Alaffia Africa's Secret Multi-Use Balm - Unscented 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

9 · 90%ingredients grouped by use

7types of use

Hydration4

Skin conditioning8

Skin softening7

Moisture retention1

Skin comfort1

Texture · feel3

Fragrance3

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

What the ingredients do

Draws in moisture

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Honey (Mel) · 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: Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Honey (Mel) · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
Raises skin moistureMOISTURISING: Honey (Mel)

Softens the skin

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Beeswax (Cera Alba) · Honey (Mel) · Propolis Wax (Propolis Cera) · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Melia Azadirachta Seed Oil

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

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Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT: Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Beeswax (Cera Alba) · Honey (Mel) · Propolis Wax (Propolis Cera) · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Melia Azadirachta Seed Oil
Reduces surface roughnessSMOOTHING: Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil

Skin conditioning

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Beeswax (Cera Alba) · Honey (Mel) · Propolis Wax (Propolis Cera) · Pollen · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil

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: Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Beeswax (Cera Alba) · Honey (Mel) · Propolis Wax (Propolis Cera) · Pollen · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil

Keeps moisture in

Beeswax (Cera Alba)

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

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Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING: Beeswax (Cera Alba)

Used for soothing

Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil

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Eases skin discomfortSOOTHING: Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil

Exfoliates

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil

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Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE: Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil · Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil

Mixes oil and water

Beeswax (Cera Alba)

Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.

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Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING: Beeswax (Cera Alba)
Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING: Beeswax (Cera Alba)

Texture and feel

Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Beeswax (Cera Alba)

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

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Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING: Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Beeswax (Cera Alba)
Adds bulkBULKING: Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil
Holds powders togetherBINDING: Beeswax (Cera Alba)

Fragrance-related

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Beeswax (Cera Alba) · Honey (Mel)

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Gives the product a scentPERFUMING: Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Beeswax (Cera Alba)
Adds flavour (lip and oral products)FLAVOURING: Honey (Mel)

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