Many ingredients have very similar names so, if you searching on-line for one particular ingredient, you may be able to find something or many somethings that are very similar. They may be exactly the same or "close enough", or they may be completely ineffective. For example Retinol, Retin-A, retanoic acid, tretinoin, vitamin-A, etc. It would be nice to have entries in the database for families of products that explain the differences and which are effective and which are not.
Since the same ingredients perform differently in various types of products, it would be nice to know in what form/meduim the ingredient works the best. For example some ingredients are ineffective in a rinse off product but work wonders in say a lotion or serum.
Good suggestions. It sounds like you are interested in specific ingredients said to have some functionality (e.g. retinol, hyaluronic acid, coenzyme Q10 etc.)
What about ingredients like Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate or Disodium EDTA?
cetyl alcohol sounds like just what i need from a database. i'm new to the ingredients and the basics are important. though i use google and your search for these enquiries.