Sentences with phrase «occlusive agents»

Occlusive agents help prevent moisture loss, humectants attract water to skin, and emollients help soften and smooth skin.

Before all else is said, it's important to know a couple of things about the way facial oils work: by creating a light barrier to help keep moisture in the skin and also acting as an occlusive agent for serums and creams locking everything in and, many think, helping these lotions and potions act a bit more effectively.

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It functions as a skin conditioning agent - occlusive, since it slows the loss of water from the skin by forming a barrier on the skin's surface.

In order to cut out many of the occlusive, pore - clogging emulsifiers, fillers and texturizing agents that are often required to make a cream, we have separated our moisturizers by their content of hydrophilic (water soluable) and hydrophobic (oil soluable) ingredients.