Olay - Cleansing & Renewing Nighttime Body Wash with Retinol - 17.9 fl oz (Pack of 3)

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Ingredients Water, Petrolatum, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Trideceth-3, Fragrance, Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Retinol, Retinyl Propionate, Sodium Citrate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Oleate, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide, Acrylates/C10-30 Acrylate Crosspolymer, Alkyl Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Yellow 5, Red 33. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Shower yourself in Olay’s 60 years of beauty science for hydrated, healthy-looking skin from head to toe. Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules ( glucose and sucrose) via fermentation.

MPROVE YOUR SKIN: Improve skin 3x better* *vs the leading body wash after 14 days, based on clinical moisture retention. It also does not absorb into the skin but sits on top of it and that in itself greatly minimises health risks. For example, in case of AHA or BHA exfoliants, the right pH is super-duper important, and pH adjusters like sodium hydroxide are needed. The problem with it though is that it can also sensitize and irritate the skin quite easily when it comes in leave-on formulas.

Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers) is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer. It also has a long history of safe use, as it was first used as a skincare product more than 100 years ago, in 1872 to be precise. If you are into chemistry (if not, we understand, just skip this paragraph), the reason is that electrolytes (you know, the Na+ and Cl- ions) screen the electrostatic repulsion between the head groups of ionic surfactants and thus support the formation of long shaped micelles (instead of spherical ones) that entangle like spaghetti, and viola, a gel is formed. Olay Cleansing and Renewing Body Wash, infused with skin care ingredients, pampers skin with rich and cramy lather. This may not be something that is visible with this test, but something you can determine as you use products.Together they have a broad spectrum antimicrobial effect but are permitted to be used only in rinse-off products ( under 0.