Drying Cream

Mario Badescu

Mario Badescu Drying Cream

Drying Cream is an on-the-spot solution for small bumps and surface blemishes—in cream form. Clarifying ingredients like Sulfur and Zinc Oxide help draw out impurities as Niacinamide and Aloe Vera re-balance troubled areas.

Area: Face

Category: Skincare

#alcohol-free
★ 4.7 (3 reviews)

Ingredient list

43 ingredients recorded in the Macherre catalog. Ingredient names are standardized; formulas can change, so compare this list with your packaging.

Water, CI 77947, Cetyl Alcohol, Cera Alba, Polysorbate 80, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Titanium Dioxide, Propylene Glycol, Sulfur, Oleth-10, Paraffinum Liquidum, Ichthammol, Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein, Triticum Vulgare Starch, Arctium Lappa Root Extract, Cysteine, Niacinamide, Panthenol, Nasturtium Officinale (Watercress) Flower/Leaf Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Tocopherol, Allantoin, Biotin, Arginine, Leucine, Lysine, Tyrosine, Valine, Glutamic Acid, Cellulose Gum, Polysorbate 20, Maltodextrin, Zinc Chloride, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Pyridoxine Hcl, Parfum, Sodium Chloride, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Limonene, Linalool.

Product references: incidecoder.com

Ingredients by function

Anti-acne
  • SulfurComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    anti-acne
    antidandruff, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, antiseborrhoeic, antistatic, hair conditioning, skin conditioning
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
Antioxidant
  • antioxidant
    skin conditioning, soothing
  • antioxidant
    antistatic, hair conditioning, hair waving or straightening, masking, reducing
  • TocopherolComedogenicity: 1Irritancy: 0
    antioxidant
    masking, skin conditioning
Cell-communicating ingredient
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
Skin brightening
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
Skin-identical ingredient
  • GlycerinComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    hair conditioning, humectant, moisturizer/​humectant, oral care, perfuming, skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling
  • antistatic
    hair conditioning, masking, skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient
  • skin-identical ingredient
Soothing
Sunscreen
  • Zinc OxideComedogenicity: 1Irritancy: 0
    bulking
    colorant, cosmetic colorant, skin protecting, sunscreen, uv absorber, uv filter
  • Titanium DioxideComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    colorant
    cosmetic colorant, opacifying, sunscreen, uv absorber, uv filter
Abrasive/scrub
Antimicrobial/antibacterial
  • SulfurComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    anti-acne
    antidandruff, antimicrobial/​antibacterial, antiseborrhoeic, antistatic, hair conditioning, skin conditioning
  • antimicrobial
    antimicrobial/​antibacterial
Colorant
  • Titanium DioxideComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    colorant
    cosmetic colorant, opacifying, sunscreen, uv absorber, uv filter
Emollient
Emulsifying
  • Cera Alba (Beeswax, Cire D'Abeille)Comedogenicity: 5Irritancy: 0
    emollient
    emulsifying, film forming, perfuming, viscosity controlling
  • Polysorbate 80Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    emulsifying, surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing
  • Oleth-10Comedogenicity: 2Irritancy: 1
    emulsifying
    surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing
  • Polysorbate 20Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    emulsifying
    surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing
Moisturizer/humectant
  • GlycerinComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    hair conditioning, humectant, moisturizer/​humectant, oral care, perfuming, skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling
  • Propylene GlycolComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    humectant
    moisturizer/​humectant, skin conditioning, solvent, viscosity controlling
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
  • PanthenolComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    antistatic
    hair conditioning, moisturizer/​humectant, skin conditioning, soothing
  • moisturizer/​humectant
    skin conditioning, soothing
  • antistatic
    hair conditioning, humectant, moisturizer/​humectant
  • humectant
    moisturizer/​humectant, viscosity controlling
Perfuming
Preservative
Solvent
Surfactant/cleansing
  • Polysorbate 80Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    emulsifying, surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing
  • Oleth-10Comedogenicity: 2Irritancy: 1
    emulsifying
    surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing
  • Polysorbate 20Comedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    emulsifying
    surfactant, surfactant/​cleansing
Viscosity controlling

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