Alaffia Curl Define Hydrating Oil, 2 oz

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Ingredients

Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.

Ingredient overview

10ingredients found

10 · 100%ingredients grouped by use

8types of use

Hydration3

Skin conditioning6

Skin softening2

Moisture retention3

Antioxidants2

Texture · feel4

Preservation · stability1

Fragrance6

Counts show formula structure, not concentration, clinical efficacy, or a safety score.

What the ingredients do

Draws in moisture

Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil

Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.

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Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT: Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil

Softens the skin

Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil

Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.

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Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT: Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil

Skin conditioning

Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Plumeria Acutifolia Flower Extract · Tocopherol

CosIng's broadest category. On its own it does not say what the ingredient does.

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Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING: Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Plumeria Acutifolia Flower Extract
Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS: Tocopherol

Keeps moisture in

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Tocopherol

Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.

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Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Tocopherol
Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING: Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil

Slows oxidation

Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Tocopherol

In CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.

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Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT: Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Tocopherol

Exfoliates

Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil

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Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE: Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil

Texture and feel

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene

Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.

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Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene
Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT: Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil
Adds bulkBULKING: Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil
Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING: Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil

Keeps microbes from growing

Benzyl Benzoate

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Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL: Benzyl Benzoate

Fragrance-related

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Fragrance (Parfum) · Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene

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Gives the product a scentPERFUMING: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil · Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil · Fragrance (Parfum) · Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene

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Declared fragrance allergens

The label marks these as fragrance allergens that must be declared. They are not impurities, and most people do not react to them.

Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene

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