Glossary Of Terms: Lotion, “S”

Sac-Sal  San-Sea  Sel-Sil  Sim-Sp  Sq-Sw

Squalane—Squalane is a saturated chain hydrocarbon and gives great moisturizing and film-forming benefits to skin.

Starflower Oil—Emolliant, skin conditioner, contains Linolenic Acid and vitamin E.

Star Fruit Extract—See Averrhoa Carambola Leaf Extract.

Stearalkonium Chloride—This ingredient is a quaternary ammonium salt and is used as an antistatic agent and skin softener.

Steardimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein—This ingredient is a cationic wheat protein that offers skin conditioning benefits. See Cationic Protein.

Stearic Acid—This fatty acid is used as an emulsifying agent in cosmetics.

Stearyl Alcohol—Fatty alcohol. A surfactant, emulsifier, emulsion stabilizer, emollient, foam booster, viscosity increasing agent.

Stearyl Heptanoate—The ester of Stearyl Alcohol and Heptanoic Acid, used as a wax and in skin emollients.

Sucrose—This ingredient occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained from sugar cane or sugar beets. It is used as a gentle exfoliant to help prepare the skin’s surface for smooth tanning results.

Sugar Cane Bronzers—This natural sunless tanning ingredient gives an immediate boost of color in 2-4 hours.

Sugar Cane Extract—Juice from the stem of sugar cane contains silicon, potassium, magnesium, phosphoric acid, saccharose, and glycolic acid. Its extracts are used for skin smoothing and moisturizing benefits.

Summer Savory Extract—See Savory Extract.

Sunflower Seed Oil—This oil is expressed from the seeds of the sunflower, also known as Helianthus Annuus. It is a natural triglyceride with superb oxidative stability and emollient properties and is often used as a skin-conditioning agent.

Super Oxide Dismutase—This mixture of metaloenzymes found in aerobic cells is used as an extremely effective antioxidant.

Super Vitamin E—See Tocopheryl Acetate.

Sweet Almond Oil—This ingredient is the fixed oil obtained from the ripe seed kernel of Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis. Commonly known as Sweet Almond Oil, it is made by pressing the kernels from both sweet and bitter almond trees. Unlike the essential oil, this fixed oil does not contain any benzaldehyde or prussic acid and is an excellent skin softener.

Sweet Gum Extract—This natural copper source helps oxidize skin’s existing melanin for darker tanning results.