why do most lotions contain alcohol when alcohol is very drying for skin?
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Similarly, is salt in shampoo used as a preservative? Almost all of them have NaCl in it and my hair doesn’t like seawater.
Glycerin, part of fat and a moisturizer, is an alcohol too. Really, almost anything that has a hydroxyl group (HO) on a hydrocarbon is an alcohol, including sorbitol(hexanhexol). Its just that ethanol i the more well known one due to being fun
Like almost everything else sold today, the solution is meant to secretly enhance the need.
I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your skin out, and makes you look older.
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