The TL; DR version of HA is that it's a huge polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) found in the skin that acts as a sponge helping the skin to hold onto water, being plump and elastic. It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.

Its main job is to be a solvent, but it has also very good antimicrobial properties and acts as a true preservative booster. Dryness of the skin can occur for various reasons, but Emolium cream is effective regardless of the cause of this dermatological problem. All the solutions contain exceptional formulae based on a perfect blend of natural and synthetic components. They’re intense moisturisers that leave the skin feeling smooth by saturating it with lipids and amino acids it needs to function correctly. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin.

Badmouthing mineral oil is a favorite sport of many, it is a cheap material and being connected to petrolatum makes it fairly easy to demonize.

The difference between "normal" Glyceryl Stearate and this guy is that the SE grade contains a small amount of water-loving soap molecules, such as sodium stearate.

take an antihistamine pill (Loratadine, Diazolin, Suprastin) or sorbent (Sorbex, Enterosgel, Activated Carbon) drug. Mineral oil has such a bad reputation nowadays that cosmetic companies hardly dare to use it anymore. A light-feeling, volatile (meaning it does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it) silicone that gives skin a unique, silky and non-greasy feel. It's quite the multi-tasker: an emollient and water-binding ingredient but also an emulsifier and can be used for stabilization purposes. A derivative of Urea, that works as a strong moisturizer and humectant meaning that it helps the skin to cling onto water and thus to make it hydrated and elastic.

It's a cheap, effective and well-tolerated ingredient to make sure the cosmetic formula does not go wrong too soon. Emolium cream is a special therapeutic and cosmetic liniment that is designed to care for dry skin of the face and body. Indications: Regeneration, nourishment and care for the skin: with allergic and non-allergic contact changes, destroyed and cracked.What is more, in terms of the general health effects of mineral oils used in cosmetics, a 2017 study reviewed the data on their skin penetration and concluded that " the cosmetic use of mineral oils and waxes does not present a risk to consumers due to a lack of systemic exposure.