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glutathione. Potent antioxidant.

glycereth-17 cocoate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glycereth-20 stearate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

Glycereth-26. See glyceryl ester.

glycereth-26 phosphate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glycereth-6 laurate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glycerin. Also called glycerol; it is present in all natural lipids (fats), whether animal or vegetable. It can be
manufactured by the hydrolysis of fats and by the fermentation of sugars. It can also be synthetically
manufactured. For some time it was thought that too much glycerin in a moisturizer could pull water out of
the skin instead of drawing it into the skin. That theory now seems to be completely unfounded. What
appears to be true is that glycerin shores up the skin's natural protection by filling in the area known as the
intercellular matrix and by attracting just the right amount of water to maintain the skin's homeostasis. There
is also research indicating that the presence of glycerin in the intercellular layer helps other skin lipids do
their jobs better.

glycerine. See glycerin.

glycerol. See glycerin.

glycerol monostearate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glycerol triacetate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glycerol trioleate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl behenate/eicosadioate. A mixture of glycerin and behenic acid. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl cocoate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl dipalmitate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl distearate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl ester. Large group of ingredients that are composed of fats and oils. At room temperature, the fats
are usually solid and the oils are generally liquid. Some tropical oils are liquids in their sites of origin and
become solids in cooler or different applications. These multitudinous fats and oils are used in cosmetics as
emollients and lubricants as well as water-binding and thickening agents.

glyceryl glycyrrhetinate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester and
glycyrrhetinate.

glyceryl hydroxystearate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl isopalmitate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl isostearate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl myristate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl oleate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl palmitate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.

glyceryl stearate. Used as an emollient and thickening agent in cosmetics. See glyceryl ester.