable |
| Sucrose Cocoate |
Mild surfactant from sugar and fat, improves
compatibility of other surfactants |
highly recommendable |
| Sucrose Stearate |
Very
compatible emulsifier, synthesized from sugar and fat, one of the view
emulsifiers with moisture preserving quality |
highly recommendable |
| Sulfur |
effective against dandruff, slightly irritating property,
medic and cosmetic utilization only upon certain indications, like acne |
recommendable |
| Sunflower Oil |
Herbal
oil with high content of linolic acid |
recommendable |
| Sunflower Seed Oil |
Helianthus annulus, oil derived from sunflower seed, high
content of linolic acid, more appropriate for nutrition than for beauty care |
recommendable |
| Superoxide Dismutase |
Catcher of radicals in the cell-metabolism, questionable
benefit in beauty care products as this enzymes is present in a balanced
manner within the cell |
not recommendable |