Chery Bomb Ingredients
Ingredients Overview
Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Triethanolamine, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium Edta. May Contain: CI 14700, CI 17200, CI 42090, CI 20170
Highlights
#Alcohol-Free #Fragrance & Essential Oil-Free
Key Ingredients
Antioxidant: Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
Soothing: Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
Ingredients Explained
Aqua (also called water)
What-It-Does: Solvent
Good Old Water, Aka H2o Is 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.
What-It-Does: Moisturizer/Humectant, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
It's A Helper Ingredient That Improves The Freeze-Thaw Stability Of Products
It's Also A Solvent, Humectant And To Some Extent A Penetration Enhancer
It Has A Bad Reputation Among Natural Cosmetics Advocates But Cosmetic Scientists And Toxicology Experts Do Not Agree
What-It-Does: Buffering
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 2
It’s A Little Helper Ingredient That Helps To Set The Ph Of A Cosmetic Formulation To Be Just Right. It’s Very Alkaline, With A 1% Solution Having A Ph Of Around 10.
It Does Not Have The Very Best Safety Reputation But In General, You Do Not Have To Worry About It.
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling, Emulsion Stabilizing
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 1
A Big Molecule Created From Repeated Subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) That Magically Converts A Liquid Into A Nice Gel Formula. It Is Usually Neutralized With A Base (such as Sodium Hydroxide) For The Thickening To Occur. It Creates Viscous, Clear Gels That Also Feel Nice And Non-Tacky On The Skin ( no wonder it’s a very popular and common ingredient)
Typically Used At 1% Or Less In Most Formulations.
What-It-Does: Preservative
It’s Pretty Much The Current It-Preservative Because Its Safe And Gentle
It Was Introduced Around 1950 And Today It Can Be Used Up To 1% Worldwide
It Can Be Found In Nature - In Green Tea - But The Version Used In Cosmetics Is Synthetic
Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
What-It-Does: Emulsifying, Surfactant/Cleansing
A Mildly Viscous, Amber-Colored Liquid With Fatty Odor, Made From Castor Oil And Polyethylene Glycol (Peg)
If It Were A Person, We’d Say, It’s Agile, Diligent & Multifunctional.
It’s Mostly Used As An Emulsifier And Surfactant But Most Often It Is Used To Solubilize Fragrances
Into Water-Based Formulas.
Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract (also called German Chamomile Flower Extract)
What-It-Does: Soothing, Antioxidant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
Chamomile Probably Needs No Introduction As It's One Of The Most Widely Used Medicinal Herbs.
You Probably Drink It Regularly As A Nice, Calming Cup Of Tea And It's Also A Regular On Skincare Ingredient Lists.
Cosmetic Companies Use It Mainly For Its Anti-Inflammatory Properties. It Contains The Terpenoids Chamazulene And Bisabolol Both Of Which Show Great Anti-Inflammatory Action In Animal Studies.
On Top Of That Chamomile Also Has Some Antioxidant Activity (thanks to some other active ingredients called Matricine, Apigenin and Luteolin).
What-It-Does: Preservative, Deodorant
If You Have Spotted Ethylhexylglycerin On The Ingredient List, Most Probably You Will Also See The Current It-Preservative, Phenoxyethanol, Because Ethylhexylglycerin Can Boost The Effectiveness Of Phenoxyethanol (and other preservatives)
And As An Added Bonus, It Feels Nice On The Skin Too
It's An Effective Deodorant And A Medium Spreading Emollient
What-It-Does: Chelating
Super Common Little Helper Ingredient That Helps Products Remain Nice And Stable For A Longer Period Of Time. It Does So By Neutralizing The Metal Ions In The Formula (usually from the water) That Would Otherwise Cause Some Not So Nice Changes.
It Is Typically Used In Tiny Amounts, Around 0.1% Or Less.
CI14700 (also called Red 4)
What-It-Does: Colorant
A Common Colorant That Gives Products A Nice Red Color
CI 17200 (also called Red 33, D&C Red 33, Red 33 Lake)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 2
Comedogenicity: 1
A Super Common Synthetic Colorant That Adds A Purple-Red Color To Product, Similar To A Red Beet
CI42090
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
CI 20170
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet
