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  2. Venetian ceruse - Wikipedia

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    Venetian ceruse or Venetian white, [2] also known as blanc de céruse de Venise [3] and Spirits of Saturn, [4] was a 16th-century cosmetic used as a skin whitener. It was in great demand and considered the best available at the time, supposedly containing the best quality white lead sourced from Venice , the global merchant capital at the time.

  3. List of cosmetic ingredients - Wikipedia

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    surfactant used as a detergent and emulsifier propane: propane CH 3 CH 2 CH 3: propellant (pressurized dispenser) paraben: preservative peg-20: a variety of Polyethylene glycol: often used as an ointment base polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) [7] (C 5 O 2 H 8) n: palmitic acid: CH 3 (CH 2) 14 COOH paraffinum liquidum: petrolatum: C 15 H 15 N ...

  4. White oil - Wikipedia

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    White oil is sold commercially as a petroleum oil-based organic pesticide, in both a concentrate, [3] [4] [5] and ready-to-use spray bottle or can. [6] [7]The term "horticultural oil" may be used to differentiate this petroleum oil-based product from homemade products using vegetable oil.

  5. Mineral oil - Wikipedia

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    Other names, similarly imprecise, include 'white oil', 'paraffin oil', 'liquid paraffin' (a highly refined medical grade), paraffinum liquidum , and 'liquid petroleum'. Most often, mineral oil is a liquid obtained from refining crude oil to make gasoline and other petroleum products .

  6. Ingredients of cosmetics - Wikipedia

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    Castor oil and its derivatives are found in many cosmetics as it is "non-comedogenic" (does not exacerbate or contribute to acne). [3]Cerebrosides (cells from the nervous systems of cattle or swine) were once used in some high-end skin-care products to increase moisture retention and to create a smooth skin surface, [4] however the BSE controversy has put an end to this practice.

  7. The $7 Product Vanna White Uses To Keep Her Skin Glowing - AOL

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    Vanna White shares her anti-aging skincare routine with Women's Health, including the affordable drugstore skincare product she uses to keep her skin glowing.

  8. List of vegetable oils - Wikipedia

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    It is also used in the cosmetics industry. [192] Candlenut oil (Kukui nut oil), produced in Hawai'i, used primarily for skin care products. [193] Carrot seed oil (pressed), from carrot seeds, used in skin care products. [note 6] [194] Castor oil, with many industrial and medicinal uses. Castor beans are also a source of the toxin ricin. [147]

  9. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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    Cranberry seed oil, equally high in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, primarily used in the cosmetic industry. Cubeb oil, used to flavor foods. Cumin seed oil/black seed oil, used as a flavor, particularly in meat products; Curry leaf oil, used to flavor food. Cypress oil, used in cosmetics; Cypriol oil, from Cyperus scariosus