Nivea Soft Light Moisturiser Ingredients

Nivea Soft Light Moisturiser is a highly effective, revitalising moisturising cream for everyday use, it composed of the below ingredients:

Myristyl Alcohol

Myristyl Alcohol is a fatty-alcohol used as an emollient in cosmetics and skin care products (Source). According to research, it is primarily used to inhibit a formula from separating into its oil and liquid components. However, Myristyl Alcohol can be drying, as can most fatty-alcohols.

Myristyl Myristate

Myristyl Myristate is a yellowish or white waxy solid formed by combining Myristyl Alcohol and Myristic Acid, a naturally occurring fatty acid. Myristyl Myristate is an emollient that gives skin a smooth appearance. It is also used in cosmetics because it gives a soft feel to formulas, provides an opacifying or glossy effect and has thickening properties.

Alcohol Denat

Has a variety of purposes in cosmetics. It acts as an anti-foaming agent, astringent, antimicrobial agent, and a solvent. It also helps deliver the active ingredients of a product. Almost every type of skincare product lists it as an ingredient, particularly those specifically designed to treat acne.

Butylene Glycol

Butylene Glycol is used in cosmetics as a humectant. It works like this: Alcohols are naturally attracted to water. Smaller alcohol molecules would evaporate quickly pulling water away from the skin, but the larger organic alcohols of Butylene Glycol do not evaporate quickly and actually hold water to the skin. It not only helps hold this moisture to the skin but keeps key ingredients from separating helping deliver them into the skin structure for optimum benefit.

More Ingredients:
Aqua, Glycerin, Paraffinum Liquidum, Stearic Acid, Cera Microcristallina, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lanolin Alcohol (Eucerit®), Polyglyceryl-2 Caprate, Dimethicone, Sodium Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, Linalool, Citronellol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Limonene, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Parfum.