Thanks to organic cornflower water and aloe vera gel* (*reconstituted from organic aloe vera powder), this formula is designed to soften and hydrate the skin. The bi-phase formula gently and effectively removes all eye make-up, even waterproof, without leaving a greasy film. The eye contour is softened and soothed. Tested under dermatological and ophthalmological control. Suitable for sensitive eyes.
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Ingredients overview
Aqua, Coconut Alkanes, Glycerin, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil*, Octyldodecanol, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water*, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder*, Rubus Idaeus Fruit Water*, Parfum, Sodium Chloride, Levulinic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Ci 75810
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Highlights
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Key Ingredients
Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerin
Soothing: Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water*, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder*
Other Ingredients
Buffering: Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid
Colorant: Ci 75810
Emollient: Coconut Alkanes, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil*, Octyldodecanol
Moisturizer/humectant: Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder*
Perfuming: Ricinus Communis Seed Oil*, Octyldodecanol, Parfum, Levulinic Acid
Preservative: Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate
Solvent: Aqua, Coconut Alkanes
Viscosity controlling: Sodium Chloride
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua | solvent | ||
| Coconut Alkanes | emollient, solvent | ||
| Glycerin | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | superstar |
| Coco-Caprylate/Caprate | emollient | ||
| Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride | emollient | ||
| Ricinus Communis Seed Oil* | emollient, perfuming | 0, 0-1 | |
| Octyldodecanol | emollient, perfuming | ||
| Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water* | soothing | goodie | |
| Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder* | soothing, moisturizer/humectant | goodie | |
| Rubus Idaeus Fruit Water* | |||
| Parfum | perfuming | icky | |
| Sodium Chloride | viscosity controlling | ||
| Levulinic Acid | perfuming | ||
| Sodium Benzoate | preservative | ||
| Sodium Levulinate | |||
| Sodium Hydroxide | buffering | ||
| Citric Acid | buffering | ||
| Potassium Sorbate | preservative | ||
| Ci 75810 | colorant |
Douglas Naturals Biphase Eye Make Up Remover
Ingredients explainedAqua
Also-called: Water | What-it-does: solvent
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
Coconut Alkanes
What-it-does: emollient, solvent
Coconut Alkanesis a volatile (something that does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it),naturally derived vegetable alkane coming from renewable sources. It is a light, oily liquid thatworks as an emollient andgives a smooth skin feel.
It's often combined with another emollient calledCoco-Caprylate/Caprate and the two together can serve as a great replacement for some volatile silicones, likeCyclopentasiloxane.
Glycerin - superstar
Also-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
- A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
- A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
- Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
- Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
- High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
Read all the geeky details about Glycerin here >>
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
What-it-does: emollient
A lightemollient ester (C8-10 fatty acids connected to C12-18 fatty alcohols) that absorbs quickly and leaves a dry butsilky finish on the skin. In terms of skin feel, it is similar toDicaprylyl Carbonate, another commonly used light emollient.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
What-it-does: emollient
A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type andeasy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular.
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil*
Also-called: Castor Oil;Ricinus Communis Seed Oil | What-it-does: emollient, perfuming | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0-1
Castor oil is sourced from the castor bean plant native to tropical areas in Eastern Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is an age-old ingredient (it’s over 4,000 years old!) with many uses including as a shoe polish, food additive and motor lubricant. You would be reasonable to think that putting shoe polish on your face wouldn’t be the best idea, but it turns out castor oil has some unique properties that make it a stalwart in thick and gloss-giving formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters).
So what is so special about it? The answer is its main fatty acid, called ricinoleic acid (85-95%). Unlike other fatty acids, ricinoleic acid has an extra water-loving part (aka -OH group) on its fatty chain that gives Castor Oil several unique properties. First, it is thicker than other oils, then its solubility is different (e.g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), and it allows all kindsof chemical modificationsother oils do not, hence the lots ofCastor oil-derived ingredients. It is alsomore glossy than other oils, in fact,itcreates the highest gloss of all natural oils when applied to the skin. Other than that, it is a very effective emollient and occlusive that reduces skin moisture loss so it is quite common in smaller amounts in moisturizers.
