Know Your Ingredients: Isopropyl Alcohol

by beautifulwithbrains on February 13, 2010

in ingredients

What it is
Isopropyl Alcohol (also called Isopropanol) is a colorless liquid with a strong odor. It evaporates quickly on the skin.

What it does
Isopropyl Alcohol is used in beauty products for several reasons: as a solvent to dissolve other substances, to reduce the tendency of products to foam when they are shaken and to decrease the thickness of liquids.
In addition Isopropyl Alchol has antibacterial properties and can be used to prevent or kill bacteria in OTC antiseptic drug products.

Side effects
Isopropyl Alcohol is very drying and irritating to the skin. In addition, it can generate free radical damage.

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All Women Stalker February 14, 2010 at 11:13 pm

I love this section of your blog :)

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beautifulwithbrains February 15, 2010 at 2:45 pm

All Women Stalker, I’m glad you do ;)

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