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- 1,8-cineole
- Dimethicone
- Active surfactant matter
- Adsorption
- Allantoin
- Alpha linoleic acid
- Amphophilic
- Amphoteric
- Anhydrous
- Anionic
- Aqueous
- Bamboo extract
- Behentrimonium chloride
- Behentrimonum methosulfate
- Benzoic Acid
- Benzyl alcohol
- Betaine
- Carob extract
- Cationic
- Cationic polymer
- Cetearyl Alcohol
- Cetrimonium chloride
- Cetyl alcohol
- Cetyl esters
- Chamomile extract
- Colloid
- Comedogenic
- Comedolytic
- Comedones
- Contact angle
- COSMOS
- Crothix
- Cushion
- Cyclomethicone
- Dehydroacetic acid
- Desquamation
- Drag
- ECOCERT
- Egg hydrolysate OS
- Electrolytes
- Electronegativity
- Erucic acid
- Ester
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Euxyl K 703
- Euxyl K 900
- Euxyl K903
- fake ingredient
- Filaggrin
- Free radical scavenger
- Fresh kick
- Gadoleic acid
- Glycerin
- Honeyquat
- Humectant
- Hurdle technology
- Hydrocolloids
- Hydrolysis
- Hydrolyze
- Hydrolyzed quinoa protein
- Hydrophilic
- Hydrophilic or hydrophile
- Hydrophobic
- Hydrophobic or hydrophobe
- Hygroscopic
- Interface
- Interfacial tension
- Isododecane
- Isoelectric point
- Isomer
- Kaempferol
- Keratolytic
- Lignoceric acid
- Lipophilic
- Lipophilic or lipophile
- Lipophobic
- Lipophobic or lipophobe
- Lubricity or calling something "lubricious"
- Manuka honey extract
- Melt point or melting point
- Multigrain complex OS
- NATRUE
- Natural moisturizing factor
- Naturally compliant
- Nervonic acid
- Newtonian fluid
- Non-ionic
- Non-Newtonian fluid
- Octacosenoic acid
- Oil soluble daikon seed extract
- Olivem 300
- Panthenol
- Parts per million (ppm)
- PEG-150 distearate
- PEG-ester
- Phenoxyethanol
- -phile
- -phobia
- Phospholipids
- Photoaging
- Play time
- Polar
- Polymer
- Polyquaternium
- Polyquaternium-7
- Polysaccharide
- Precipitate
- Propanediol 1,3
- Punicic acid
- Quaternized lemon shine
- Quick break
- Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
- Refractive index
- Residue
- Rheology
- Ritathix DOE
- Salt
- Saturated
- Shear
- Shear rate
- Shear stress
- Shear thinning fluid
- Siliphilic or siliphile
- Siliphobic or siliphobe
- Sodium phytate
- Solubility
- Solute
- Solvent
- Specific gravity
- Spreading value
- Squalane
- Stearic acid
- Substantivity
- Suppliers around the world
- Surface tension
- Syneresis
- Terpenes
- Thixotropic
- Tight junctions
- Transepidermal water loss
- Unsaponifiables
- Unsaturated
- Upcycled
- Viscosity
- Volatile
- Volumizing complex
- Water soluble shea butter
- Wetting
- Ximenic acid
- Ximenynic acid
- Yield stress
- Yield stress point
- Zwitteronic