ORLY Alexandrite By You

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Ingredients

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

Ingredient overview

28ingredients found

27 · 96.4%ingredients grouped by use

10types of use

Hydration2

Skin conditioning7

Skin softening4

Moisture retention7

Skin comfort1

Antioxidants1

UV filters1

Texture · feel18

Preservation · stability1

Fragrance6

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

What the ingredients do

Draws in moisture

Propylene Glycol · Glycerin

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

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Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT: Propylene Glycol · Glycerin
Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT: Propylene Glycol · Glycerin

Softens the skin

Dimethicone · Trimethylsiloxysilicate · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil · Fucus Vesiculosus Extract

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

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Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT: Dimethicone · Trimethylsiloxysilicate · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil · Fucus Vesiculosus Extract
Reduces surface roughnessSMOOTHING: Fucus Vesiculosus Extract

Skin conditioning

Dimethicone · Trimethylsiloxysilicate · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil · Panthenol · Fucus Vesiculosus Extract · Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract · Propylene Glycol

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: Dimethicone · Trimethylsiloxysilicate · Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil · Panthenol · Fucus Vesiculosus Extract · Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract
Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS: Propylene Glycol

Keeps moisture in

Nitrocellulose · Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer · Acrylates Copolymer · Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate · Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer · Dimethicone · Glycerin

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

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Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING: Nitrocellulose · Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer · Acrylates Copolymer · Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate · Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer
Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING: Dimethicone · Glycerin

Used for soothing

Fucus Vesiculosus Extract

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Eases skin discomfortSOOTHING: Fucus Vesiculosus Extract

Slows oxidation

Ascorbyl Palmitate

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

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Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT: Ascorbyl Palmitate

Blocks UV

Benzophenone-1

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Absorbs UV (including to protect the product)UV ABSORBER: Benzophenone-1

Exfoliates

Silica · Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate · Tin Oxide

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Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE: Silica · Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate · Tin Oxide

Mixes oil and water

Nitrocellulose

Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.

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Disperses evenly without a surfactantDISPERSING NON-SURFACTANT: Nitrocellulose

Texture and feel

Butyl Acetate · Ethyl Acetate · Nitrocellulose · Acetyl Tributyl Citrate · Isopropyl Alcohol · Stearalkonium Bentonite · Acrylates Copolymer · Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate · Silica · Mica · Synthetic Fluorphlogopite · Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate · Trimethylpentanediyl Dibenzoate · Dimethicone · Trimethylsiloxysilicate · Tin Oxide · Propylene Glycol · Glycerin

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

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Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING: Isopropyl Alcohol · Stearalkonium Bentonite · Synthetic Fluorphlogopite · Tin Oxide · Propylene Glycol · Glycerin
Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT: Butyl Acetate · Ethyl Acetate · Isopropyl Alcohol · Propylene Glycol · Glycerin
Adds bulkBULKING: Mica · Synthetic Fluorphlogopite · Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate · Tin Oxide
Keeps a film flexiblePLASTICISER: Acetyl Tributyl Citrate · Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate · Trimethylpentanediyl Dibenzoate
Removes unwanted foamANTIFOAMING: Isopropyl Alcohol · Dimethicone · Trimethylsiloxysilicate
Holds powders togetherBINDING: Nitrocellulose · Acrylates Copolymer
Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING: Silica · Mica
Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING: Stearalkonium Bentonite
Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT: Silica

Colour and shine

Silica · Mica · Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer · Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate · Tin Oxide

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Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING: Silica · Mica · Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer · Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate · Tin Oxide
Adds colourCOLORANT: Mica

Keeps microbes from growing

Phenoxyethanol

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Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE: Phenoxyethanol
Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL: Phenoxyethanol

Keeps the product stable

Benzophenone-1 · Glycerin

Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.

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Protects colour and scent from lightLIGHT STABILIZER: Benzophenone-1
Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT: Glycerin

Fragrance-related

Ethyl Acetate · Acetyl Tributyl Citrate · Isopropyl Alcohol · Fucus Vesiculosus Extract · Glycerin

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Gives the product a scentPERFUMING: Ethyl Acetate · Acetyl Tributyl Citrate · Isopropyl Alcohol · Fucus Vesiculosus Extract · Glycerin

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