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Ingredient which reduces the surface tension and favoures a uniform distribution of product during its use.
A great many surfactants also play the role of emulsifiers or foaming agents and we most often find them in shower gels, shampoos or shaving creams. We classify them into 4 main categories: anionic, cationic, amphoteric and non-ionic.
Based upon their origins, surfactants can be more or less foaming... and more or less irritating. The cationic and anionic surfactants are reputed to be the most irritating, whereas the amphoteric and non-ionic surfactants are the most tolerated by the epidermis.
Among surfactants :
• Ammonium Laureth Sulfate
• Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
• Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
• Cetyl Betaine
• Cocamidopropyl Betaine
• Coco-Betaine
• Coco-Glucoside
• Decyl Glucoside
• Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
• Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate
• Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate
• Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate
• Glycol Stearate
• Lauramidopropyl Betaine
• PEG-100 Stearate
• Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
• Sodium Cocoamphoacetate
• Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
• Sodium Laureth Sulfate
• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
• Sodium Palm Kernelate ...
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