Common Anti-Aging Cosmetic Terms and Ingredients
These are some of the common terms used by skincare companies to promote or market their anti-aging skin care and cosmetic products:
Hypoallergenic: This term refers to bearing a decreased tendency to provoke an allergic reaction. Simply put, it means a characteristic of producing little or no allergic reaction. So, a cosmetic product that is claimed to be hypoallergenic can be safely used by allergy sufferers because it will not cause or provoke allergic reactions. However, cosmetic manufacturers are not liable to submit evidence of these claims to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), so the credibility of many such hypoallergenic claims cannot be ascertained.
Natural: This refers to cosmetic products that contain all naturally grown and organic extracted ingredients, directly from plants or animal products such as Emu oil, Shea butter, Green tea, Honey, Aloe vera etc. Natural anti-aging skin care products do not contain any synthetic ingredients like many other cosmetic products. For example, Wild Sage Botanicals manufactures only hand-made skin care products made from herbs grown in an organic garden located in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, USA.
Alcohol free: Alcohol free anti-aging cosmetics generally do not contain ethyl or grain alcohol in the formulation. Most anti-aging skin care products are alcohol free but they may contain fatty alcohols, such as cetyl, stearyl, cetearyl, or lanolin.
Non-Comedogenic: Comedogenic substances are those that tend to clog pores in the skin, causing and aggravating skin disorders such as acne. So, an anti-aging skin care product that is labeled as “Non-Comedogenic” simply means that the product does not contain ingredients that are comedogenic.
Fragrance free or Unscented: Fragrance free means that the product has no detectable odor but does not necessarily imply that it does not contain fragrance because masking chemicals are often added in the formulation to conceal the odor of other ingredients. The FDA now requires manufacturers to list the term "fragrance" in the ingredients when any fragrance materials are used, including masking ingredients.
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