Vanicream Moisturizing Skin Cream: Look at the label
Vanicream is a refreshingly honest skin moisturizer that’s a top selling beauty product on Amazon.com. Let’s look at the label.
Here are the claims:
Protects the skin while it restores
Maintains a normal moisture level
Dermatologist formula for dry irritated for sensitive skin
Ideal for prescription compounding
Non-greasy, long lasting moisturizing cream
The product seems to live up to all claims based on the ingredient list below. It only contains relatively inert ingredients that should not irritate skin. (Although there is some controversy over the irritation potential of fatty alcohols. Still, compared to the anionic surfactants and fragrances used by many lotions, this one really sticks to the basics. The claim about being ideal for prescription compounding is interesting. I wonder if pharmacists use this as a base to which they add other medications. Plus, you get a POUND of product for only $12.
My only gripe is that the don’t strictly follow proper labeling conventions – “purified” water is not a proper term and neither is sorbitol “solution.”
Vanicream Moisturizing Skin Cream ingredients
Purified water, white petrolatum, sorbitol solution, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol, ceteareth-20, simethicone, glyceryl monostearate, polyethylene glycol monostearate, sorbic acid and BHT
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