Soothing Agent
Every ingredient in the dictionary that works as a soothing agent — what it is, where it came from, and how long it has been doing the job.
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Madder
RUBIA TINCTORUM ROOT EXTRACT
A red from the root of Rubia tinctorum whose principal colourant, alizarin, became the first natural dye to be manufactured synthetically, and so ended its own cultivation.
Zinc Oxide
ZINC OXIDE
The white that came between lead and titanium: a manufactured zinc oxide, mildly astringent and mildly soothing, now met as often in a mineral sunscreen as in a face powder.