While it is very unlikely (and this is true for pretty much every ingredient), cases of reactions to castor oil have been reported, so if your skin is sensitive, it never hurts to patch test.
Octyldodecanol
What-it-does: emollient, perfuming
A clear, slightly yellow, odorless oil that's a very common, medium-spreadingemollient. It makes the skin feel nice and smooth and works in a wide range of formulas.
Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water* - goodie
Also-called: Cornflower Flower Water;Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water | What-it-does: soothing
Flower distillate coming from the beautiful blue flowers, commonly known as cornflower. The flowers are traditionally used inEuropean phytotherapy to treat smaller eye inflammations and contain polysaccharides (mainly galacturonic acid, arabinose, glucose, rhamnose, and galactose) with anti-inflammatory and soothing properties.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder* - goodie
What-it-does: soothing, moisturizer/humectant
A spray-dried or freeze-dried version of Aloe Leaf Juice. The point of both drying methods is to make waterevaporate from the juice and leave just the "useful" components behind.
So the aloe powder hassimilarsoothing, emollient and moisturizing properties as the juice. You canread a bit more about the juicehere.
Rubus Idaeus Fruit Water*
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Parfum - icky
Also-called: Fragrance, Parfum;Parfum/Fragrance | What-it-does: perfuming
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).
If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.
Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
Sodium Chloride
Also-called: Salt | What-it-does: viscosity controlling
Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt.
If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list. The reason for this is that salt acts as a fantastic thickener in cleansing formulas created with ionic cleansing agents(aka surfactants) such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate. A couple of percents (typically 1-3%) turns a runny surfactant solution into a nice gel texture.
If you are into chemistry (if not, we understand, just skip this paragraph), the reason is that electrolytes (you know, the Na+ and Cl- ions) screen the electrostatic repulsion between the head groups of ionic surfactants and thus support the formation of long shaped micelles (instead of spherical ones) that entangle like spaghetti, and viola, a gel is formed. However, too much of it causes the phenomenon called "salting out", and the surfactant solution goes runny again.
Other than that, salt also works as an emulsion stabilizer inwater-in-oil emulsions, that is when water droplets are dispersed in the outer oil (or silicone) phase. And last but not least, when salt is right at the first spot of the ingredient list (and is not dissolved), the product is usually a body scrub where salt is thephysical exfoliating agent.
Levulinic Acid
What-it-does: perfuming
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Sodium Benzoate
What-it-does: preservative
A helper ingredient that helps to makethe products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It works mainly against fungi.
It’s pH dependent and works best at acidic pH levels (3-5). It’s not strong enough to be used in itself so it’s always combined with something else, often with potassium sorbate.
Sodium Levulinate
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Sodium Hydroxide
Also-called: lye | What-it-does: buffering
The unfancy name for it is lye. It’s a solid white stuff that’s very alkaline and used in small amounts to adjust the pH of the product and make it just right.
For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed.
BTW, lye is not something new. It was already used by ancient Egyptians to help oil and fat magically turn into something else. Can you guess what? Yes, it’s soap. It still often shows up in the ingredient list of soaps and other cleansers.
Sodium hydroxide in itselfis a potent skin irritant, but once it's reacted (as it is usually in skin care products, like exfoliants) it is totallyharmless.
Citric Acid
What-it-does: buffering
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA.
So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.
There is also some research showing that citric acid with regular use (think three monthsand 20% concentration) can help sun-damaged skin, increase skin thickness and some nice hydrating things called glycosaminoglycans in the skin.
But according to a comparative study done in 1995, citric acid has less skin improving magic properties than glycolic or lactic acid. Probably that’s why citric acid is usually not used as an exfoliant but more as a helper ingredient in small amounts to adjust the pH of a formulation.
Potassium Sorbate
What-it-does: preservative
It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It’s not a strong one and doesn’t really work against bacteria, but more against mold and yeast. To do that it has to break down to its active form, sorbic acid. For that to happen, there has to be water in the product and the right pH value (pH 3-4).
But even if everything is right, it’s not enough on its own. If you see potassium sorbate you should see some other preservative next to it too.
BTW, it’s also a food preservativeand even has an E number, E202.
Ci 75810
What-it-does: colorant, deodorant
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
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