Some beauty blog was impressed with Botani Boost Balancing Moisturizer because it uses Aloe Vera as the base along with other natural ingredients. Is she right? Let’s look at the label to find out.
Ingredients
Water (Aqua)
This is the true “base” of the product.
Aloe Barbadensis (Leaf) Extract
Mostly water, but there is some evidence that aloe is good for skin.
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
Moisturizing oil. Most formulas would have a silicone or mineral oil as the most prominent “oil” in the formula.
Lecithin
Natural emulsifier. It’s unusual to see this as a primary emulsifier.
Glycerin
Humectant, attracts moisture.
Squalane (Olive)
Moisturizing oil that’s very similar to natural sebum in skin.
Glyceryl Stearate, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
Emulsifiers.
Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract
Natural extract.
Xanthan Gum
Thickener, emulsion stabilizer.
Echinacea Angustifolia Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Extract
Natural extracts.
Potassium Sorbate
If this is the only preservative in this formula I’d be a bit worried about shelf life.
Citric Acid
pH adjustor
Leptospermum Petersonii (Australian Lemon Scented Tea Tree) Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (French Lavender) Oil
Natural oils, unlikely to have any effect at low levels.
Tocopherol (Natural Vitamin E)
Antioxidant
Image credit: botani.com.au
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Thanks for the link but I wish to clarify that I did not think I reference this particular product in any of my entries. I did say I like many of their products cos of the Aloe Vera base and if you read through their products like Olive Soothing Cleanser & Olive Repair Cream, Aloe Vera is the first ingredient.
Actually your statement “Viva woman loves Botani Boost Balancing Moisturizer because it uses Aloe Vera as the base along with other natural ingredients.” is a blatant lie. No where did I write that in my blog.
What I wrote was this “What impressed me is that many of Botáni’s products use Aloe Vera as the base and other notable ingredients in their formulations include Olive Squalene, Olive butters, Jojoba oil, Olive Leaf Extract, Calendula, Arnica, Liquorice Root and Beta-Glucan, amongst others.”
Very appalling that you have misconstrued my blog entry just so to make yourselves look smart.
I love the idea of ‘Look at label’! You guys are so awesome.
Regards from Sweden =)
“Echinacea Angustifolia Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Extract” If you are allergic to ragweed, you need to be careful wih these ingredients. They are all related.
@Lisa: Thanks for the heads up on this, I didn’t realize these plants were related.
Removing the link to my blog later does not take away that you wrote something out of misconstrued information. This entry has no basis at all because you simply made it all up.
@Sesame: Let me try to clear up the miscommunication around this post. As part of our “Look at the Label” series we look at products featured on popular beauty blogs and then provide additional technical background on the ingredients. We also provide a link back to that blog to drive new readers and to help build a sense of community.
I saw your post on the Botani line and thought it would be a good topic for our series. I was particularly interested in your comment “Many of their products use Aloe Vera as the base.” When I checked out Bontani’s website the first product I came across was the moisturizer so that’s the one I used as the topic of the post. When I wrote the post I accidentally misquoted you as saying you like this specific product when you only wrote about the general line. I should have been clear that you did not specifically call out the moisturizer and I apologize for that over sight.
When you pointed out that mistake to me, I tried to make the correction. I went so far as to delete the link to your blog because you were concerned that we had misquoted you. But even after I made that correction, you left disparaging comments on our blog about the post. You called it a “blatant lie” and said that I “simply made it all up.”
Having explained the origin of the post I hope that we can now agree on some common language to use. I have two suggestions:
1. I could edit the post to have it read “Viva Woman recently blogged about the Bontani line of products. I found this particular product and decided to take a look at the label.”
2. I can leave the post as is without any mention of your blog whatsoever.
Either way is okay with me; which would you prefer? If we don’t hear back from you I’ll just leave the post as is.
Thanks for being part of the Beauty Brains community.
Right Brain
I read both Viva Woman and this blog. I think The Beauty Brains have done a great job and have tried to immediately rectify the error in their post. I don’t see this post as “misconstrued information” or “entry has no basis at all because you simply made it all up”. This is a post on the scientific makeup of the product. If there is dispute over the contents of the product, Botani should be in a better position to clarify this.