WATER BASED AND SILICONE BASED PRODUCTS

Have you ever wondered why you makeup is coming off? Maybe you have an amazing skin routine, prep your skin well yet the makeup is still not looking right and is coming off during the day. Very frustrating I know…

I am here to help you crack this issue…

Do you know if your products are water or silicone based? If not I urge you to check your ingredients. Do not worry I will show you how to do this. The reason we need to check this is because if you are applying a water based product first then applying a silicone based foundation, the silicone has no where to go and will sit on top of the water based product, hence why your makeup comes off as the 2 ingredients fight against one another.

If you do not pair your products the makeup will slide off during the day and become uneven. Not what we want I know!!

My notes when researching the products I use so I can determine whether they are silicone or water based.

All you have to do is look at the ingredients, and determine whether it is water or silicone based. So how do we know which is which?

The most popular wording for silicone ends in Cone/Methicone along with Siloxane. Ingredients go in order of strongest first, but just because it says Aqua (water) first it does not mean it is water based, the products need some water in it to make sure we can apply it with some consistency. If it says Aqua (water) first then goes on to say Cyclopentasiloxane it is silicone based. But if it says Aqua (water) then lists other ingredients such as Ethylhexyl Palmitate or Glycerin it will be water based.

Water based products may list some silicone ingredients near the bottom of the list, this still means it is water based as the silicone ingredients are way down the list.

So silicone words to look out for are Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Phenyl Trimethicone, Cyclohexasiloxane. Can you see they end in cone or siloxane. If you look out for words that end in these letters it will not take you long to see what base the product has.

I have added some images to show you the difference. I hope these help.

Yellow = Silicone based

Pink = Water based

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Embryolisse Anti Aging Cream – Now this has a silicone ingredient listed but it is not at the top which is the strongest, so I am going for water based in this one. If it was number 2 or 3 on the list then I would say it is silicone based.

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Embryolisse Eye Cream - This is Silicone based as the strongest ingredients is silicone based.

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Embryolisse CC Cream – This is water based

I hope this blog post helps you determine your skin care products and makeup, so you can match them together accordingly. If you loved this blog I would love to hear from you, please leave a comment below.

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Thank you for reading

Sarah xx