What Clinique’s marketing says about Deep Comfort Body Lotion
Lightweight, silky lotion relieves dry, flaky skin
Perfect for everyday use
Panthenol in the product adds comforting moisture
Disclaimer: What the company says about a product should be given very little importance when considering the product. Decisions should be based on what the ingredients in the product do.
Read the review below to find out if the product ‘ actually’ does what its marketing says it does…
Deep Comfort Body Lotion Review
The product’s ingredients
Description of what the ingredients in Deep Comfort Body Lotion do
Ingredient 1 – Water\Aqua\Eau
Function: Solvent
A solvent helps in dissolving other ingredients in the product. Dissolved ingredients can spread and penetrate better.
A solvent helps in dissolving other ingredients in the product. Dissolved ingredients can spread and penetrate better.
Ingredient 2 – Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Function: Humectant (hydrates skin), Emollient (forms a thin layer and keeps skin hydrated), anti-inflammatory (calms skin), antimicrobial, antioxidant
This juice is extracted from the leaves of the aloe plant. It calms and soothes the skin. It adds hydration to the skin. It also helps the skin retain moisture by forming a thin film.
It has some antimicrobial properties. Antimicrobial ingredients get rid of the bad bacteria from the skin and thus reduce the chances of breakouts.
It has some antioxidant properties. Antioxidants fight the nasty free radicals on the skin. Free radicals kill good skin cells and age our skin.
This juice is extracted from the leaves of the aloe plant. It calms and soothes the skin. It adds hydration to the skin. It also helps the skin retain moisture by forming a thin film.
It has some antimicrobial properties. Antimicrobial ingredients get rid of the bad bacteria from the skin and thus reduce the chances of breakouts.
It has some antioxidant properties. Antioxidants fight the nasty free radicals on the skin. Free radicals kill good skin cells and age our skin.
Ingredient 3 – Cetyl Alcohol
Function: Emollient, Thickener, Emulsifier
Emollients soften and smoothen the skin.
An emulsifier keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients in the product together. Without it, the product’s ingredients will not mix. It binds all ingredients in the product together and thickens it.
Emollients soften and smoothen the skin.
An emulsifier keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients in the product together. Without it, the product’s ingredients will not mix. It binds all ingredients in the product together and thickens it.
Ingredient 4 – Glyceryl Stearate
Function: Emollient, Emulsifier
Emollients soften and smoothen the skin.
An emulsifier keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients in the product together. Without it, the product’s ingredients will not mix. They will separate.
Emollients soften and smoothen the skin.
An emulsifier keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients in the product together. Without it, the product’s ingredients will not mix. They will separate.
Ingredient 5 – Butylene Glycol
Function: Humectant, Solvent
It pulls water molecules from the atmosphere to the top layer of the skin – and thus adds hydration to the skin (humectant).
A solvent helps in dissolving other ingredients in the product. Dissolved ingredients can spread and penetrate better.
Butylene glycol is a good type of alcohol in skincare.
It pulls water molecules from the atmosphere to the top layer of the skin – and thus adds hydration to the skin (humectant).
A solvent helps in dissolving other ingredients in the product. Dissolved ingredients can spread and penetrate better.
Butylene glycol is a good type of alcohol in skincare.
Ingredient 6 – Octyldodecanol
Function: Emollient, Texture enhancer
It softens and smoothens the skin. It forms a thin layer on top of the skin and helps keep the skin hydrated.
It enhances the texture of the product.
It softens and smoothens the skin. It forms a thin layer on top of the skin and helps keep the skin hydrated.
It enhances the texture of the product.
Ingredient 7 – Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
Function: Emulsifier
Keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients together – blends unlike ingredients (Emulsifier). Without emulsifiers, the ingredients in the product won’t mix. They will separate.
Keeps the oil-based and water-based ingredients together – blends unlike ingredients (Emulsifier). Without emulsifiers, the ingredients in the product won’t mix. They will separate.
Ingredient 8 – Dimethicone
Function: Emollient, Texture enhancer
Dimethicone softens and smoothens the skin.
Dimethicone forms a thin layer on top of the skin and prevents the moisture underneath it from evaporating into the atmosphere. Thus it keeps the skin hydrated.
Adds a slippery and silky feel to the product. Lubricates and provides shine. Improves the texture of the product.
Dimethicone softens and smoothens the skin.
Dimethicone forms a thin layer on top of the skin and prevents the moisture underneath it from evaporating into the atmosphere. Thus it keeps the skin hydrated.
Adds a slippery and silky feel to the product. Lubricates and provides shine. Improves the texture of the product.
Ingredient 9 – PEG-100 Stearate
Function: Emulsifier
Thickens the product.
Also can exfoliate the skin, and get rid of dirt and old dead cells.
Thickens the product.
Also can exfoliate the skin, and get rid of dirt and old dead cells.
Ingredient 10 – Glyceryl Polymethacrylate
Function: Thickener
Increases viscosity (thickness).
Increases viscosity (thickness).
A quick note on other ingredients
These ingredients are all further down the ingredient list. So the amount used in the product is less. The amount of an ingredient used reduces as we go down the ingredient list. And most functional ingredients when used at lower rates, the effect they have won’t be the same as if they were used at higher rates.
It is important to remember that in the majority of skincare products when it comes to how much the ingredients help the skin, only the first 5 ingredients matter the most. After about the 7th ingredient, how much the ingredient can help the skin, reduces significantly.
These ingredients are all further down the ingredient list. So the amount used in the product is less. How much of an ingredient is used reduces as we go down the ingredient list. And most ingredients when used at lower rates, the effect they have won’t be the same as if they were used at higher rates.
It has sunflower seed oil. This oil is rich in a compound called linoleic acid. Linoleic acid helps the skin retain its moisture.
It has panthenol. This is a good ingredient. Panthenol adds hydration to the skin, calms, soothes, and reduces redness on the skin.
It has glycerin. This is a good ingredient. It adds hydration to the skin. Hydrated skin is soft and plump.
It has bisabolol. This ingredient also calms the skin.
It has sodium hyaluronate. This ingredient also adds hydration to the skin.
It has magnesium ascorbyl phosphate. This is an antioxidant. This ingredient fights nasty particles on the skin called free radicals. Free radicals age the skin by damaging the good cells.
It is important to remember that in the majority of skincare products when it comes to how much the ingredients help the skin, only the first 5 ingredients matter the most. After about the 7th ingredient, how much the ingredient can help the skin, reduces significantly.
These ingredients are all further down the ingredient list. So the amount used in the product is less. How much of an ingredient is used reduces as we go down the ingredient list. And most ingredients when used at lower rates, the effect they have won’t be the same as if they were used at higher rates.
It has sunflower seed oil. This oil is rich in a compound called linoleic acid. Linoleic acid helps the skin retain its moisture.
It has panthenol. This is a good ingredient. Panthenol adds hydration to the skin, calms, soothes, and reduces redness on the skin.
It has glycerin. This is a good ingredient. It adds hydration to the skin. Hydrated skin is soft and plump.
It has bisabolol. This ingredient also calms the skin.
It has sodium hyaluronate. This ingredient also adds hydration to the skin.
It has magnesium ascorbyl phosphate. This is an antioxidant. This ingredient fights nasty particles on the skin called free radicals. Free radicals age the skin by damaging the good cells.
