St. Ives Apricot Scrub: Look at the label

St. Ives Apricot Scrub: Look at the label
St. Ives Apricot Scrub is a classic product that’s reached the 14th best selling spot on Amazon.com this week. Let’s look at the label and see what makes it so scrubiful. Water (Aqua) Solvent for the other ingredients. Juglans Regia Shell Powder (Walnut) The main scrubber in the formula. Glyceryl Stearate Primary emulsifier that helps [...]

St. Ives Apricot Scrub is a classic product that’s reached the 14th best selling spot on Amazon.com this week. Let’s look at the label and see what makes it so scrubiful.

Water (Aqua)
Solvent for the other ingredients.

Juglans Regia Shell Powder (Walnut)
The main scrubber in the formula.

Glyceryl Stearate
Primary emulsifier that helps other ingredients mix.

Propylene Glycol
A moisture binding agent known as a polyol that keeps the product from drying out.

Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Foaming agent.

Zea Mays Kernel Meal (Corn)
Another scrubber.

Cocamidopropyl Betaine
A foaming agent that also provides some thickening and enriches lather.

Cetearyl Alcohol Cetyl Alcohol
Fatty alcohols that give the product its texture.

PEG-100 Stearate, Cetyl Acetate, Ceteareth-20
Emulsifiers that keep the oil and water soluble materials mixed together.

Titanium Dioxide (Cl 77891)
Makes the product more opaque and creamy looking.

Polysorbate 60
Solubolizer to help keep ingredients mixed together.

Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Another emulsifier with some emollient properties.

Triethanolamine
An alkaline agent used to neutralize the next ingredient.

Carbomer
Polymer that forms a thickening gel when mixed with the aforementioned triethanolamine.

Fragrance
Makes it smell apricotty.

Phenethyl Alcohol
Preservative

PPG-2 Methyl Ether
Typically used to disperse the fragrance.

Limonene; Linalool
Fragrance allergens that must be listed by law.

Methylisothiazolinone
Preservative.

Glycerin
Another polyol that helps the product hold moisture.

Prunus Armeniaca Fruit Extract (Apricot)
Last but not least we have our eponymous apricot. There’s not much here but it scrubs well nonetheless.

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